atheism issues

Cracked ran this article today: http://www.cracked.com/article_21125_6-realities-life-as-atheist-in-fundamentalist-regime.html It goes without saying that, compared to Jo, I have it easy. I've never had to face imprisonment, public humiliation, beatings, or death threats because of my lack of...

Maddening. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/01/25/arizona-republicans-propose-bill-that-would-not-allow-atheists-to-graduate-high-school/ A group of Arizona politicians — all Republicans, of course — have proposed a law (House Bill 2467) requiring public high school students...

Our friends at American Atheists were behind the erection of the Atheist monument in Starke, Florida. It was strategically placed near a 10 commandments monument.

So whenever I beat senseless facebookers who think "Athiests start wars, too you know", they always come up with Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Che I assume the answer is no, but is there any way these people started their conflicts due to athiesm? To me it seems like a massively stupid question...

Are there any? I would assume there are. Would it be a good idea, for the promotion of both Critical Thinking and Atheists/Agnostics? Is it completely unnecessary? I've met people who don't believe in God(s), but feel obligated because this or that religious institution helped them out at bad...

From BBC: :D

Soldier sues DoD over religious freedom By John Milburn - The Associated Press Posted : Thursday Sep 20, 2007 5:43:34 EDT FORT RILEY, Kan. — An Army soldier who unsuccessfully tried to hold a meeting for atheists and other non-Christians is suing Defense Secretary Robert Gates and an Army...