During the Christian “holy week” each year, a Catholic prayer shrine appears in Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza, where an organization called the Divine Mercy Project injects its Catholic religious beliefs on to government property, turning the Plaza into a church sanctuary and calling for all good citizens of Chicago to convert to Catholicism. At the same […]
Well, here we are again. Another preventable tragedy where more children have lost their lives. Others have had their lives changed forever, both physically and emotionally. And families have again been torn apart. We all feel that human need to at least say something. What is often said can be found on and between two […]
The FFRF Daley Center Plaza display in Chicago was erected on Tuesday, November 21st. Our 5 foot lighted Dawkins Scarlet “A” (for atheism) sign is now perched atop our Founding Fathers Nativity/Winter Solstice banners, and adorned in festive garland. At North School Park in Arlington Heights, we are now proudly displaying the […]
“Challenging Religious Beliefs” FFRFMCC Discussion Workshop #4 — Summary When confronted with questions from those of religious faith, non-theists must answer in ways that challenge the believer to critically think about their beliefs. Simply telling people of faith they are being irrational with their beliefs should not be considered a useful tactic. That rarely works […]
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been made aware of what they consider to be serious violations of the Establishment Clause by the Chicago Police Department. Being brought into question are the mandatory religious activities taking place during graduate ceremonies of police officers. These include an invocation and benediction, with officers present ordered to remove […]
Submitted by: Tom Cara, Director, FFRFMCC In their ongoing quest to undo the framers’ intentions to make state/religion entanglements unconstitutional, religious organizations keep taking their demands for special privileges to court, arguing that government and faith must be intertwined — specifically, the Christian faith. In doing so, and winning, they just keep opening that proverbial […]
On Thursday, April 13th, the FFRFMCC with its member volunteers erected our protest of a Catholic prayer shrine which goes up each year during the Christian “holy week” by the Divine Mercy Project at Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza. The shrine includes a large wooden Latin cross, a 9-foot banner of Jesus, and “kneelers” for people […]
January 21st, 2017 Facilitator: Tom Cara, Director FFRFMCC The FFRFMCC held its third discussion workshop on “Challenging Religious Beliefs.” The purpose of these events is for non-theists to socialize and learn from each other’s experiences in dealing with talking points from those of religious faith, to encourage those of religious faith to think more critically […]
Submitted by: Tom Cara, Director, FFRFMCC As we are now officially one month into a new Presidency, the FFRFMCC roundly condemns the bigoted, anti-religious, and unconstitutional actions of this administration. As non-theists, it is without question we often have very vocal opinions regarding religion – and not all of them are positive to say the […]
Submitted by: Sanford Morganstein February is an especially good time to think of the scientific method and its deep connection to truth. It’s also a good time to think about the relationship of science to the citizen’s role in emphasizing truth. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. Galileo Galilei was also born […]
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