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NOVEMBER 2024 Physics!

October 2024: God & Country Documentary

September 2024. September 16, 2024, Eat Plants:  Optimize Your Health through Whole Food, Plant-Based Eating • Pro-Life as a Right or Not • A Few Free Thoughts: Lies • Diversity of Life • The Florida Department of Education Gets Knee-Deep in Religious Murk Despite Warnings from Jefferson & Madison • CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: The Road to Fruition and, Certainty?  Certainly… NOT! • True Americans • Advocacy Corner • Further Reading for Freethinkers • About the First Coast Freethought Society • First Coast Freethought Book & Movie Discussion Group • Next Month’s Meeting – October 21 (Virtual) • Leave a Lasting Legacy • 2024 Freethought Events

August 2024. Next Month’s Meeting – September 16, 2024, & Vernal Equinox Party September 22, 2024; No Meeting for August, 2024
• Jacksonville Freethinkers! Don’t Forget the August 20th Election!!
• A Few Free Thoughts: Elections
• Tyranny in America:  Past and Future?
• About Our Newsletter, the First Coast FreeThinker
• The 2025 Christian-Nationalist Plot to Lead the USA into an Abyss
• CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: “You Gotta Believe! and, To Believe or Not to Believe:  Is That the Question?
• But It’s Popular! 
• Advocacy Corner:  Don’t Forget the August 20th Election!
• Further Reading for Freethinkers
• About the First Coast Freethought Society
• First Coast Freethought Book & Movie Discussion Group
• Next Month’s Meeting – September 16 (Virtual)
• Leave a Lasting Legacy
• 2024 Freethought Events

July 2024: This Month’s Meeting – July 15: Belonging: What It Is and Why It Matters
A Few Free Thoughts: The Wicked Bible
On Linnaeus and Providing Order and Proper Names for All Species
About Our Newsletter, the First Coast FreeThinker
God’s Editors in Louisiana
CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: Conflict or Collaboration? and, Faith in Facts and Evidence
Regret: What America can learn from Thailand and what Atheists can learn from Buddhism
Advocacy Corner
Further Reading for Freethinkers
About the First Coast Freethought Society
First Coast Freethought Book & Movie Discussion Group
Next Month’s Meeting – September 16 (Virtual)
Leave a Lasting Legacy
2024 Freethought Events

June 2024: June 17:  Time with Angie Nixon!
A Few Free Thoughts: From Marcus Aurelius 
Death by Nostalgia
About Our Newsletter, the First Coast FreeThinker
Saving Ourselves Rather than Appealing to Heaven
CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: Bang Zoom to the Moon and, Man Is a PIece of Work
Music Today Suck – It’s Not Genrerational, It Really Was Better!
Advocacy Corner
Further Reading for Freethinkers
About the First Coast Freethought Society
First Coast Freethought Book & Movie Discussion Group
Next Month’s Meeting – July 15 (Virtual)
Leave a Lasting Legacy
2024 Freethought Events

May 2024: Who is the better intelligent designer? Seth Andrews vs. God

April 2024: April 15: What Is All the Hoopla with Puberty Blockers and Trans Care for Kids?
A Few Free Thoughts: Christian Nationalism
Free as a Bird?
About Our Newsletter, the First Coast FreeThinker
Satanic Temple Public School Chaplains
CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: QUOTATION MARKS THE SPOT and, He Said, She Said, They Said– Whaddya Say?
Comments on the Christian Rights Rage Against Transexuals
Advocacy Corner
Further Reading for Freethinkers
About the First Coast Freethought Society
First Coast Freethought Book & Movie Discussion Group
Next Month’s Meeting – May 20 (Virtual)
Leave a Lasting Legacy
2024 Freethought Events

March 2024: Climate Crisis
A Few Free Thoughts: Project 2025
Derailing the Peace Train
Embryos, Fetuses, Babies and Fundies
CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: Deviance and Heresy – Thougths About Saint Puddy – and, Hell
Family Values: U.S. vs Thailand
Advocacy Corner
Further Reading for Freethinkers

February 2024: This Month’s Meeting – February 19: Because of a Song, Holly Near
A Few Free Thoughts: Flim-Flam
Billions of Fibs and Other Fabulations
About Our Newsletter, the First Coast FreeThinker
A Bill to Bring Chaplains into Public Schools
CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: PEACE
Wisdom and Weed

January 2024: Freethought Free-For-All
A Few Free Thoughts: Welcome 2024!
In Memoriam: Roger Dupont Curry (9/15/46 – 12/20/23)
A Gathering of Freethinkers
About Our Newsletter, the First Coast FreeThinker
Sleeping Through History
CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: Slow Time and, I Have All the Time In the World
Eating Fiido: The Three-Pronged Motivation for Veganism

DECEMBER 2023: This Month’s Meeting – December 18 (In Person) HumanLights Celebration
A Few Free Thoughts
Imbibing Holiday Spirits and Disputing Jesus
Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations and Pandering to Creationists
Seeking Volunteer for First Coast Freethought Society Publicity Chair
CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: The Myth of the Caped Corgis; and, Hey! Did I Myth Something?
20th Century Schizoid Man*
Next Month’s Meeting – January 22 (Virtual) and more . . .

NOVEMBER 2023: A talk titled “The Rising Tide of American Antisemitism.” A Few Free Thoughts: Gratitude or Hate. Facing the Horror Shows. Banning Books in Florida. Seeking Volunteer for First Coast Freethought Society Publicity Chair. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: Intelligent Life, Where It May Be; and, SMARTY PANTS! For Love of Money. Advocacy Corner…and more!

OCTOBER 2023: A talk titled “Throwing Shade: Gerrymandering in the Sunshine State.” A Few Free Thoughts: A Grave Situation. Love and Hate Across the Ages. Public School Boards Targeted by Christian Extremists. Seeking Volunteer for First Coast Freethought Society Publicity Chair. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: “Is There a Right Way to be Wrong?”; and, WRONG AGAIN! Benefits of American Citizenship. Advocacy Corner…and more!

SEPTEMBER 2023: A talk titled “How Conservatives and Liberals Think About Liberty.” A Few Free Thoughts: What’s Next? Other Ways of “Knowing.” Bishops’ Holy Mission to “Protect Women” from Asserting their Reproductive Rights. Charismatic Leaders: Jesus and Trump – A Comparison. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: Ssssshhhhhh!; and, ¡Cierra la boca! Silêncio, por favor. It Isn’t a Coincidence. Advocacy Corner…and more!

AUGUST 2023: A talk titled “How Conservatives and Liberals Think About Liberty.” A Few Free Thoughts: See you in September. Truth, Justice, and the Innocence Project. DeSantis White-Washes the History of Slavery in America. In Celebration: 90th Birthday Bash for Bud Emerson. In Memoriam: Elizabeth “Liz” DuClose. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: BodhinBOT; and, HAL-allujah, I’m Aliiiiiive! False Equivalency. Advocacy Corner…and more!

JULY 2023: A talk titled “Unlocking the Truth about Wrongful Convictions: Innocence Project of Florida.” A Few Free Thoughts: Crimes Against Humanity. Tangled Up in the Kozmic Existential Blues Again.* Housing First. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: Woke, Anti-Woke, and Anti-Woke Woke; and, The Wökies. Commitment to the Future. Advocacy Corner…and more!

JUNE 2023: A talk titled “A conversation with Frieda Saraga: Ninety years of living fully.” A Few Free Thoughts: Waiting for Conservatives. Freethinking ‘Bout Songs of War and Peace. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: It Always Comes Back to Reason; and, Reason. Commitment to the Future. Advocacy Corner…and more!

MAY 2023: A talk titled “Debunking The ‘Christian Nation’ Myth.” A Few Free Thoughts: God’s Rant #959 – Tiny Caskets. Spirits, Sperm, and Speculations. Christians Against Pluralistic Secular Democracy. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: A Freethinker Ponders ‘Free Will’; and, FREE WILL. The “Tie” That Binds / Thailand and Taiwan. Advocacy Corner…and more!

APRIL 2023: A talk titled “Black Nonbelievers: Past, Present and Future.” A Few Freethoughts: Mistaken. Corrections to March 2023 Newsletter. Leaders, Laws, Sex and Enslaved Minds. Pious Prudes Ban Naked Bodies in Fine Arts. Jacksonville Philosophy Slams. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: The Humans, Part 2; and, Tribes, Beliefs and Cages. The Lies We Tell Ourselves. Advocacy Corner…and more!

MARCH 2023: A talk titled “The Struggle Continues!” A Few Freethoughts: The Invocation. Terrible Things Happen. Self-Policing as a Diagnostic Tool. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: The Humans. CHIT and CHAT Talk Back: Be a Humanist about Humanism. Respect. Advocacy Corner..and more!

FEBRUARY 2023: A talk titled “New views of our universe from the first year of NASA’s JWST”. A Few Freethoughts: The Revolutionaries. Call to Action for Freethinkers: The Right’s on a Roll. FREEFLO 2023: The Freethought Florida Conference. Happenings While Walking a Dog. Intimidating Teachers. Eat Like a Hunter-Gatherer. Advocacy Corner..and more!

JANUARY 2023: A talk titled “Freethought Free-For-All.” A Few Freethoughts: What’s Next? A Proclamation: Mark and Carrie Renwick. Freethinkers Forum of Tallahassee. The Poor Among Us. Women’s Rights Foes Show Their Hand. Family First in Thailand. 2023 FCFS Board Members. Advocacy Corner…and more!

DECEMBER 2022: Annual Human Light Celebration. A Few Freethoughts: Eight Billion. Freethinkers Forum of Tallahassee. Something Human This Way Comes. December Dilemma. Riverfront Parks Now: Jacksonville’s Riverfront Opportunity. American Commercialism Destroys Everything. 2023 FCFS Board Members. Advocacy Corner…and more!

NOVEMBER 2022: A talk titled: “The Culture Wars Assault on Public Education.” A Few Freethoughts: Time. Freethinking about Thanksgiving. Protecting Our Right to Privacy from Religious Extremists. Marx Was Right About Religion. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Advocacy Corner…and more!

OCTOBER 2022: A talk titled: “From Purity Culture to Nudist.” GOD’S RANT #9648: Bad Letters. The Queen is Dead (and Our Republic Has a Bad Cough). The Importance of Having Perspective. Advocacy Corner…and more!

SEPTEMBER 2022: A talk titled “Street Epistemology 101: Encouraging Critical Thinking with Gentle Questioning.” A Few Free Thoughts: Misplaced Opinions. In Memoriam: Jerry Daniel (“Dan”) Dupree (April 8, 1956 – August 4, 2022). Do Some Area Churches Lack Faith? The Supreme Court, god, and Roe vs. Wade. The Importance of Evaluating History. Your Precious Life. Advocacy Corner…and more!

AUGUST 2022: A talk titled “Street Epistemology 101: Encouraging Critical Thinking with Gentle Questioning.” A Few Free Thoughts: “Words Matter” (Duh). Ancestral Ghosts. Speaking Out Against Religious-Based Despotism. Scrutinizing Some U.S. Supreme Court Rulings on the Second Amendment. Winners and Losers in the Classroom…and more!

JULY 2022: A talk titled  “The Satanic Temple (TST) Sober Faction: Sobriety Without Superstition.” A Few Free Thoughts: Pliny the Elder. A Few More Freethoughts: America Is a Country, Not a Church. Several Supremely Bad Decisions. Sounding the Alarm: U.S. Supreme Court Religious Radicals Impose Church Doctrine on State. Advocacy Corner…and more!

JUNE 2022: A talk titled “Religion and Happiness: Much Ado About Nothing.” A Few Free Thoughts: God’s Rant #639. Bottles of Booze, Arms in Hand, and Laws of the Land. Interview with a Possibilian. Guns and God: The Theology of the National Rifle Association. Pride Month – June 2022 Advocacy Corner. The Murder of the Greatest Generation…and more!

MAY 2022: A talk titled “Florida Legislature: Leading the Nation in Dangerous Christian Nationalism.” A Few Free Thoughts: The Concert. May Daze. Voter Apathy and its Consequences. The Lasting Power of Singing Hymns. Violence is Not Always the Appropriate Answer…and more!

APRIL 2022: A talk titled “Emptying the Pews and Embracing Pluralism: The Power of Stories for Secular Advocacy.” A Few Free Thoughts: Moonshine. April Fools, Mysteries, and Follies. Legislating Daylight, Beliefs, and Controlling Dress Codes and Women’s Bodies. Advocacy Corner. Christianity is a Hate Group…and more!

MARCH 2022: A talk titled “A Human Response to the Humanist Convention.” A Few Free Thoughts: God’s Rant #17. Marching into madness. U.S. Supreme Court Set to Consider Allowing Coach-Led Prayers in Public Schools. Advocacy Corner. American Atheists 2022 National Convention. An Argument for a New Bible…and more!

FEBRUARY 2022: A talk titled “The Curse of the Disciple: New Thoughts About Freethought.” A Few Free Thoughts: Christian Rock. Ruminations on February. Bills to Protect Religious Bigotry Masquerading as “Protections of Medical Conscience.” Advocacy Corner. FreeFlo 2022. American Atheists 2022 National Convention. What a Relief It Is. Wear the Fucking Mask…and more!

JANUARY 2022: A talk titled “Recovering from Religion: Meeting the Unmet Need of Religious Trauma.” A Few Free Thoughts: January 2022. Grave Mistakes. Dueling January 6 Vigils in Remembrance of the Anti-Democracy Insurrections. Advocacy Corner. Where did Jesus, George Washington, and Genghis Khan come from? A New Year in a Civil Society. Election Results and Revised Bylaws…and more!

DECEMBER 2021: Annual Human Light Celebration. A Few Free Thoughts: Human Light. Tis the Season and the Issue at Hand. Banning Books in Florida. Advocacy Corner. A No-nonsense Story of Jesus. The Virgin Birth. How to End American Fascism or The 4th Reich Is Coming in 2025…and more!

NOVEMBER 2021: A talk titled “The Frankenstein Syndrome in Politics.” A Few Free Thoughts: Destiny. Editor’s Note. Thoughts About My Stepfather. On Rights, Choices, Traditions and the Breath of Life. Advocacy Corner. Why Aren’t All Christians Democrats? VOTE!…and more!

OCTOBER 2021: A talk titled “The ‘Do No Harm Act’–who wants to do harm?” A Few Free Thoughts: Abortion. In Remembrance: Herb & Judy Gerson. Supporting Women’s Reproductive Rights. Advocacy Corner. The Value of Liberal Arts Education. In Remembrance: Richard Hull. VOTE!…and more!

SEPTEMBER 2021: A talk titled “Freethought Free-For-All”. A Few Free Thoughts: Dr. Smooth. 2021 NPR Corporate Sponsorship. Swallowed by Time – Decades of War and Chaos. Religious Exemptions and Threats of Litigation Fueling the Pandemic. Advocacy Corner. What’s Wrong with America? Christianity Explains It All. In Remembrance: Tom Flynn…and more!

AUGUST 2021: A talk titled “Update on the Broader Middle East”. A Few Free Thoughts: Schlieman. 2021 NPR Corporate Sponsorship. Observations on Events Leading to Juneteenth. Adolf Eichmann Is Alive and Well? American Humanist Association Announces Dr. Fauci as 2021 Humanist of the Year. Advocacy Corner. Billionaires Joy Riding in Space While People Starve and Other Ideas on the Fairness of Society…and more!

JULY 2021: A talk titled “Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism”. A Few Free Thoughts: Overdue. Volunteer Needed: Adopt-A-Road. From One to Billions on One Planet. Keeping Church and State Separate as a Conservative Value. Advocacy Corner. Epiphany or Confluence or Both?…and more!

JUNE 2021: A talk titled “The Adams – Jefferson Letters & Abigail Adams”. A Few Free Thoughts: Tolerance. Volunteer Needed: Adopt-A-Road. Anxiety, Atrocities and Imperial Clashes. Standing Up for Reason, Truth, Justice and the American Way. Advocacy Corner…and more!

MAY 2021: A talk titled “Do the things! Building Communities Through Activism” by Sam Maguire. A Few Free Thoughts: Critical Thinking. Volunteer Needed: Adopt-A-Road. Hardluck Harry Crashes Against Reality and Other Fantasies. Religious Miseducation at Public Expense. Legislative Corner. Local Events of Interest:  A Brush With Nature. Islamophobia or Islamoreality?…and more!

APR 2021: A talk titled, “Evangelical Teaching and American Radicalized Terrorism” by Dr. Julie Ingersoll. A Few Free Thoughts. FCFS Joins Riverfront Parks Now! Voting Vexations in America. The Truth About the Phrase: “So Help Me God.” Legislative Corner. Is It a Shame to Be Fat?…and more!

MAR 2021 A joint presentation titled, “Transforming Jacksonville’s Downtown Riverfront.” Jimmy Orth, Executive Director, St. Johns Riverkeeper and Nancy Powell, Executive Director, Scenic Jacksonville, Representatives of Riverfront Parks Now. A Bit More Than a Few Free Thoughts. A New Logo for the First Coast Freethought Society. Dues are Due Every January! Some Free Thoughts on Taxes. Watching Watchmen. . . and more!

FEB 2021 “What’s Ahead for the AHA” by Emily Newman, Education Coordinator, American Humanist Association. A Few Free Thoughts. Dues Fall Due Every January! Freethoughts in Troubled Times. A Criminal Crusade Against Reason and Our Republic . . . and more!  

JAN 2021 “Inside the U.S. Foreign Service: Tales of the Unexpected.” by Richard Eason, U.S. Foreign Service Officer (Ret.) . . . Welcome, 2021 Board of Directors. 2021 Incoming President’s Message. Dues Fall Due Every January! The Covid War, Year Two. “Conversion Therapy” and the Constitution

DEC 2020 Annual Human Lights Celebration! A Child Is Born (and What Awaits Beyond the Womb). The Meaning of Religion and New Interpretations of the First Amendment Under the Current U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S./Thailand Covid-19 Experience Comparison

NOV 2020 “From Democracy to Theocracy: Following the Supreme Court’s Yellow Brick Road” by Merrill Shapiro, Immediate Past President, Board of Trustees, Americans United for Separation of Church and State

OCT 2020 VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Some Reflections on the U.S. Supreme Court. Thoughts on God and Science. Transactional Politics. Time to Say Goodbye! . . . and more!

SEP 2020 “Veganism: Does What’s On Your Fork Determine Your Future?” Jyoti Chawla, R.N., Founder and Administrator, Jacksonville Vegetarian/Vegan Facebook Group. Recovering From Religion Comes to Jacksonville. Waking from Nightmares of History. Is Race a Social Construct? . . . and more!

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Aug 2020	August Meeting: Carolyn McClanahan, M.D., CFP®, “The Crazy Soap Opera of Health Care Reform” . . . 2020 NPR Annual Fund Drive – Success . . . Golden Years Seen Through Rose-Tinted Spectacles . . . Are Magnet, Charter, and Vouchers Accomplishing the Goals that They were Created to Achieve? . . . Free Thoughts on “Liberty and Justice for All” . . . The American Worker Losses Due to American Employers, Not the Chinese
Oct 2019	October Meeting . . . Hallowed & Profane Festivities . . . Olive Garden . . . Lovely Roses and Prickly Thorns in Florida State Senate Bill 206: Prohibited Discrimination with Religious Exceptions . . . FREEFLO . . . In Memoriam: Glennis Smith . . . More on Florida State Bills . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . Arm Yourself With Reason . . .
Sept 2019	September Meeting . . . 2019 NPR Corporate Sponsorship Fund Drive Completed . . .Call for 2020 Board Nominations . . . Great (and Not-So-Great) Ancestors, Blue Bloods and Genes . . . Olive Garden . . . Just Say “NO!” to Discrimination in Florida! . . . FREEFLO . . . Arming Schoolteachers . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . Five Years On . . .
August 2019	August Meeting . . . 2019 NPR Corporate Sponsorship Fund Drive Update . . . Time-Traveling to Earth’s Past and Possible Future . . . Olive Garden . . . Evangelical Christians’ Silent Support of Injustice . . . FREEFLO . . . Unfit for Office . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . Our Fascist World . . .
July 2019	July Meeting . . . 2019 NPR Corporate Sponsorship Fund Drive Update . . . Pledging Allegiance . . . When the Cross Became a Secular Symbol . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . Reparations: A Serious Discussion Begins . . . Olive Garden
June 2019	June Meeting . . . 2019 NPR Corporate Sponsorship Fund Drive Update . . . Second Secular Invocation at Jacksonville City Hall . . . Olive Garden . . . National Day of Prayer and Religious Follies . . . Attempts to Legislate Abortion Away . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . Death of Reason in America . . .
May 2019	May Meeting . . . Rolling Out the Annual NPR Corporate Sponsorship Fund Drive for 2019! . . . Earl Coggins to Give Second-Ever Secular Invocation at May 28 City Council Meeting! . . . Proofreader Needed! . . . Tribal Wars . . . Olive Garden . . . Freethinkers: Clear Your Throats and Speak Out! . . . Call for Artists! . . . Musings on Socialism . . . Humanist Book Group . . .
April 2019	April Meeting . . . The Devil and Rep. Kim Daniels . . . Olive Garden . . . Does Sending Children to Private Schools at Public Expense Really Save Florida Taxpayers Money? (And If So in the Short Term, at What Long-term Costs?) . . . Florida Dept. of Education is Looking for Your Input About Standards . . . In Memoriam: Helen Beth Perry (April 4, 1928 – March 24, 2019) . . . In Memoriam:  Doris Emerson (April 27, 1937 – March 12, 2019) . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . It’s All F*cking Nonsense . . .
March 2019	March Meeting . . . Religious “Truth” Versus Scientific Fact . . . Olive Garden . . . Freethinkers in Congress . . . Judicial Originalism . . . Humanist Book Groups . . .
Feb 2019	February Meeting . . . Join or Renew . . . The Futility of Praying for an Omniscient God to Change Its Mind . . . Olive Garden . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . Walking or Hiking . . . Further Reading for Freethinkers . . . We’re Tweeting! . . . Freethought Events
Jan 2019	Two Decades of Organized Freethinking in Jacksonville . . . Religious Expression by Students in Public Schools . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . From Hope to Nope . . . Freethought Events . . .
Dec 2018	Combination Human Light Celebration and FCFS 20-Year Anniversary Party . . . Bothered About Bugs, Algae Blooms, and Other Things . . . Real Heroes, Legislative Cowards, and a Religious Blitz . . . Humanist Book Discussion Groups . . . Why the Argument Over Purity? . . . Further Reading for Freethinkers . . . Freethought Events . . .
Nov 2018	November Meeting . . . Olive Garden Nov 26 . . . Take Back America? . . . Whom to Elect . . . Franklin Graham Crackers Over Homosexuality . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . Death of Democracy, Death of the Planet . . . Freethought Event Calendar
Oct 2018	October meeting . . . Arguing Against Religious Absurdities in Personal Discussions . . . Olive Garden Oct 23 . . . How to Make Your Vote REally Count . . . Final Call for 2019 Board Nominations . . . Fear Itself . . . Humanist Book Groups . . . About the FCFS . . . Freethought Calendar Events . . .
Sept 2018	Register to vote! . . . Call for 2019 board nominations . . . Meetup – See that you never miss an FCFS activity . . . Imposing “In God We Trust” on public schools . . . A supreme judge of people . . . Do you have to be black to understand racism? . . .
Aug 2018	2018 NPR Corporate Sponsorship Fund Drive winds down . . . The First Coast Freethought Society at 20 Years and Aiming for Many More:  A Call for Officers and Bequests . . . Responding to the Pending Conservative Dominance of the U.S. Supreme Court . . . The Source of the Problem in Our Constitutional Democratic Republic . . .
July 2018	2018 NPR Corporate Sponsorship Fund Drive update . . . Anxiety in an imperfect world . . . Lone Star State religious mania spreads its darkness to the Sunshine State . . . Respect for tradition, not superstition . . .
June 2018	2018 NPR Corporate Sponsorship fun drive update . . . A Question of Balance: Teaching Verifiable History vs. Religious Mythology in Our Public Schools . . . More on Florida Citizens’ Alliance . . . Three careers . . .
May 2018	Starting the Buzz! . . . Idols tripping on their libidos . . . Three frogs on a lily pad: Sitting, deciding, and doing . . . Invocations at Jacksonville City Council . . . In memoriam: Hugo Borresen . . . Reason vs. Emotion . . . Australia: Keeping the American dream alive . . .
April 2018	Holy Graham crackers and Holidays . . . Florida still funneling millions of tax dollars to religious schools . . . Will you still need me when I’m 64 . . . American Humanist Association 2018 Annual Convention . . .
March 2018	Renew now for 2018 . . . “Thoughts and prayers” is not a plan . . . Aliens from the seas . . . Florida Constitution Revision Commission and a proposal to use our taxes to pay for sectarian religious education . . . AHA 2018 Annual Convention . . .
Feb 2018	Your dues are now due . . . Gods and emperors . . . Latest round of Bible-thumpers vs. science in Florida . . . The First Coast Freethought Society needs YOU! – A call for activists . . . In loving memory of Nita B. Pitts . . .
Jan 2018	The greatest story ever told . . . Dues fall due very January! . . . Mideducation with Beka B ooks . . . Social media and human interaction . . . American Humanist Association 2018 Annual Convention . . .
Dec 2017	A clash of seasonal tidings of a newborn king, peace on earth, and reality . . . ‘Tis the season: First Capitol holiday display approved . . . A towering cross in Pensacola and Christian wallbuilders across the nation . . . American Atheist 2018 National Convention . . .
Nov 2017	Spurious quotes and questionable facts: A retraction and a few ruminations . . . Foibles of Florida’s corporate tax credit scholarship scheme . . . City Council invocations . . . Purpose, meaning, mission, and the arrogance of humanity . . .
Oct 2017	Acts of god or nature? . . . Anti-Constitutional and Anti-Semitic United States Air Force Chaplain Captain Sonny Hernandez . . . .  Universal, Single-Payer Healthcare . . .   The Thai Example: Ignorance is Bliss . . .  FREEFLO – 2017
Sept 2017	Monuments as history? . . . Proposed revisions to Florida’s Constitution . . . Pardoning Arpaio’s crimes against the Constitution . . . State – Church separation corner . . . We are all statistics . . . FREEFLO – 2017
Aug 2017	NPR Fund Drive a success! . . . Tribes . . . Climate changes . . . Courage . . . Irony . . . FREEFLO – 2017 . . .
July 2017	How to defeat religion in 10 easy steps: A toolkit for secular activists . . . NPR fundraising update . . . In God we trust? . . . Florida Family Association: Fomenting fearmongering and fraud . . . Honesty, truthfulness, and reason . . .
June 2017	Spinoza: religion without theism . . . NPR fundraising update . . . Secretary DeVos, miseducation, and arks . . . A white boy’s advice to black folks . . . Ethics and our state legislators . . . Morality Part 3: The Evolution of Morality . . .
May 2017	Starting the Buzz . . . Ruminations on freethought and politics . . . Religious extremist politicians’ latest efforts . . . My human mortalityor my future life as the bionic man! . . . Calendar . . . June meeting . . .
April 2017	President’s message – What does it mean to vote your conscience? . . . The power of positively thinking away reality . . . Jeff Sessions’ problems with the truth outside his Bible-blinded vision . . . Compassion: what is it and where has it gone?
March 2017	Renew your membership . . . President’s message – To Boldly Go . . . Invisible gods, angels, and microbes . . . A simple, easy way to help support the FCFS:  AmazonSmile . . . State – Church Separation Update . . . Mammon, tax law, and Trumpism . . . Reflections on the U.S. Electoral System . . .
Feb 2017	Renew your membership . . . President’s message – Religious apologists, character assassinations, prison religious conversions, and the father of secular humanism . . . State – Church Separation Update . . . The Florida Corporate Tax Scholarship Program (to undermine public education and promote religious mis-education) . . .
Jan 2017	Renew your membership . . . President’s message – Time to shift gears . . . Blasphemy laws vs. human rights . . . State – church separation update . . . Government responsibilities and people’s rights . . . The measure of a person . . .
Dec 2016	President’s message – Merry Solstice . . . Heavenly Opportunities . . . Church – state separation update . . . Intelligence quotient vs. idiot quotient . . . An American Catastrophe
Nov 2016	President’s message – Giving thanks on Thanksgiving . . . A view on “What Should It Mean to Be An American” . . . Church – state separation update . . . A better understanding of the U.S. Constitution is needed by everyone . . . Respect, dgnity, and motivation in employment . . .
Oct 2016	President’s message . . . Saints and sinners and figuring out what’s good . . . Call for nominations for 2017 board . . . State – church separation update . . . Humanist book discussion groups . . . Morality, part 2, The behaviors of morality . . .
Sept 2016	President’s message – Politics and religion . . . A. Philip Randolph: A secular civil rights champion from Jacksonville . . . NPR fund drive – wrap up . . . State – church separation update . . . A new group – Nocatee Freethinkers . . . Why people of faith should supoert nontheistic invovations . . . Morality: What is it? Why is it important? Can you be moral without religion? . . .
Aug 2016	President’s message – The nones . . . Great conquerers and other heroes and villains . . . NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive update (still underway) . . . State – church separation update – The natural majesty of the Rockies and the travesty of Ken Ham’s $100,000,000 arc . . . Dinners for doubters . . . Death without religion . . .
July 2016	President’s message – To label or not to label, that is the question . . . Retaining tax-exempt status in a politically contentious climate . . . 2016 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive update . . . State – church separation update – Suicide and social stigma . . . Come to Thailand . . .
June 2016	President’s message – Turn on, tune in, drop out . . . Reflections on the 2016 Reason Rally . . . The wall . . . 2016 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive update . . . State – church separation update – 501(c)(3) organizations and political endorsements . . . The FCFS has two Meetups
May 2016	President’s message – Still climbing after all these years (annual NPR fund drive kick-off) . . . Ruminations on over population . . . Join the FCFS Meetup group . . . Folio Weekly features Earl Coggins on BackPage Editorial . . . State – church separation update – The devil and Antonin Scalia . . . Grandma isn’t going into a nursing home: Family dynamics variations in in the U.S. and Thailand . . .
April 2016	President’s message – A hamburger without meat . . . First-ever secular invocation delivered by an atheist at a Jacksonville City Council meeting . . . A letter to President Jefferson . . . Something new – an FCFS Meetup! . . . State – church – separation update – Public and government squares . . . L’Chaim! – to Life!
March 2016	President’s message – A new enlightenment . . . Invocation invitation . . . Oration at a child’s grave . . . Disciplining defiant children the Christian way . . . State – church separation update . . . Belief means you know it is pretend . . .
Feb 2016	President’s message – Shared values . . . Honoring Charles Darwin . . . State – church separation update . . .Rising above fear of the “other” . . . OneJax supports Human Rights bill . . . Xenophobia:  From the cave to the 21st century . . .
Jan 2016	President’s message . . . Thinking (freely) about the death penalty . . . State – church separation update . . . The road to and from extreme religious liberty . . . Now to our Thailand correspondent – Thai politics . . .
Dec 2015	” Call to Action” (Move to Amend) Abolish corporate personhood and money as free speech . . . Nativity scenes, festivus poles, flying spaghetti monsters seen at State Capitol rotunda . . . December’s president’s message – It’s about time! . . . Now to our Thailand correspondent – educating aout the truth . . . Freethinking about break-ins, terrorists, guns, and God . . . State-church separation update . . . Florida House Bill 163: Weapons and firearms . . .
Nov 2015	Carl Sagan day . . . A rabbi admist freethinkers . . . Guns in the U.S. . . . State – church separation update . . . Now, to our Thailand correspondent – Transitions . . .
Oct 2015	President’s message – Atheists under attack – again . . . Popemania . . . Changes in FCFS Humanist Book Discussion Group – Jacksonville . . . State – church separation update . . . Now, to our Thailand correspondent – Ch, ch, ch, changes . . .
Sept 2015	President’s message – No atheists in foxholes… really? . . . Human law v. holy dictate . . . NPR 2015 fund drive – success! . . . State – church separation update . . . BANNED . . . Now, to our Thailand correspondent – Anti-Semitism in the early 21st century . . .
Aug 2015	Message about – not by – president . . .  A faith lift we don’t need . . . 2015 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive update – almost there . . . Contacting Jacksonville city council membersregarding sectarian invocations at their meetings . . . State – church separation update . . . Brevard county commissioners sued for religious discrimination . . .  And now, to our off-shore correspondent in Thailand:  “Of fish and men . . .  TO VIEW NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER, CLICK  HERE.
July 2015	President’s message – Damned if you do, damned if you don’t . . . 2015 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive update . . . Ruminations on a persistent topic . . . In memoriam:  Theo Lichtenstein . . . State – church separation update . . . And now, to our off-shore correspondent in Thailand: “A Monkey God, Lady Boys, and Hell” . . . Dignity U Wear volunteering – Discontinued! . . . TO VIEW NESLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER, CLICK HERE.
June 2015	President’s message – 2015 NPR annual corporate sponsorship fund drive now underway . . . Master races, genes, sunlight and a little milk . . . And now, to our off-shore correspondent in Thailand:  “Most Religious Country?” . . . Religious freedom? . . . Dignity U Wear volunteer update . . . TO VIEW NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER, CLICK HERE.
May 2015	President’s message – Rare earth elements . . . Invocations & gods in ancient Greece and a modern Greece . . . Wilhelmina Walton – a celebration of life June 6 (announcement) . . . And now for our correspondent in Thailand . . . Christian invocations at City Council meetings . . . Dignity U Wear volunteer update . . . TO VIEW NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER, CLICK HERE.
April 2015	Special event – FREEDOM OF SPEECH:  The Linchpin of a Free Society . . . Speaking out for freedom . . . Local AU update . . . My Christian pedigree . . . And now from our correspondent in Thailand . . . Musings on tolerance and the First Amendment . . . TO VIEW NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER, CLICK HERE.
March 2015	President’s message – Freedom or safety? . . . Free speech panel discussion – coming soon . . . Dignity U Wear volunteer opportunity – update . . . And now, from our correspondent in Thailand . . . Chalupa update . . . When free speech and other rights conflict . . . Why I m an atheist – humanist – freethinker . . . TO VIEW NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER, CLICK HERE.
Feb 2015	Will the real Darwin please stand up . . . President’s message – Freethinker and secularist are not synonymous terms . . . Free speech and murder . . . Local AU update . . . Secular meditation . . . St. Augustine history and chalupas . . . Building a heart from stem cells . . . TO VIEW NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER, CLICK HERE.
Jan 2015	President’s message – FCFS scores with Folio Weekly . . . Happy New Year? . . . Local AU update . . . Giving cancer (a skit on the lighter side of lobbying) . . . TO VIEW NEWSLETTER IN YOUR BROWSER, CLICK HERE.
Dec 2014	President’s message – Reflection on “Waiting for a Donut” . . . Utopian visions . . . Local AU update . . . Annual planning meeting . . . Why I am an atheist . . . Click here to view this newsletter in your browser.
Nov 2014	Presidents message – Food crazy . . . New play:  “Waiting for a Donut” . . . Carl Sagan Day 2014 . . . Local AU update – petition campaign continues . . . Waking Up – a book review . . . NPR corporate sponsorship update . . . Wilhelmina M. Walton (1932-2014) . . . Click here to view newsletter in your browser.
Oct 2014	President’s message – The troubled constitution . . . Angelic & bedeviled choices . . . United Not Divided petition . . . Polarity . . . Call for nominations for 2015 board  . . . Click here to view newsletter in your browser.
Sept 2014	President’s message – America’s cultural contradictions . . . Believing is easier than thinking . . . Of kittens and dogmas . . . An AU strategic planning session . . . NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive is not over yet . . . Secularity USA – update . . . Click here to view newsletter in your browser.
Aug 2014	Meet the Aug speaker, meeting description . . . President’s message – Today’s challenge to reason, guest author . . . Should someone be exempt from a law merely for a religious reason? . . . Animal consciousness . . . NPR fundraising continues . . . Dignity U Wear . . . Click here to view newsletter in your browser.
July 2014	Meet the July speaker, meeting description . . . President’s message . . . Solemnizing message before city council meetings . . . NPR fundraisings update . . . Remembering Don DuClose . . . Click here to view newsletter in your browser.
June 2014	Meet the June speaker . . . President’s message – The sky is falling . . . Salman Rushdie vs. religious fanatacism . . . An audience for the religious leaders . . . 2014 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive . . . Announcing the July meeting . . . Click here to view newsletter in your browser.
May 2014	Meet the May speakers . . . President’s message – A wolf in sheep’s clothing . . . The GOD business is unconstitutionally in HOG heaven . . . Thoughts of death and religion in the wake of my mother’s death . . . Annual NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive now under way . . . Special announcement – June meeting . . . Click here to view it in your browser.
April 2014	Meet the April speaker . . . Dignity U Wear . . . President’s message – The truth is highly underrated . . . The truth is highly overrated . . . Secularity USA . . . Know your Florida Humanist Association . . . Click here to view it in your browser.
March 2014	Meet the March speaker . . . Americans United March 13 Event . . . President’s message . . . Humanist interest story:  Joe Beck . . . A lesson from Emma Darwin . . .  Click here to view it in your browser.
Feb 2014	Meet the February speaker . . . Our new look . . . President’s message . . . Retaining Family Bonds Amidst Disparate Views . . . Prayer and the City Council . . . Click here to view it in your browser.
Jan 2014	The John Birch Society is alive and… well? (Part II) . . . President’s message . . . NAS surveillance activity . . . An atheist’s prayer . . . Meet Our January Speaker . . .
Dec 2013	New meeting location . . . Annual planning meeting . . . President’s message . . . Jacksonville City Council prayers & the First Amendment . . . Human Light celebration . . .
Nov 2013	The John Birch Society is alive and… well? (Part I) . . . President’s message . . . New location for Annual Human Light celebration . . . Steve Gott:  In memoriam . . . Heroes and Dr. Bronowski . . . Meet our November speaker:  Dr. Jay Huebner . . .
Oct 2013	Amán Amán! A Literary/Philosophical Memoir . . . No, you’re not entitled to your opinion . . . A good atheist . . . In Memoriam: June Applen . . . Call for nominations for 2014 FCFS board . . . Meet our October speaker:  Joque Soskis . . .
Sept 2013	President’s message . . . FDR’s four freedoms . . . Leukemia and Lymphoma Sociaty “Light the Night Walk” . . . Meet our September speaker:  Dan Barker . . .
Aug 2013	President’s message . . . September meeting features DAN BARKER . . . The blue dress . . . New meetup group “Secular Saint Augustine” . . . Meet our August speaker . . .
July 2013	Stark(e) contrasts: competing monuments and dealing with religious bigotry . . . President’s message . . . God – a poem . . . Oh, ye bishops . . . “There’s no doubt in my mind” . . . 2013 NPR Fund Drive – Success! . . . Meet our July speaker . . .
June 2013	2013 Annual NPR Fund Drive Update . . . President’s message . . . Atheism/agnosticism and The Believing Brain . . . Invitation to share your freethought experiences . . . Parsimony meets reality:  Beyond the magic bullet (rebuttal to Believe it or not – May 2013) . . . Stardust . . . Meet our June speaker . . .
May 2013	Foxhole atheist . . . President’s message . . . A message from beyond . . . Believe it or not . . . The ultimate stalker . . . Meet our May speaker . . .
April 2013	Easter, Osiris, and Eostra . . . President’s message . . . New FCFS Humanist Book Discussion Group – in St. Augustine! . . . Scale . . . Meet our April speaker . . .
March 2013	Darwin Day in Tampa Bay . . . President’s message . . . It would be nice . . . Zero Dark Thirty . . . Meet our March speaker . . .
Feb 2013	The bettery story . . . President’s message . . . Pogo would cry . . . Gun insurance . . . Meet our February speaker . . .
Jan 2013	We’re still here–and so are the Mayans . . . President’s message . . . Creative balance . . . Meet our January speaker . . .
Dec 2012	War on women’s education in the Swat Valley . . . Free speech, churches, and tax exemption . . . Annual planning meeting . . . Proof . . . Human Light – A holiday for humanists . . .
Nov 2012	Reflections on football . . . Should religious institutions or government solve our social problems? . . . In memorium:  Paul Kurtz . . . Free Will? . . . FCFS is seeking an auditor . . . Meet our November speaker . . .
Oct 2012	Vlad Dracula . . .  Circumstance (a movie review) . . . Amendment 8 . . . Call for 2013 nominations . . . Meet our October speaker . . .
Sept 2012	A peaceable kingdom? . . . A radical prescrition for American education . . . Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2011 . . . Volunteer!  Second Harvest and Jacksonville Beach Community Garden . . . Meet our September speaker . . .
Aug 2012	Definition of an agnostic . . . Atheism, agnosticism, and Richard Dawkins . . . The God Delusion survey . . . Reacting to madness . . . Meet our August speaker . . .
July 2012	Why is there so much violence and cruelty in the Bible? . . . Joque Soskis replies to Keene and Wolf on the Healthcare Mandate . . .  NPR drive success! . . . Meet our July speaker . . .
June 2012	The sky according to Tolkien . . . Another view on the healthcare degate . . . False promise of individual health insurance mandate . . . Remembering Millie Taylor . . . Meet our June speaker . . . 2012 NPR fund drive progress . . .
May 2012	Observations on the Reason Rally in D.C. . . . The Florida Legislature and Its Lack of Appreciation of the First Amendment . . . The individual health insurance mandate . . . 2012 NPR Corporate Sponsorship fund drive under way . . . Meet our May Speaker:  Dr. David Simon . . .
April 2012	Capital punishment, part 2 . . . Should churches be allowed to break the law? . . . Defining God . . . Meet our April speaker:  Dr. David Schwam-Baird . . .
March 2012	Capital punishment, part 1 . . . Why do we fight unnecessary culture war battles? . . . What did the founding fathers intend? . . . Meet our March speaker:  Mark Palmer, Esq.
Feb 2012	Christopher Hitchens . . . Upcoming events of note . . . Letter from an agnostic . . . Community outreach program activity . . . Meet our February speaker:  Scott Kimbrough, Ph.D.
Jan 2012	Peace on Earth . . . Freethinkers volunteer . . . Six elements of humanism . . . Official election results . . . Christopher Hitchens . . . The legislature is coming to town . . . Meet our January speaker:  Karla Pierce . . .
Dec 2011	Saturnalian greetings . . . Without God . . . Annual planning meeting – January 15, 2012 . . . Human Light – a holiday for humanists . . .
Nov 2011	A country club bans Richard Dawkins for atheism . . . Invitation to freethinking authors and artists . . . The Scott Adams project, part II . . . What is it about humanism? . . . Meet the November speaker:  Joque H. Soskis . . .
Oct 2011	Call for nominations . . . Perry prays, Texas burns, and God is mute . . . Objectively:  Ken Ham’s “not ashamed” sham . . . Meet the October speaker:  Dr. David Schwam-Baird . . .
Sept 2011	Why the tortoise is better than the hare . . . Do opinions matter? . . . Freethought humor . . . Gravity . . . Freethinkers in history . . . Meet our September speaker:  Dr. Casey Welch . . .
Aug 2011	Dead fish and dodos . . . In a better place . . . Meet our August speaker:  Dr. Elaine Hull . . .
July 2011	Lying in the name of Christ . . . The U. S. was not founded on Judeo-Christian principles . . . Eon Traveler . . . 2011 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive declared a success . . .
June 2011	Songs of the green and blue . . . Bills of interest introduced in the 2011 FL legislature . . . Whatever Is (a poem) . . .  An imaginary conversation about imaginary things . . . 2011 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive progress . . .
May 2011	They are back–with dinosaurs . . .  American struggles towards religious freedom, part 2 . . . Atheists and other freethinkers in the military . . . Community outreach program . . . FCFS T-shirts . . . 2011 NPR corporate sponsorship drive underway . . . FCFS annual spring fling . . .
April 2011	Online daters trust in God . . . Camp Quest of the Smokey Mountains . . . American struggles towards religious freedom, part 1 . . .
March  2011	Einstein’s famous equation . . . Secular support group in St. Augustine . . . The evolution of religion . . . The Scott Adams project, part I . . . The Florida Legislature . . .
Feb 2011	Dialogue with a Muslim, part II . . . Bridges between outdated shores . . . Questions are the answers . . . That devil Darwin . . . In memoriam:  Karen Spuria . . .
Jan 2011	Believing is easier than thinking . . . Freethought quotes from the ages . . . Upcoming freethought events . . . Year 2011 at a glance
Dec 2010	Prayers in City Hall . . . Ancient City Humanists . . . Neighborly caroling . . . Religion, fear, and freedom of speech, events, 2011 election results . . .
Nov 2010	Pledging allegiance . . . Book review:  The Moral Landscape . . . John Lennon and free speech . . . Meet our November speaker, Joque H. Soskis . . .
Oct 2010	Finding dinosaurs . . . Frankenstein’s creator . . . Elections next month . . . Meet our October speaker, Barry Albright . . .
Sept 2010	The home invasion of the bible thumpers . . . Remembering Johnny Cole . . . Tribute to Johnny Cole . . . Freethought quote & humor . . . Meet our September guest . . .
Aug 2010	Southern hospitality–unless you’re an atheist . . . God has plans for us . . . Johnny L. Cole . . . 2010 NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive declared a success . . .
July 2010	The power of fleas and the plague . . . Some freethoughts from the founding fathers . . . 2010 NPR corporate sponsorship fundraising campaign going great . . .
June 2010	2010 fundraising campaign underway . . . Corporations give matching funds . . . 2010 Florida legislature update . . . Frank Tipler’s God equation . . . Local freethinkers on TV . . . Upcoming freethought events . . . Book review: Where Was God: Evil, Theodicy, and Modern Science
May 2010	Signs of religious mania and intolerance . . . St. Augustine’s “godless billboard” mysteriously damaged . . . More community responses to the billboards . . . A collection of atheist aphorisms . . . Events of interest . . . HFA Annual Conference – A tremendous success!
April 2010	Community comments the to NeFCoR “godless billboards” in Jax and St. Augustine . . . The big Bs, beg, bargain, beseech . . . The great recession: Did greed run amok lead to the cause . . . Calendar events . . . NPR Corporate Sponsorship spots to increase . . .
Mar 2010	Florida Legislature is coming to town . . . Freethinking forty-eighters . . . What happened in the recent economic catastrophe? . . . Freethought profile and quotes . . . Highlights of the January 2010 Planning Meeting . . .
Feb 2010	Is Christianity really such a great deal . . . Devil-dealing in Haiti, a brief history . . . Humanists can hold their heads high . . . A dialogue about building bridges . . . Edward Abbey . . . Charles Darwin and family connections . . .
Jan 2010	The four-minute expert . . . Robert Crumb takes on Genesis . . . Abortion remains controversial . . . Anexagoras, the sun, the moon, and Athens . . . Wilhelmina Walton: Freethinker of the Year . . . Major contribution to start 2010 . . .
Dec 2009	I’m no angel . . . Snowmen, Solstice, and Santa . . . Trial by Ordeal . . . Northeast Florida Coalition of Reason formed . . . Tidbets from Terry Loucks . . . 2010 election results . . .
Nov 2009	Special section: More observations on poverty and capitalism . . . Little green men vacationing on Earth? . . . .The God question . . . Bylaws amendment (increasing board size) passes . . . Election of 2010 FCFS officers . . .
Oct 2009	Vocabulary lesson . . . Observations concerning poverty and capitalism . . . Witch mania . . . My body is not my own . . . Bylaws amendment . . .
Sept 2009	Why do people suffer? . . . Did Jesus exist? . . . The voice of secularism is louder in Washington . . . Poverty is a capital crime in the U.S. . . . Heroes and Gods . . . Bylaws amendment passes
Aug 2009	Human nature and the rule of law . . . Mark Twain’s War Prayer . . . Book Review: The Science of Good and Evil, by Michael Shermer . . . Camp Quest Florida 2009 . . . Where does the Enlightment fit into the puzzle? . . . How to handle two medical problems . . . Proposed bylaws amendment
July 2009	Are you adrift? . . . Religious wars on the First Coast . . . Anti-Semitism remains a scar . . . Freethinkers are being heard, more and more . . . Meet Karen Wells . . . 2009 NPR corporate sponsorship fundraising drive is a success!
June 2009	Reason Interrupted: Book review of Jesus, Interrupted . . . FL legislature update . . . Soldiers and freedom . . . Religulous . . . This I believe . . . Meet Sigrun Buckley . . . Freethought Day at Disney World . . . 2009 NPR corporate sponsorship fundraising has begun . . . Freethought Frolic . . .
May 2009	Praying—one of America’s favorite hobbies . . . (Un)intelligent design vs. science again . . . The stars our destiny . . . Freethinkers have opened doors in Washington . . . American Atheists 35th national convention . . . Top ten signs you might be a religious fanatic . . . It’s only a story . . .
April 2009	Pabulum, politics, and the pulpit . . . What is so holy about the Bible? . . . Variations in marriage provide a guideline . . . Celebrate the seasons . . . Freethinker brief bio: Beth Perry . . . “Reasons to believe” . . . or not . . .
March 2009	Dumbest movie of the decade . . . Bills before the 2009 Florida legislature about which freethinkers should know . . . What on Earth was I doing? . . . Quoting Epicurus . . . A humorous thing happened on the way to the anatomy lesson . . .
Feb 2009	I saw democracy in action . . . Oh, my aching feet! Who would have thought that democracy was such hard work? . . . Valentine’s Day and the atheist . . . The promise and dangers of cloning (part 2) . . . Evolution 101 . . . Bi-centennials of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln . . .
Jan 2009	My views as a scientist on religion . . . Freethinkers speaking out on religion . . . The promise and dangers of cloning (part 1) . . . Civication is good for the economy . . . Honoring heroes and monsters . . .
Dec 2008	Concerns for science and religion . . . Texas two- step: the dance between science and religion in Texas . . . Einstein speaks . . . A night at the inn (or The First No El) . . .
Nov 2008	Wanted: Secular homes for Asian exchange students . . . Liberalism and Humanism: Are they joined at the hip? . . . New, ongoing fundraising program . . . Who are you going to call? Ghost Busters! . . . Election of 2009 FCFS officers . . . Freethinking and American politics . . .
Oct 2008	FCFS is moving up . . . We are the world . . . Dark side of the Dalai Lama . . .
Sept 2008	Florida’s constitutional amendments . . . Suppression of science by religion . . . How to end the ban on gay marriage forever . . . Hell! . . .
Aug 2008	In every man’s life . . . Nice to be lumped in with the sexual deviants and criminals . . . Living without a safety net—and no chance of not falling . . . Staring at the sun and other things your mother told you to avoid . . . Heaven . . .
July 2008	NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive: an overwhelming success . . . Jesus Christ . . . Americans say that there are many paths to truth . . . A case of family spamming . . . More from the mouths of babes . . . Dinners for doubters . . . A fractured science fairy tale . . .
June 2008	NPR corporate sponsorship 2008 success . . . Bible Park USA . . . The Florida legislature and freethinkers—so, how did we do? . . . Out of the mouths of babes . . . Marching over the constitution . . .
May 2008	NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive . . . Freethinkers celebrate Earth Day . . . Jaxfreethought Yahoo Group . . . How politics corrupts the teaching of science . . . Pope Benedict XVI vs. Secularism . . . The scientific method . . .
April 2008	Rumblings in Tallahassee: The imminent demise of the Blaine Amendment . . . The sleep of reason . . . Terry Loucks rewrites Genesis . . . A gift of reason to our nation’s sailors . . .
March 2008	Poland’s black Madonna . . . Not exactly living up to expectations . . . Bills before the 2008 Florida legislature . . . A pagan’s response to Christianity . . . The human epoch . . .
Feb 2008	The war on evolution explained . . . Council of Europe approves resolution against Creationism . . . Gutting the separation of church and state in the Florida constitution . . . Questioning authority . . .
Jan 2008	Jan Eisler receives award . . . Religion and other fairytales in Ireland . . . Church and State . . . Strong support for science standards . . . Overdose on Christmas Carols . . .
Dec 2007	2007 in review . . ‘Twas the night . . . Sam vs. Paul: does the atheist label hurt our cause? . . . Working with evangelists . . . Secular homes schooling has a bright future . . .
Nov 2007	Sam vs. Paul . . . Science standards available for public review . . . An atheist’s journey, so far . . . FCFS wins award . . .
Oct 2007	Monkey business in Canada . . . Polygamy and democracy . . . Religious rumblings in Jacksonville . . .
Sept 2007	The pursuit of happiness: a humanist mandate . . . Religious Awareness Week . . . A Mormon for president . . .
Aug 2007	Religion in Germany/Europe . . . Jeb Bush’s policies finally publicized . . . NPR corporate sponsorship is bearing fruit . . . Stalin and Hitler and atheism . . . Beating City Hall . . .
July 2007	NPR corporate sponsorship–a reality . . . Billy Graham’s crusade . . . Feeding the homeless . . . Reason-based ethics . . .
June 2007	NPR corporate sponsorship fund drive . . . A fundamentalist haunts the nation . . . Can ethics be reason-based . . .
May 2007	Earth Day Fair . . . Dirty footprints . . . Mayor broke the law . . . Evil examined . . . Reason-based ethics . . .
April 2007	Action Plan for 2007 . . . Legacy of Darwin . . . Bible as a work in progress . . .
March 2007	Speculation on the origins of religion . . . Pastor flaunts fleecing his flock . . . 2007 legislative bills . . . Martin Luther King, Jr. and civil rights . . .
Feb 2007	Celebration of Betty Ann Borresen’s life . . . Letter to the T-U editor . . . Forgiveness requires accountability . . . Abraham Lincoln and slavery . . .
Jan 2007	Iranians and human rights . . . Lucian and his war on religious fraud . . .
Dec 2006	2006 in review . . . Science Under Siege: evolution never looked so good . . . It’s a natural thing . . .Spirited conversation . . .
Nov 2006	I don’t know . . . Musings on politics and religion and civil discourse . . . Jimmy Carter and fundamentalism . . .
Oct 2006	Looking over the horizon . . . Science Under Siege: The Attack on Evolution . . . Humanists pray to themselves . . . The emperor and the creed . . . Fall Frolic . . . Philosophy slams . . .
Sept 2006	A day of faith: religion or science – Which should we trust to bring down the murder rate? . . . Science panel: “Science Under Siege” . . . FCFS identity . . . Scientology revisited . . . Florida Progressive Information System . . .
Aug 2006	Public education and humanism–joined from the shoulder to the hip . . . Education survives . . . Amino acid magic . . . Changing the world . . .
July 2006	Let’s stop living in the past . . . Humanism and public education: Joined at the hip? . . . Here we go again . . . Ethics and the will of God . . .
June 2006	Thoughts on SOS (Secular Organizations for Sobriety) . . . A freethought path through the 12 steps . . . Fundamentalist attack on education . . . Challenge the biology teacher . . . Freethought bills . . .
May 2006	South Park censorship . . . Colon hydrotherapy . . . God and the Constitution . . . Youth and faith . . .
April 2006	Fundamentalists threaten democracy . . . CFI Conference 2006 . . . Support the Secular Coalition of America . . . Bonobos extinct? . . .
March 2006	Bills before the 2006 State Legislature . . . Are science and God compatible? . . . Blasphemous cartoons . . . The town that Jesus built . . .
Feb 2006	It must have been a slow news day . . . Enlightenment: In a flash or a slow crawl? . . . Divine sons . . .
Jan 2006	Florida Science Standards–a vision of science education in Florida . . . Fundamentalism defined . . . The “Good” Book . . . How should we respond to the creche? . . .
Dec 2005	Can we better teach science in Florida? . . . Getting along in America: How we can bridge the gap in the culture wars . . . 2005 – Humanist year in review . . . ‘Tis the season . . .
Nov 2005	Crossed up in Starke. . . Monkeys in Vegas – Why people believe in pseudoscience . . . Partiality towards Christians . . . Death: The high cost of living . . . Talk Back . . . Atheists get a voice in Washington . . .
Oct 2005	The FCFS reaches out to the community . . . Letter to JHRC (Jacksonville Human Rights Commission . . . Fantasy and reality in comics and the Bible . . . Teach adults to read . . .
Fall 2005	Special Edition (distributed throughout the community – some new and the best of the old) – Are you a freethinker? . . . More about us (i.e., the FCFS) . . . Strayer debates creationism – another Hovind debate experience . . . Is humanity destined for the stars or the dark ages? . . .
Sept 2005	What is atheism? . . . Religious martyrs . . . Popularly held notions and education . . . Talk back . . .
Aug 2005	Is the U.S. Constitution Christian? . . . Can we disagree? . . . A look at the 10 Commandments . . . Podcasting and freethought . . .
July 2005	Gimme that red-state religion . . . The Flintstones and creationism . . . Fighting fire (and brimstone) with fire . . .
June 2005	Always strive for knowledge . . . Holy cure-all for what ails the U.S. . . . Pope faces American dissent . . . Controversial cartoon . . . Update on bills before Florida Legislature . . .
May 2005	The dark side of the Pope . . . Another round of creationism vs. evolution . . . Jacksonville jumps on the faith-based band wagon . . . Bills before the Florida Legislature . . .
April 2005	Humanists of Florida Leadership Conference . . . Find your own moral compass . . . The proper role of education . . . Scientology (or, lessons learned on the road to freethinking) . . . Happy Birthday, FreeThinker . . . . The humanist ten commandments . . .
March 2005	Students apathetic on rights . . . U.S. charity not tops, as apologists claim . . . Religion a thriving industry in Jacksonville, especially for Baptists . . . Passion plays: The real deal . . .
Feb 2005	Abstinence-only sex ed flops . . . Her job is not finished (Margaret Sanger) . . . Times-Union report on a religious crusade? . . . Beam them up, Scotty . . .
Jan 2005	Baptist leader declares war . . . The politics of piety . . . Ethics and morality . . . To shut up or not to shut up? (i.e., is it patriotic to keep silent?) . . .
Dec 2004	Rocking Roy and his Ten Commandment crusade . . . Homeland Security flawed . . . Public school education . . . Supreme Court created Jim Crow . . . Support for Bill of Rights . . .
Nov 2004	Why I am a Humanist . . . “Introduction to Bible” courses . . . Teaching the Bible in public school – a hidden hazard . . . The 911 Commission Report . . . Evolutionary Ethics . . . The War Against Drugs . . . Reformation Sunday . . . Social Religious Gap . . . Contemporary Religion . . .
Oct 2004	Are we willing to go public? . . . The right to know . . . Faith doesn’t always deserve respect . . . Religion in public schools . . . Anne Bradstreet and the psychosis of Puritanism . . .
Sept 2004	That was the reason for the First Amendment to the Constitution! . . .What is an atheist? One of the most misunderstood words explained . . . Book review . . . Iron-jawed angels . . . Vouchers – to the rescue?
Aug 2004	Does science really matter? . . . The real game: Is humanity destined for the stars or the dark ages? . . . We the People . . . Religion affects election . . .
July 2004	Atheists on Supreme Court? . . . The forgotten Reagan . . . Christianity is changing . . . World evangelization declines . . . The “J-Word” . . . Progressive media available . . . America’s public schools . . .
June 2004	A new mentor for freethinkers . . . Can you carry the torch? . . . Did Jesus Exist? Some conclusions from the Jesus Seminar . . . How do we appear? . . . Southern Statesman – Charles E. Bennett and the Southern Manifesto . . . Faith-based success not successful . . . Satan ordered out! . . .
May 2004	Fundamentalism incompatible with democracy . . . Founding grandfathers . . . My dangerous letter to the editor . . . Integrating Little Rock . . . So misunderstood – giving voice to the godless . . . Liberalism advances steadily . . . Uphold secular rule . . . . As above, so below . . .
April 2004	An open letter to creationists everywhere . . . Seeking spiritual answers . . . Women’s history month . . . Global fundamentalism . . . Excerpt from an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer, by Walter Cronkite . . .
March 2004	Humanists of Florida Association Conference, “Progressive Action in Regressive Times” . . . Progressive panorama . . . Dubious Christians . . . Infallible the Bible is not! . . . Franklin’s lightening rod . . . The need for tolerance in humanism . . .
Feb 2004	Prominent Atheist – A brief biographical sketch of George Soros . . . New world before 1492 . . . Darwin Day . . . The Inquisition (a poem) . . . Homosexuality condemned – by fundamentalists . . . Southern Baptist faith . . .
Jan 2004	The value of evolution . . . The value of prayer . . . Humanist foundation of progress . . . Names of the days and months . . . Why I am not a Bright . . . If we ran the church . . .

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