Author Archive: Steve Foulkes
Steve is an analyst at a financial company and became an atheist around the age of twenty. He is honored to have been accepted as a United States citizen from his native England. He thinks the US Constitution is the most important document in the history of humankind. He enjoys playing golf in his spare time and, if asked if he is a 'glass half full' or 'glass half empty' kind of person, he would reply that he is a 'glass at 50% capacity' kind of person. Steve lives with his wife, two dogs and two cats in Grayslake.
Dan Barker / Bryan O’Neal Debate Audience Survey
Dan Barker/Bryan O’Neal Debate Audience Survey “Does the God of the Abrahamic Religions Exist?” Loyola University Chicago, IL Kathleen Mullady Theater 12/3/2013 Religious Affiliated Religious / Spiritual Unaffiliated Non-Religious Undecided Total Completed Surveys Religious identification prior to debate 37 4 75 5 121 % 31% 3% 62% 4% 100% Which speaker did you feel presented […]
FFRF IRS Form 990 Lawsuit
FFRF NEWS RELEASE FFRF wins standing to sue IRS over Form 990 August 26, 2013 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has three historic lawsuits in federal district court over preferential treatment of churches and ministers by the Internal Revenue Service, says it now has “three bases loaded.” For the second time within three days, […]
Dawkins’ Spectrum of The Existence of God
This is taken from Richard Dawkins’ book: The GOD Delusion. The spectrum represents human judgment about the existence of God. It is continuous between two extremes of opposite certainty, where 1 represents certainty of the existence of God and 7 represents certainty of the non-existence of God. Points 2 through 6 simply represent milestones along […]
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. This is the first of the ten amendments that are […]
United States Religious Affiliation in 2010
Estimated by the Pew Research Center. Christian: 243,060,000 Unaffiliated: 50,980,000 Jewish: 5,690,000 Buddhist: 3,570,000 Muslim: 2,770,000 Hindu: 1,790,000 Folk Religions: 630,000 (This includes followers of African traditional religions, Chinese folk religions, Native American religions and Australian aboriginal religions.) Other Religions: 1,900,000 (This includes Bahai’s, Jains, Sikhs, Shintoists, Taoists, followers of Tenrikyo, Wiccans, Zoroastrians and many other faiths.)
Universe, Earth, and Life on Earth
Universe Age: 13.72 billion years Number of Galaxies in Universe: 170 billion Number of Stars within a Galaxy: 10 million (10**7) to 100 trillion (10**14) Total Number of Stars in Universe: 17 x 10**17 to 17 x 10**24 Formulation of The Milky Way: 13.2 billion years ago Formulation of our Solar System: 4.568 billion years […]
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