July 3rd, 2011
The You Are Not Alone Campaign is a collective effort of non-believers to encourage and motivate others. Some non-believers are not afforded the freedom to declare their skepticism and disbelief for political, financial, familial, and social reasons.
The campaign will consist of videos encouraging non-believers by letting them know that they are not alone. In some cases, this may be the only means of support that they receive.
The short form videos should be no longer than 45 seconds and express the sentiment, “You are not alone.” The long form videos should be no longer than 5 minutes. The videos will be uploaded to Youtube. The Youtube channel is yanac11.
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July 2nd, 2011
Our featured guest on Sunday, July 24, 2011 will be Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson.
Please join us and call in to welcome her. We look forward to speaking with her about her book Moral Combat and the state of religion.
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June 19th, 2011
The assumption of many Americans has been that religion is supposed to provide direction and mandates for morality and the promotion of human welfare and not exacerbate and add to the misery and degradation of abuse and dysfunction. There are some individuals who see the injustices, challenge them, refuse to look away, and not report them. This is not an indictment of all who partake of religion and its proclivities.
This is a preview of
Religious Jedi Mind Tricks & Emotional RollerCoasters
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June 9th, 2011
HIV/AIDS has been one of the Black churches dirty little secrets. Blacks have more new HIV infections, AIDS diagnoses, individuals living with HIV, and HIV related deaths than any other cultural group in this country. Has your pastor preached about that? This epidemic has been willfully ignored. The current outreach is minimal, at best. Why are they so deafening silent on an issue that has greatly affected their local communities, overall leadership and congregations? One does not die from HIV, but from complications of HIV. Have you noticed that cancer related deaths have gone up exponentially? When the whispers and murmurs of HIV/AIDS are brought to light, members are admonished, chastised, and bullied into silence. I would like to believe that church leadership would address this issue by assisting their members to get educated, tested, medicine, treatment, and clinical study groups. They apply for grants for a multitude of other programs, why aren’t they applying for grants to help those in their community to prevent being infected?
This is a preview of
HIV/AIDS and the Deafening Silence of the Black Church
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May 21st, 2011
The Rapture was yesterday and the ‘real’ believers should be gone to heaven and enjoying filet mignon, collard greens & peach cobbler with the Lord.
- How many theists do you know that were raptured up on Saturday, May 21, 2011?
- Did any theists leave behind notes to share with us unbelievers?
- Did they sign over their assets to you?
- Do you have plans to become a squatter at that nice cathedral on the corner since no one is using it anymore? It will make a nice condo community! It already has a nice wading pool that can be converted into a jacuzzi.
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May 7th, 2011
This is the subject matter for the Sunday, May 8, 2011 blogtalk radio show.
What activities do you still practice since you have left the church?
* Do you listen to gopel music?
* Do you listen to church sermons?
* Do you still enjoy the annual church picnic and trips?
* Do you attend church, programs, fundraisers, musicals, etc.?
Why do some freethinkers continue to hold onto religious beliefs, stigmas, and arguments?
This is a preview of
Leaving the Church, but the Church hasn’t Left You.
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May 7th, 2011
- A person who rejects accepted opinions, esp. those concerning religious belief.
- A person who has formed their opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.
- Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that opinions should be formed on the basis of science, logic, and reason, and should not be influenced by authority, tradition, or any other dogma.
- A person who forms his opinions about religion and God without regard to revelation, scripture, tradition, or experience.
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March 14th, 2011
Welcome to Black FreeThinkers!
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