The image above was designed as a billboard to be put up during the Christmas period by Cyprus FreeThinkers. From left to right, it shows Isis and Horus, Devaki and Krishna, and Mary and Jesus. The slogan reads, “The myth repeats itself,” as a reference to accepted historical and anthropological scholarship concluding that the stories [...]
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Prayer is attempted communication with supernatural beings (SBs) or metaphysical energies. The word derives from a 14th century French word (preiere) meaning “to obtain by entreaty.” The most common use of the word “prayer” is asking an SB for some favor or entreating an invisible force or energy to fulfill one’s desire. This type of prayer I’m calling intercessory [...]
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A school serves many purposes, but the two primary ones are to teach a sense of critical thinking, and to teach about our current knowledge of the world. This is especially true for the science classes. This is why we view the addition of a section on Noah’s Ark in school biology textbooks, pictured above, [...]
READ MORE »Cyprus FreeThinkers was invited to represent the Secular Humanists/Atheists/ Irreligious in the workshops of the M.R.I. Scan (Mythology, Religion, Irreligion) Venus Rising? Jesus Resurrecting? The training course was international and was organized by Youth for Exchange and Understanding, Cyprus within the “Youth in Action” Program of the European Commission. The workshop took place at the [...]
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,even in atheist nations By William Harms International surveys about the depth of people’s belief in God reveal vast differences among nations, ranging from 94 percent of people in the Philippines who said they always believed in God, compared to only 13 percent of people in the former East Germany. Yet the surveys found one constant—belief [...]
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As someone said in a YouTube video, “the Internet is where religions come to die”. He is not too far from true. Numerous posts everyday in forums, imageboards and videos prove that. Also a number of internet memes has made mocking religion a phenomenon. Here are some examples: The Flying Spaghetti Monster The phenomenon of [...]
READ MORE »The school I went to didn’t teach evolution, not even in science class, but my parents taught me about it at home, and I remember an incident, not sure what grade I was in… Anyway, so the teacher was saying how Adam was made by God, from clay, and that he blew into him (to [...]
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