Frederick Olmstead, Author at The Atheist Activist

Simple Activism: Links To Recreate A Sane Internet

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on June 24, 2024Posted in Activism, Education, UncategorizedTagged atheist, community, connection, education, media, network, platforms, students, Texas, Texas A&M, universityNo Comments

the conceptual space for these students gets a little larger.

Louisiana Uses 10 Commandments To Push Christian Fascism

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on June 20, 2024Posted in Christian Nationalism, PoliticsTagged Christian Nationalism, Constitution, history, Jeff Landry, law, Louisiana, Moses, separation of church and state, Ten CommandmentsNo Comments

The Constitution of the United States of America explicitly forbids any legislative act that establishes any religion in the law. That’s the opposite of the intention of the Ten Commandments, which aims to force people into religious worship.

Christian Doesn’t Take Her Son To Church, Wants Public School To Make Space For Christianity Instead

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on June 10, 2024Posted in Christian Nationalism, EducationTagged baseball, children, Christa Sullinger, church, Indiana, LifeWise, separation of church and stateNo Comments

Christa Sullinger of Garrett, Indiana doesn’t want to take her kids to church. She wants public schools to make time for them to have religious indoctrination during the school week instead.

What’s At Stake For US Atheists in 2024

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on June 8, 2024Posted in PoliticsTagged 2024, activism, election, Project 2025, voteNo Comments

An atheist on Reddit asks, “Besides voting, how can we stop this? If we can’t stop it, how do we survive this?” No thinking atheist needs to ask what “this” is. The Republican Party has become the party of totalitarian Christian Nationalism. Project 2025, a lengthy political plan assembled by the right wing Heritage Foundation, […]

American Atheists Has A Plan For Godless America

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on June 5, 2024Posted in Activism, AtheismTagged American Atheists, planNo Comments

The people at American Atheists have been thinking about the future of godless Americans, looking at what needs to change for atheist Americans to achieve legal equality and social acceptance in the United States. Today, they announced that they have a plan. The plan boils down to this:

An Appeal To Humanity

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on May 23, 2024Posted in Christian NationalismTagged Appeal to Heaven, evangelical, history, insurrection, January 6, judge, Mike Johnson, Samuel Alito, Supreme Court, theocracyNo Comments

The New York Times reports that US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew the Appeal To Heaven flag outside his home, apparently for months. Alito displayed the flag after Christian Nationalist supporters of Donald Trump carried the symbol with them as they violently attacked the US Capitol building during the insurrection of January 6, 2021. […]

Atheism Is The Power To Say No To Power

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on May 22, 2024Posted in PoliticsTagged Donald Trump, monotheism, power, totalitarianismNo Comments

It’s time for atheists to stand up and be atheists, before it’s too late.

The Demons of Tom Sooter Haunt The 2024 Election

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on May 20, 2024Posted in Christian NationalismTagged demons, Iowa, Iowa Faith Leader Coalition, Jennifer Sooter, Tom SooterNo Comments

Finally, when Jenny Sooter was 24 years old, she wrote a letter to her parents saying that she was leaving their church and their home in the church parsonage. Then her mother shot her in the head.

Religious Indoctrination Ended at Public Elementary School in Florida

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on May 15, 2024Posted in EducationTagged elementary school, Florida, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Hamilton County, school, separation of church and state, sportsNo Comments

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Hamilton County Elementary School in Florida was using government resources to take away time from educational instruction in order to hold Christian rituals to convert young children.