“Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.”
– Richard Dawkins
“Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organization must scramble to evolve or become extinct.”
– Daniel Dennett
“I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.”
– Christopher Hitchens
Atheist Alliance of America and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science are pleased to announce David Silverman as the 2017 recipient of the Richard Dawkins Award.
Mr. Silverman has helped unite the atheist community and has tirelessly advocated for political and social justice causes for more than 20 years. He is President of American Atheists and was the creator and Executive Producer of the 2012 Reason Rally. He has appeared on dozens of major news programs including Hannity, Tucker Carlson, The O’Reilly Factor (spawning the famous “WTF meme-face”), The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson, FOX and Friends, NPR’s All Things Considered, and many more.
This Week Justin and Jeremy discuss religion before and during the Cold War. We attempt to dissect how the history of the nineteenth century American protestantism explains our current political situation. A situation where over 80% of American evangelicals voted for Trump.
This week, guest host (and President of the Atheist Alliance of America) Aron Ra interviews ex-Muslim secular activist Faisal Saeed Al Mutar about President Trump’s “Muslim Ban.”