Cruel people believe in cruel gods

The phrase "Cruel people believe in cruel gods" echoes a well-known idea often attributed to thinkers like Thomas Paine and Bertrand Russell. The core notion is that the nature of a person's belief about their god reflects and influences their own behavior...

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/cruel-people-believe-in-cruel-wW9XXxIES_SKXuTr2eL6qw

American Freethought (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

We announce new FFRF litigation this week. 

In honor of Pride Month, we celebrate the birth anniversary on June 9 (1891) of the gay/atheist songwriter Cole Porter by listening to his irreverent song “Experiment.” 

Then, we speak with professor David C. Hoffman, author of American Freethought: The History of a Social Movement, 1794-1948. 

Interview: 

https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-june-5-2025/

Only Losers in Territorial Wars — Sarah Paine

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4xGTeWkVh74

 

Forgotten Founder (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

Guests: Margaret Downey and Gary Berton. We talk about the need to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Breyer with a proponent of state/church separation. After hearing Dan Barker's tribute to Thomas Paine, "The World Is My Country," we talk with two Paine experts: Margaret Downey, president of the new Thomas Paine Memorial Association, and Gary Berton, president of the Thomas Paine National Historical Association, about the drive to erect a statue to the "forgotten founder" in Washington DC.

Interview: 

https://ffrf.org/news/radio/show-items/item/40360-freethought-radio-january-27-2022

Thomas Paine Knew How to Deal With a Mad King Like Trump - The Daily Beast

The last time America faced a crazed monarch he was sent packing, and American democracy was born. Now it's in jeopardy again – for the same reason. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/thomas-paine-knew-how-to-deal-with-a-mad-king-like-trump

Here are 5 founding fathers whose skepticism about Christianity would make them unelectable today - Raw Story

To hear the Religious Right tell it, men like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were 18th-century versions of Jerry Falwell in powdered wigs and stockings. Nothing could be further from the truth. Unlike many of today's candidates, the founders didn't find it necessary to constantly wear religion on their sleeves. .....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/5-founding-fathers-whose-skepticism-christianity-make-unelectable-today/