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Cleveland’s Freethinking Past
Posted by: sponyak on August 6, 2009
The Cleveland Freethinkers
FREETHINKER n. One who has rejected authority and dogma, especially in his religious thinking, in favor of rational inquiry and speculation.
- New site location February 15, 2012I have decided to take up the offer to move to Freethought Blogs. My new site is already up and...
- This blog has moved to Freethought Blogs January 10, 2012I have decided to take up the offer to move to Freethought Blogs. The change will take effect immediately and...
- The story of a slave in the White House January 9, 2012Some of the most interesting segments on The Daily Show are those involving authors and books that I had never...
- Misleading arguments against same sex marriage January 9, 2012Most people have probably heard that Rick Santorum was given a hard time by a group of college students in...
- The Daily Show on god's mysterious involvement in the elections January 8, 2012The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook...
- Guess I won't be invited to write for The Huffington Post January 8, 2012They have started a new science section and Arianna Huffington says this of her hopes for it: I'm particularly looking...
- Another storm in a teacup January 7, 2012A good indicator of how degraded the political discourse has become in government is the absurd fuss over the recess...
- Fighting over the baby Jesus's crib January 7, 2012Many Christians who belong to the Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on or around January 6 because they follow the older...
- If not for these people, Santorum would have won Iowa January 6, 2012
- My brain is already falling apart January 6, 2012A new study says that people start losing their brain powers as early as 45 years of age. The results...
- The Morning Heresy 5/25/12: Born Outside the Fence Paul Fidalgo
- Bitter Psychic? Jim Underdown
- The Morning Heresy 5/24/12: Poke Your Dog with Needles Paul Fidalgo
- What If The Catholic Church Wins? Ronald A. Lindsay
- The Morning Heresy 5/23/12: Your Bare Ankles Endanger My Immortal Soul Paul Fidalgo
- We Can’t Stop Now Ronald A. Lindsay
- Who is still going to Church? John Shook
- The Morning Heresy 5/22/12: The Antidote Paul Fidalgo
- The Blob Ness Monster Joe Nickell
- The Morning Heresy 5/21/12: A Deep and Undulating Whoop Paul Fidalgo
- Member: Linas K Muliolis May 28, 2012This member has not yet entered a bio.
- Member: GinaR May 27, 2012This member has not yet entered a bio.
- Photos: An Interactive Meeting of Atheist Arguments against Religious Claims May 26, 2012See all 2 photos.
- Member: Justin Wells May 26, 2012This member has not yet entered a bio.
- Member: george toth May 26, 2012This member has not yet entered a bio.
- Photos: Center for Inquiry Presents "Women in Secularism" Conference May 25, 2012See all 35 photos.
- Member: Christine May 25, 2012This member has not yet entered a bio.
- Member: Mike May 24, 2012This member has not yet entered a bio.
- Member: Valerie May 20, 2012BIO: "I'm a refugee from a "born again" evangelical style family. I have a blog where I debunk creationists such as Harun Yahya (when I have the time, which is not so often these days); YouTube is my weekend hobby. Would like to meet similar minded folks."
- Member: Edward Bolte May 18, 2012BIO: "My Name is Edward Bolte "
- 2,000 rally to protest pastor’s death-to-gays rant May 28, 2012A DEMENTED pastor who suggested that lesbians and gays should be rounded up, placed behind wire barriers and left to die, yesterday got a standing ovation from sympathetic supporters when...Barry Duke
- Anglican Archbishop’s mendacity exposed May 27, 2012THE Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, recently claimed – in a lengthy Guardian statement explaining his opposition to same-sex marriage – that: We [the bishops in the House of Lords]...Barry Duke
- Atheists are more intelligent than religious people May 26, 2012CHRIS BARKER, writing in The Freethinker in July 2008, argues that there is nothing racist about suggesting that atheists are more intelligent than believers.Chris Barker
- Stand up for reason! May 26, 2012JAMES MERRYWEATHER has a cunning plan to challenge all that baloney spouted in the name of religion.JamesMerryweather
- Assessing apparitions: more Catholic claptrap May 25, 2012OH crap! My tosh detector’s done gone and blown a gasket. If you’re reading this, Pope Ratzinger, either stump up for a new one from your vast stash of ill-gotten...Barry Duke
- Religion ruins vicar’s Sundays May 25, 2012A FRANK (and amusing) admission on Facebook that he didn’t relish having to do religion on a Sunday – and that “sin is so much fun” – has landed Canon...Barry Duke
- A date for your diary: a KKK whites-only cross-burning ceremony on May 26 May 24, 2012THE water in North Carolina must be laced with deadly doses of Vitamin Stupid. Yesterday we highlighted the “gay concentration camp” idea proposed by a lunatic NC Baptist preacher, and...Barry Duke
- Mad pastor figures a way of getting rid lesbians and queers May 23, 2012HOMOSEXUALS should be rounded up, placed behind electrified fences, and allowed to die out. That the message pastor Charles L Worley, of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, North Carolina,...Barry Duke
- Baptists blamed over paedophile pastor May 22, 2012A LAKE COUNTY jury last week held the Florida Baptist Convention liable for a former pastor who sexually abused a 13-year-old boy in Eustis. According to this report, jurors found...Barry Duke
- Idiotic attack on secularism draws fire from the NSS May 20, 2012UTTERING absolute nonsense about secularism seems to have become a full-time occupation for representatives of the Catholic hierarchy. The latest to launch a tirade against something he clearly knows nothing...Barry Duke
- Economic Crises (Like This One) Lead to Higher Murder & Suicide RatesIt doesn’t come as much of a surprise, but now there’s data to prove it: Rises in unemployment similar to those in the current economic crisis increase homicide and suicide rates, according to researchers at the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In the upcoming edition of the Lancet, [...]
- Say It Ain’t So: New Yorker Publishes Misleading Climate PieceWe’d expect this sort of thing from the New York Times Magazine perhaps, but the New Yorker? Last week’s issue features an opinion piece by staffer David Owen titled “Economy vs. Environment,” in which he bemoans the apparent contradiction between our economy and the environment, and warns of the economic “abyss” that awai […]
- Is “Train More Scientists” the Answer to Our Economic Woes?Over at Silicon Alley Insider’s Clusterstock blog, Joe Weisenthal has taken on the science establishment, slapping down the much-bandied conventional wisdom that the solution to society’s ills is to throw money at science education. In his trademark cavalier style, Joe slashes and burns his way through science-related sectors, arguing that more/b […]
- Weekly News Roundup: The Ethics of Eight Babies• Do humans have reproductive limits? And if not physical, how about ethical? • Scientists give a big thumbs up to Obama’s environmental plan. • A handy list of all the biggest “global cooling” hacks, now in bar graph form. • Poor Tesla. The bad news just keeps on comin’. • A universal flu vaccine [...]
- “PopeTube” Launches, Brings New Holiness to InternetAre You a Vatican, Or a Vatican’t? If you’re Pope Benedict XVI, the answer is clear. The 81-year-old Pope has shown no fear or hesitation when it comes to voicing his view on modern issues and embracing technology, culminating in the rather stunning announcement that His Holiness has now created his very own YouTube channel. [...]
- Weekly News Roundup: Let There Be Stem Cell Trials!• And we’re a go, people: Get ready for the world’s first study on human embryonic stem cell therapy. • But first, bye bye absurd abortion laws! • The Inauguration killed the Internets! No mere series of tubes can withstand the pressure of this seminal moment in history. • “BarackBerry,” “ObamaBerry”—call it what you will, […]
- Will an Obama Administration Be Good for Women in Science?The scientific community has spent plenty of time rejoicing the new pro-science era, and our spanking new president has continued to give every assurance (including a shout-out in his inauguration speech!) that he will make good on his promises to prioritize science and base policy decisions on actual scientific evidence. But could all this pro-science [...]
- Welcome President Obama! Now About Those Stem Cell Laws…So it happened: Barack Obama has officially taken his place as the country’s 44th President (complete with a shout-out to science during the inaugural address!). And, with the country facing enough massive problems to sink a fleet of aircraft carriers, the word is he’ll waste no time getting to work. But what can a new [...]
- The Inauguration Will Be Televised…And Facebooked, and Twittered, and TextedIn a little under a half hour, Barack Obama will officially take his place as the country’s next POTUS. And while the event will be brimming with historic firsts for the country, the coverage contains plenty of firsts for the integration of technology, politics, and major events. Sure, there’ll be some people who actually attend [...]
- Weekly News Roundup: Birds and a Plane• The science of birds taking down a commercial plane—and how the danger could apply to NASA as well. • “Scientific and legal integrity” to return to the EPA. And not a moment too soon. • A ruckus brews over cookies at the White House—and we don’t mean the kind with sugar and sprinkles. • [...]
