This week on the Think Atheist Radio Show– our 52nd show; one full year's worth of killer interviews for you guys!– we're featuring our interview with…

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Mr. Romney appeared on Fox News and dismissed concerns that with the release of his tax returns, he might lose support when voters learn how much money he had donated to the Mormon Church. He said he had made a promise “to God” to tithe 10 percent of his income to his church.

He said voters would be “pleased with someone who made a commitment to God and followed through on the promise.”…

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I know boring and quite overused title but my limited imagination at this time is not allowing for creativity. I can totally identify with the cultures and peoples who were approached by the missionaries in the past and unfortunately in the present. It is clear that we all experience a need to create meaning and to also move beyond this life into another more pleasant life beyond our death. For myself I have come to the conclusion this it is highly unlikely that my spirit will remain intact…

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back again! thanks as always for stopping in to see what i've collected for you guys this week.

first, make sure you check out tonight's episode of the podcast. we're featuring a live chat with historian and philosopher Dr. Richard Carrier. he'll certainly be talking about…

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Shopping Around

To me, it seems my mother has been shopping around for religion all her life. At 40, she went into the Mormon faith, and quickly forced it upon me and my husband as well. We didn't believe in much of anything; just trying to appease her, we agreed to invite a couple of missionaries over for coffee or something and listen to their prepared… Continue

My name in the chat was "Emily."…

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I've been seeing this girl for almost two years now. She's a sweet girl and I dig her a lot but she's also a Mormon. Towards the beginning of our relationship I didn't consider myself an Atheist, but simply claimed not to be spiritual. I haven't really believed in god in a long time, I was certain that it was pure mumbo jumbo since I was 13. In fact the only reason I never labeled myself Atheist was because of the negative connection that I had developed with the Atheist movement.



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So tonight I was crashing at a Mormon household. I was made a nice dinner and while in the kitchen I noticed the label on the mayo...

So I decided to snoop (it's cool I'm a welcome to snoop here). Here is what I found; 3 Bags of cake mix Untold numbers of Pudding and Gelatin mixes, peanut butter, and Non-fat dry milk.

*Not all Items pictured*

All were from the "Dessert" brand and all… Continue

Looks like the Mormon church is on the warpath again, this time its off to Illinois. The Civil Union Bill (HB 2234) was scheduled to go before a comity this morning (Thursday 05MAR09 in Springfield). The Mormon church sent out this email in opposition:

From: Kristy Combs <kristyc@mchsi.com>

Date: March 3, 2009 12:27:59…

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The California Fair Political Practices Commission has been investigating the Mormon Church for allegedly underreporting its spending on behalf of Proposition 8. Scott Trotter, a spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has repeatedly stated that the allegations made against the church were false.



The allegations relating to how much involvement, how much money was spent, and were employees of the church paid for their support… Continue