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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.

Robert Ussery, Being A Lobbyist Doesn’t Make You A Faith Leader

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on May 12, 2024Posted in Christian Nationalism, PoliticsTagged dishonesty, Donald Trump, evangelist, Iowa, Iowa Faith Leader Coalition, lobbyist, Robert UsseryNo Comments

Robert Ussery is a registered lobbyist in the state of Iowa. Robert Ussery is a political insider, not a faith leader.

Weird Gender Ideology In The Bible

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on May 11, 2024Posted in Christian Nationalism, Education, MemeTagged Christian Schrock, education, Eve, gender, Iowa, LGBTQ, womenNo Comments

What few seem to have stopped to consider is the theological foundation from which Christian Nationalists accuse LGBTQ Americans of having strange gender ideology.

Demonic Conspiracy Theories Can Be A Form Of Political Abuse

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on May 5, 2024Posted in Christian Nationalism, PoliticsTagged abuse, demoncrat, demons, exorcism, power, psychologyNo Comments

In the United States, it’s becoming commonplace to hear right wing Christian Nationalists accuse Democratic Party leaders, and even rank-and-file Democratic voters, of being controlled by demons. There’s even a shorthand for this idea, the label Demoncrat. In 2022, a team of psychotherapists warned in a paper in the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse that […]

Podcast Talks Options for Atheist Activism

By Frederick OlmsteadPosted on May 4, 2024Posted in ActivismTagged Devon Graham, Florida, podcast, Texas, Wil JeudyNo Comments

The Unreasonable podcast describes itself as the initiation of a movement aimed at counteracting the relentless ascent of religious extremism that has infiltrated our governance and personal spheres.