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	peaceful turmoil: To be or not to be secular, a humanist, or a secular humanist
		Nontheists and atheists, despite some depictions to the contrary, are not all (or even mostly) hedonistic anarchists who disregard the law and general rules of conduct.
		Nontheists, theists, and atheists alike who are sane appreciate that their actions have consequences, and therefore all qualify for the third requirement of moral potential.
		Nontheists and atheists are no less moral than any theist, especially those who claim that it is the fear of damnation or the reward of paradise that motivates them to treat others with love and respect and kindness.
	peacefulturmoil.blogspot.com /2006/06/to-be-or-not-to-be-secular-humanist-or.html (3640 words)

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		Nontheists are the last minority that can be openly hated with impunity.
		Nontheists lack the resources to challenge such legal discrimination and violations of Constitutional separation of religion from government.
		The problem is not a lack of Constitutional authority to separate church from state or to treat nontheists equally.
	www.rtis.com /reg/bcs/pol/touchstone/summer00/10invisi.htm (1230 words)

	NONTHEISM FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Used in the strict sense, as by those who self-identify as ''nontheists'' or ''nontheistics'', the term describes a particular worldview for which the question of divinity is regarded as irrelevant and meaningless.
		When faced with the question of whether gods exist, a nontheist would respond that the question itself is unimportant, that it concerns information that is unfalsifiable, unmeaningful, superfluous, etc. To a nontheist, the issue of God's existence is no different than, for example, the existence of leprechauns.
		Obviously, nontheists reject the latter belief, since they presume belief in a deity to be a mere social construction, with no relation to nature and biology.
	www.gottagetflowers.com /nontheism (1073 words)

	The End of Pascal's Wager: Only Nontheists Go to Heaven
		And the only two kinds of people who do this are those theists and nontheists who devote their lives to examining the facts and determining whether they are right.
		It is a common belief that certain mysteries, like unexplained evils in the world and god's silence, are to be explained as a test, and this is a reasonable belief, widely defended by theists of many varieties.
		The only way to truly test human beings is to see if we will become nontheists after serious and sincere inquiry into these matters: to see if we have the courage and fortitude to choose morality over faith or loyalty, and be good without fear or hope of divine reward.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/richard_carrier/heaven.html (1639 words)

	Morality Without Religion
		Because nontheists do not want to be murdered, robbed, raped, or otherwise injured, they support laws prohibiting those types of harmful acts.
		By the same token, their desire to be treated fairly, honestly, and respectfully leads them to advocate laws and rules of conduct that promote fair, honest, and respectful treatment of people.
		Nontheists also have reasons for doing good to those they do not know and probably never will know.
	www.humanismbyjoe.com /morality_without_religion.htm (810 words)

	Philosophy Now
		Drange has considerable sympathy with the view of such nontheists as Michael Martin and Kai Nielsen that the concept of the god of the philosophers is deeply problematical, possibly contradictory or incoherent to the point of unintelligibility.
		Nontheists have a considerable burden to show that the existence of even the god of evangelical Christianity is highly improbable, given the existence of evil, though Drange does think that AE is capable of doing so.
		In spite of the efforts of nontheists like the late J.L. Mackie, it takes considerable work to show that even an omnipotent being could create a world in which no suffering or premature death are possible.
	www.philosophynow.org /issue47/47echelbarger.htm (1349 words)

	Faith-Based News Articles
		Nontheists are just as concerned with the public good as theists.
		Their mission is to increase the visibility and respectability of nontheistic viewpoints in the United States and to protect and strengthen the secular character of our government as the best guarantee of freedom for all.
		The SCA is a coalition of seven major nontheistic groups: American Humanist Association, Atheist Alliance International, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Institute for Humanist Studies, Secular Student Alliance, Secular Web/Internet Infidels, and the Society for Humanistic Judaism.
	www.religionandsocialpolicy.org /homepage/article.cfm?id=5229 (435 words)

	Nontheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The most famously nontheistic school were the Logical Positivists and the Analytic philosophers, including Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and A.J. Ayer.
		Likewise if the concept of a deity provides a resolution to ontological questions such as "how did the universe begin?" then the need for the concept will be lessened to the extent that one no longer finds troubling his or her ignorance about the possible ontology of the universe.
		However, he was also a staunch clericalist, viewing the Catholic religion as a necessary part of society, and the question of divinity as an integral part of the (typical) human psyche.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nontheism (1560 words)

	Nontheist Friends » Flowers of Quaker Nontheism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Nontheist Friends are more concerned with the natural than the supernatural.
		NONTHEISTS: The first public advocacy for nontheistic Friends, that I know of, is the report of the “Workshop for Non-Theistic Friends”.
		However, every year at the FGC nontheist workshop there are new reports of people struggling to remain Quaker and nontheist, too.
	www.nontheistfriends.org /article/flowers-of-quaker-nontheism (4408 words)

	IHS :: HNN :: Find Elected Atheist, Win $1000
		The Secular Coalition for America (SCA), a Washington-based advocacy organization representing the interests of nontheists, will award $1,000 to the person who identifies the highest-level atheist, humanist, freethinker or other nontheist currently holding elected public office in the United States.
		Although religious fundamentalists caused the carnage on September 11, 2001, it is the nontheists who appear to be losing ground in the post-9/11 world of public opinion.
		Nontheists contribute to the American way of life in all other professions including scientists, entrepreneurs, doctors, authors, engineers and soldiers; indeed, a study in Nature found that a majority of scientists did not believe in a personal god.
	humaniststudies.org /enews/?id=266&article=0 (641 words)

	Why Be Moral? A Dilemma for Nontheists?
		Now from a "public relations" standpoint, it might be bad for nontheists to adopt such nihilism.
		One could be an intuitionist and hold that rightness or wrongness are objective, non-natural properties that supervene upon certain acts, policies, etc. Such intuitionism has been regarded as metaphysically extravagant by its critics, but it certainly seems no more extravagant than to invoke the God of the "omni" predicates as a basis for moral realism.
		All nontheists can do is point out, correctly I think, that bad people usually have rotten lives.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/keith_parsons/whymoral.html (1110 words)

	A Big Bang Cosmological Argument For God's Nonexistence (1992)
		Motivated by concerns such as Broad's, some of the few nontheists who have been vocal on this subject have gone so far as to deny, without due justification, central tenets of big bang cosmology.
		Nontheists are not faced only with the alternatives of embarrassed silence, confessions of impotence, epigrammatic dismissals or 'denial' when confronted with the apparently radical implications of big bang cosmology.
		It will be admitted that this objection seems to have a certain force to it, inasmuch as it has seemed compelling to some nontheists (such as C. Broad, quoted in the introduction) and has provoked in them various reactions of denial, embarrassment and silence when faced with the implications of big bang cosmology.
	www.qsmithwmu.com /a_big_bang_cosmological_argument_for_god's_nonexistence_(1992).htm (8135 words)

	Aletheuo - Speaking The Truth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is often cited by theists and nontheists alike and is certainly one of the most famous arguments in the philosophy of religion.
		Although it is unlikely to convince a nontheist to submit his or her will to God, it ought to compel an honest agnostic to delve deeper into eternal matters and consider sources leading to maximum utility.
		The simple truth is; theists and nontheists alike function to some degree on faith.
	www.apologetics.net /the_wager.htm (1940 words)

	ReligionPage1
		Of course, that is probably because I am very attracted to all wild canids, especially dholes, wolves, fennec foxes, maned wolves, dingos and jackals.
		A church for all Agnostics, Unitarians, Freethinkers, Pantheists, Humanists, Universalists, Nontheists, Atheists and other free spirits in the Bicol Region of the Philippines.
		A bulletin board and discussion group for all Agnostics, Unitarians, Freethinkers, Pantheists, Humanists, Universalists, Nontheists, Atheists and other free spirits in the Bicol Region of the Philippines.
	mikenassau.freehomepage.com /religion.html (840 words)

	religion is dumb
		First, the atheist may believe that the probability of a God who torments nonbelievers in the afterlife is so small that she does not worry about it, even if she is inclined to take some other view of God seriously.
		To many nontheists, the idea of "deciding" to believe in God is simply no more of a live option than "deciding" to believe that the earth is flat.
		To be sure, a nontheist could engage in theistic practices in an attempt to cultivate theistic belief, but it is not even clear that on the relevant view of God such an attempt at self-deception would suffice to gain salvation.
	www.religionisdumb.com /logickills3athargu2.htm (4815 words)

	Unscrewing The Inscrutable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Secular Coalition for America (SCA) will award one thousand dollars ($1,000) to the person who identifies the highest level atheist, humanist, freethinker or other nontheist currently holding elected public office in the United States of America.* The SCA (www.secular.org) is an advocacy organization representing the interests of nontheists in the nation's capital.
		Nontheists contribute to the American way of life in all other professions including scientists, entrepreneurs, doctors, authors, engineers, and soldiers; they should not be excluded from public service.
		The mission of the Secular Coalition for America is to increase the visibility and respectability of nontheistic viewpoints and strengthen the secular character of our government as the best guarantee of freedom for all.
	brentrasmussen.com /log/node?page=4&from=40 (4208 words)

	WUUC
		Some Unitarian Universalists are nontheists and do not find language about God useful.
		To avoid confusion, many Unitarian Universalists are more apt to speak of "reverence for life" (in the words of Albert Schweitzer, a Unitarian), the spirit of love or truth, the holy, or the gracious.
		Many also prefer such language because it is inclusive; it is used with integrity by theist and nontheist members.
	www.wuuc.org /aboutus/uubeliefs/uufaq.htm (1109 words)

	answeringinfidels.com
		And the only two kinds of people who do this are those theists and nontheists who devote their lives to examining the facts and determining whether they are right.” Carrier next argues that a responsible examination of the evidence leads to the conclusion that God is either evil or that God does not exist.
		If one concludes that He does not exist, one is a nontheist.
		If, after all, belief in Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven, then all the nontheists, despite whatever sort of “significant and responsible effort” they have made to “discover the truth” will not go there.
	www.answeringinfidels.com /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=59 (3113 words)

	Prometheus Books
		To such questions, the answer is in the negative or is rendered in a nontheistic manner.
		Interestingly, contributors include not only philosophers, historians, and major nontheists but also New Testament scholars who view the Resurrection as a later church development.
		Well argued and well written, the essays are certain to stimulate further insight and reflection for both theists and nontheists....
	www.prometheusbooks.com /catalog/book_1681.html (523 words)

	The Sun Herald \| 10/20/2006 \| Secular Coalition offers prize for nontheist public official (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Secular Coalition for America is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who can identify the highest-ranking elected nonbeliever currently serving in the U.S. government.
		"We're here to show that nontheists are good citizens and good patriots," said Lori Lipman Brown, director of the group, in a statement.
		The group believes that though the Constitution prohibits a "religious test" for holding public office, atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other nontheists are "invisible in the electoral arena."
	www.sunherald.com /mld/thesunherald/living/15803719.htm (219 words)

	The J-Walk Blog: Find An Atheist Contest (Comments)
		The Secular Coalition for America (SCA) will award one thousand dollars ($1,000) to the person who identifies the highest level atheist, humanist, freethinker or other nontheist currently holding elected public office in the United States of America.* The SCA is an advocacy organization representing the interests of nontheists in the nation's capital.
		It is recommended, but not required, that contestants provide information verifying the claim that any said elected office holder openly identifies as atheist, humanist, freethinker, or other nontheist descriptor.
		More specifically, the SCA's judges have sole discretion in determining whether each entry identifies an elected public office holder, whether the identified office holder is a nontheist, and whether the elected office of the office holder is higher or lower in status than that of other entries.
	j-walkblog.com /index.php/weblog/comments/find_an_atheist_contest (961 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- Living: NEW COALITION: Like Minds
		Humanist, atheist and nontheist groups join forces to maintain separation of church and state
		In January, representatives of 24 humanist, atheist and nontheist organizations assembled in Washington, D.C., to discuss what they consider an alarming erosion in the wall that separates church and state.
		The roster of summit participants ranged from such comparatively hard-line groups as American Atheists -- the organization founded by the late Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- to groups such as the Society for Humanistic Judaism.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2005/Mar-31-Thu-2005/living/26158958.html (938 words)

	The End of Faith Humanist - Find Articles
		Harris opines that religion has become so outdated and dangerous that those inclined toward reason-based beliefs and values should make a concerted effort to toss all faith-based religious thinking--not just fundamentalist but moderate religion as well--into the trash heap of history.
		This kind of talk is controversial even within the secular community, where many believe that nontheists should stand together with moderate religionists to confront fundamentalism.
		To add to the provocation, Harris is brash and unapologetic not just in his central thesis--that traditional religion has outlived its usefulness--but also in his ancillary arguments, where his targets include much more than religionists.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1374/is_3_65/ai_n13723972 (841 words)

	Little League
		According to the Little League, “Better than any other youth sport activity, baseball and softball have become the thread that has sewn together a patchwork of nations and cultures around the world,” yet some of its actions prove divisive rather than unifying.
		For instance, the league was founded in 1939, but girls were excluded until 1973.
		The recitation of this pledge specifically inculcates children with a monotheistic message not held by millions of Americans, amounting to an endorsement of a sectarian religion.
	www.americanhumanist.org /press/actionalerts/aaLittleLeague.html (234 words)

	LifeWay: Biblical Solutions for Life
		Many work in academia and have firsthand awareness of ardent naturalists’ and outspoken nontheists’ resistance (to choose a mild term) to Christian theism.
		In other words, leading a nontheist to a belief in an “intelligent designer” could do more spiritual harm than good.
		Not only does this model welcome the kinds of critical scrutiny applied to nontheistic models, but it also invites refinement and critical comparison with other theistic and deistic models.
	www.lifeway.com /lwc/article_main_page/0,1703,A=153751&X=1&M=200170,00.html (1209 words)

	Secular Web Kiosk and Bookstore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There is a secular side to Christmas, one that a nontheist can enjoy with the rest of society without betraying their nontheist views.
		In fact, I propose that the very shape and spirit of the holiday is significantly nonreligious, from twinkling lights and fake snow to the eggnog and fruitcake.
		I am also a nontheist this time of year, and in that role I like the core message that Christmas brings.
	www.secweb.org /index.aspx?action=viewAsset&id=737 (2437 words)

	Nontheists what would convince you God exists? - Sean Hannity Discussion
		I know there are quite a few nontheists on this board.
		If G-d rode by in the sky on the platinum chariot driven by Unicorns in cowboy boots, singing Janis Joplin hits while munching on Fruity Pebbles, with Allah and Buddah in the back seat making out.
		Buddah was a man and has died and since he did not believe in God he no longer exists in a way that could be brought back.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=33787 (976 words)

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