volume 1 | issue 1 | september/october 2006
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Ten Years And Counting
By Clark Adams
The Internet Infidels has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. We are proud of what we have accomplished, particularly in running the Secular Web. The Secular Web is the largest and most visited freethought related resource on the Internet, receiving over 800,000 hits a day and as many as 600,000 unique visitors per month. We have introduced millions to the "good news" of metaphysical naturalism, atheism, agnosticism, humanism, freethought, etc. We have arguably introduced more people to freethought than any other single vehicle in Western culture.
We regularly receive correspondence from people who tell us that the documents on the Secular Web, as well as our discussion forums and Kiosk, helped them as they were rethinking their pious upbringing. The great thing about the Internet in general, and the Secular Web specifically, is that this information is available to anyone in the world with an internet connection. FULL TEXT
TOP STORYInternet Infidels To Sponsor Debate Circuit
By Kyle J. Gerkin
The Internet Infidels has announced the launching of a joint venture, with the Secular Student Alliance and various US student groups, to cosponsor a “freethought debate circuit” on college campuses in 2006. The debates will consist of in-person oral arguments, and concern the existence of God and similar topics. According to Internet Infidels’ Executive Director, Keith Augustine,... FULL TEXT
COMMUNITY NEWS
IHS Launches Online Education Venture
By Clark Adams
Our friends at the Albany, New York based Institute for Humanist Studies have launched a new program: The Continuum of Humanist Education. This program provides online education about humanist related topics, including humanist activism, science and humanism, psychology and humanism, ethics, and comparative religions. FULL TEXT
IIDB NEWS
Something For Everyone At IIDB
By Janice Rael
The Secular Web, Infidels.org, is the home of over 8000 scholarly papers and documents relating to atheism, freethought, and secularism. That makes the Secular Web the largest website of its kind on the internet. In addition, it is also the home of the largest atheist-oriented message board online: the Internet Infidels Discussion Board (IIDB). FULL TEXT
WHAT'S NEW ON THE SECULAR WEB
Richard Dawkins
In his latest offering, Dawkins, “makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just irrational, but potentially deadly.”
SUPPORTER THANK YOU
The Internet Infidels greatly appreciates its financial supporters. Their generous donations make it possible for us to continue to operate and fulfill our educational mission. We would like take a moment to thank the following supporters who have been especially generous over the years:
Eddie Tabash
Johnny Skeptic
William Faris
Ben Sutter
James Lippard
Clark Adams
Jeff Lowder
Special Feature:Taner Edis
Argues that atheists should take religion more seriously, and recognize it as the believer’s pragmatic approach to the problems of life.
Adam Lee
A look at evolutionary biologist and famed atheist Richard Dawkins’ newly released book.
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