Did you know that the Canadian Firearms Licences Regulations have a religious exception which allows the applicant to be exempted from the obligation of providing a photo for his or her permit? You are no doubt familiar with the religious…

Did you know that, according to anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, the halal market is a recent invention, born as an industry, offspring of neoliberalism and fundamentalism? Reference: Florence Bergeaud-Blackler : « Le halal est né industriel, fruit du néolibéralisme et du fondamentalisme » (Halal…

Did you know that, according to research by Luc Grenon of the Faculty of Law of the Université de Sherbrooke, religious organizations enjoy considerable unjustified fiscal privileges which are not justified by tangible benefits to society? Some of Professor Grenon’s…

Did you know that Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian Islamic theologian and prominent intellectual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, has declared “If they had gotten rid of the apostasy punishment Islam wouldn’t exist today.” ? References : Yusuf al-Qaradawi on AZ Quotes Yusuf…

Did you know that the essay “Philosophy of Atheism” by the celebrated anarchist Emma Goldman was published in February of 1916 in Mother Earth, Vol. X, no. 12. Thus, this famous essay will be a century old in 2016. Here…

Did you know that the web site Athena Legal Info provides important information about marriage and civil union, forced marriage, conjugal violence, honour-based violence, etc., in Quebec. For example: FORCED MARRIAGE Forced marriage is not tolerated in Canada, and the…

In an article entitled “A Man Loyal to Canada and to His Faith” written by Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, de Souza highlights the fact that there is a cross at the top of the Canadian Sergeant-at-Arms’ Mace. De Souza…

Did you know that Plato codified atheophobia — the anti-atheist prejudice based on the preconception that morals must be founded on belief in divinity — and promoted either long incarceration or the death penalty for atheists? Plato recognized that atheism…

Did you know that seven states of the USA — Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas — ban atheists from holding public office? Arkansas even stipulates that atheists are not “competent to testify as a witness…

According to the Wikipedia entry on Communism and homosexuality: In 1917 in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Vladimir Lenin decriminalized homosexuality, and allowed openly homosexual people to serve in the government. Joseph Stalin re-criminalized homosexuality in 1933 (Stalin’s criminal…

Did you know that the Supreme Court of Canada, in its decision of 15th April 2015, imposes a duty of religious neutrality on representatives of the state? That decision prohibits the reciting of prayers at Saguenay city council meetings, because…

The American author Steve Wells has counted no less than 158 slaughters in the bible. Each one is either directly perpetrated by Yahweh or “commissioned” or heartily approved by him. This includes not only the Old Testament but also the…

Modified 2017-02-17 In the Canadian Criminal Code, sections 318, 319 and 320 deal with hate propaganda. Section 319(3) includes a list of four so-called “Defences,” i.e. exceptions where speech is justified and cannot be prosecuted as hate propaganda. First in…

Laurence Kavanagh was the first English speaking Roman Catholic to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Nova Scotia. When Kavanagh was elected to represent Cape Breton, there was one barrier to his admission: Anyone wishing to hold…

Did you know that omnipotence is impossible because it is self-contradictory? Consider the paradox of the rock: Can god create a rock so heavy that even he cannot lift it? If yes, then he is not omnipotent because he cannot…

Did you know that it is impossible to be both omnipotent and omniscient? Theologians claim that god is omnipotent and omniscient. But if one is omniscient, then one already knows in advance everything that will occur in the future. Consequently,…

Did you know that Hitler was very religious? Just read a few excerpts from his book Mein Kampf (My Struggle) or from one of his speeches and it is obvious. He was raised in the Catholic Church and remained a…

Did you know that the greatest atheist theorist of all time was probably Jean MESLIER, 1664-1729, a simple country priest in rural France under the ancien régime and author of Mémoire contre la religion (Treatise Against Religion)? The manuscript of…

Did you know that Charles Darwin was one of the most important anti-racists of all time, because of his explanation of the origin and evolution of species through natural selection? Indeed, evolutionary theory, which is the basis of all biological…

Did you know that the Koran orders believers to kill “disbelievers” — or, more generally, anyone who is not a Muslim — and condemns disbelievers to an eternity in hell. Some examples: Sura 2, verse 89 : “[…] The curse…

Did you know that, according to the Christian New Testament, Jesus orders those who want to follow him to abandon and even hate their family? According to Luke 14.26, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father…

Did you know that the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, a proponent of heliocentrism who held that the universe was infinite and had no centre, was accused of blasphemy and atheism by the Inquisition and finally burned at the stake on…