﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>atheism news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more atheism stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/16622/atheism.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 5:05:31 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/72195/atheist-ads-to-hit-nyc-subways.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Atheist Ads to Hit NYC Subways</title><description>Eight atheist organizations are the creators of a unique month-long ad campaign beginning next week in Manhattan subways that will challenge the belief in God. "A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?" the ads will ask on posters featuring blue sky and clouds. Because the city's subways...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/72195/atheist-ads-to-hit-nyc-subways.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 5:36:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/72026/atheists-split-over-how-mean-to-be-to-faithful.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Atheists Split Over How Mean to Be to Faithful</title><description>Can a non-religion schism? Maybe that’s too dramatic a phrase, but there’s a rift growing between so-called “new atheists,” who favor an aggressive, mocking stance toward religion, and the old live-and-let-live kind. On “Blasphemy Day” last month, for example, new atheists were out in force, “de-baptizing” each other with hair...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/72026/atheists-split-over-how-mean-to-be-to-faithful.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:28:48 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/68128/facebook-defining-religion-in-100-characters.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Facebook: Defining Religion in 100 Characters</title><description>It could be a quick question: What's your religion? But Facebook’s request for that information has led many to review and revise their beliefs to fit into a 100-character space, the Washington Post reports. Answers range from Christian, Facebook’s most popular belief system, to a professed belief in a “Flying...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/68128/facebook-defining-religion-in-100-characters.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:08:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/64626/atheist-campers-learn-archery-swimming-skepticism.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Atheist Campers Learn Archery, Swimming, Skepticism</title><description>Atheist parents have it rough: They can't exactly pack the kids off to Bible camp for the summer. That’s changing, thanks in part to establishments like Camp Quest, a humanist-staffed getaway that promotes skepticism. Counselors teach the scientific method and deliver lectures about famous free thinkers. Kids are told invisible...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/64626/atheist-campers-learn-archery-swimming-skepticism.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:32:01 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/63439/turkish-game-show-tries-to-convert-atheists.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Turkish Game Show Tries to Convert Atheists</title><description>This was probably only a matter of time: A Turkish game show starting this fall will bring on 10 atheists per show and give holy men from four faiths the chance to convert them, the Guardian reports. A Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, and a Buddhist monk...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/63439/turkish-game-show-tries-to-convert-atheists.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 1:29:08 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/57310/us-atheists-step-out-of-closet.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>US Atheists Step 'Out of Closet'</title><description>Atheists across the country are turning up the volume, gathering openly and advertising their lack of faith, the New York Times reports. Their goal isn’t to win others over—“The most important thing is coming out of the closet,” said one activist—and win acceptance for their beliefs. And their...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/57310/us-atheists-step-out-of-closet.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:14:58 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/47512/atheist-bus-ads-draw-fire-from-uk-christians.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Atheist Bus Ads Draw Fire from UK Christians</title><description>A series of pro-atheism ads on London buses have prompted nearly 150 complaints to Britain’s advertising regulator, the Guardian reports. The complaints largely claim that the ads, which declare, “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life,” are offensive to monotheists and break the advertising code...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/47512/atheist-bus-ads-draw-fire-from-uk-christians.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:43:01 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/44436/ky-atheists-fight-foolish-security-law.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Ky. Atheists Fight 'Foolish' Security Law</title><description>Atheists are kicking up an almighty fuss about legislation that states Kentucky's safety and security can only be achieved through reliance on God, the Chicago Tribune reports. Bluegrass State unbelievers have filed a lawsuit seeking to have the offending law repealed, saying they fear their security may be in the...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/44436/ky-atheists-fight-foolish-security-law.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:03:42 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/41662/bookie-drops-odds-on-gods-existence-to-4-1.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Bookie Drops Odds on God's Existence to 4-1</title><description>The odds are getting better that Nietzsche was not only crazy, but wrong, the Telegraph reports. An Irish bookmaker has lowered the odds on finding proof of God's existence to 4-1, after atheist ads on London buses sparked a flurry of pro-God betting. The bookie, Paddy Power, began taking the...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/41662/bookie-drops-odds-on-gods-existence-to-4-1.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:39:52 CST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>