Jefferson argued that distracted citizens gradually lose their rights “in the sole faculty of making money” while power becomes concentrated in the hands of corrupt rulers. Learn more about Jefferson’s views on religious liberty for America at 250. fightingthegods.com/jeffersons-w... #politics

Keep #religion out of #politics Learn more about James Madison's role in the creation of our secular republic: fightingthegods.com/the-first-ex...

Discover what the father of the #Constitution thought about church-state separation in one of the most important defenses of religious liberty ever written. #atheism #religion #politics #history

Learn how Thomas Jefferson created his own #Bible by taking a blade to it and removing all references to miracles, the Resurrection, Jesus's divinity, and all things supernatural. fightingthegods.com/american-her... #atheism #ThomasJefferson #ReligiousFreedom #AmericanHistory

Discover what Thomas Jefferson really thought of #Christianity— and the separation of church and state: fightingthegods.com/american-her... #atheism #politics #USConstitution #religion #humanism

“As you say of yourself, I too am an #Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of #Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral #philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.” - Thomas Jefferson fightingthegods.com/return-to-ed... #ethics #atheism #humanism

Jefferson believed #religion was a matter “solely between man and his god” — and that mixing church and state threatened liberty itself. Learn just how much Jefferson would have reviled Christian Nationalism. fightingthegods.com/american-her... #atheism #USHistory #Politics #FirstAmendment

“...to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical." - Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom #atheism #politics #USHistory theconversation.com/what-jeffers...

Now seems like a good time to celebrate the founding of the world's first #secular #constitution. #atheism #politics

Is the God of your religion truly real, or instead a predictable product of Francis Bacon’s Idols of the Mind—born not from evidence, but from the hidden frailties of human cognition itself? fightingthegods.com/the-idols-of... #atheism #psychology #religion #philosophy

Atheism’s history is not one of nihilism, but of inquiry, courage, progress, and hope. Discover the skeptics who helped shape the modern world: fightingthegods.com #atheism #humanism #skepticism #history #philosophy

Giordano Bruno thought the universe was infinite and teeming with life—decades before Galileo’s own defense of heliocentrism. Learn how Bruno challenged the authority of scripture in #science and sparked the imaginations of future scientists. fightingthegods.com/on-the-infin... #atheism #physics

We are calling for a boycott of the White House's Freedom 250 initiative's prayer fest on the National Mall on Sunday, 5/17, to rededicate America as “one nation under God.” BOYCOTT Freedom 250 corporate sponsors: - United Airlines - Mastercard More ➡️ ffrf.us/4uSGdof

#Spinoza knew, more than three centuries ago, that the gods are nothing more than psychological projections. #atheism #religion #psychology

“If men were able to exercise complete control over all their circumstances, or if continuous good fortune were always their lot, they would never be prey to superstition.” — #Spinoza #atheism #skepticism #humanism

Many people don't realize there are two sets of the #TenCommandments. After Moses smashed the original set, God had the opportunity to rectify some crucial omissions (e.g., prohibiting the evils of human bondage). Instead, he gave us this: "Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk" #atheism

The Stoic Challenge Learn the six principles of #stoicism for turning adversity into a training ground for #character — without the need for #God. fightingthegods.com/the-stoic-al... #atheism #humanism

“It is by reason that we ought to persuade and instruct people, not by blows or by insults or physical violence.” — Emperor Julian A good reminder that political and religious violence is never justified or productive. #atheism #humanism #politics #democracy fightingthegods.com/against-the-...

“True religious freedom — the kind our nation’s founders enshrined in the #Constitution — protects and treats equally people of all faiths and of none. It’s very clear this administration is only concerned about Americans of a certain #faith.” - Nick Fish www.atheists.org/2026/05/amer... #atheism

Do you still think Jesus was an innovative teacher of #ethics? Perhaps you haven't read much #greek #philosophy. Read more about Christianity's earliest critic and the borrowed origins of the #religion: fightingthegods.com/unoriginal-s... #atheism

The deep and critical reading of scripture marks the beginning of the end for Christian credibility. Learn how the neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry initiated the tradition of serious biblical criticism. fightingthegods.com/testing-the-... #atheism #philosophy #religion #history

Friedrich Nietzsche once said that #Christianity is #Platonism for the people. But it was the 2nd-century Greek philosopher Celsus who first exposed the Christian repackaging of Greek philosophy. fightingthegods.com/unoriginal-s... #atheism #philosophy #newtestament #humanism

Virgin births. Miracles. Resurrections. These things were not as uncommon as you think in the ancient world. Read about how Celsus first exposed the borrowed origins and unoriginality of Christianity. fightingthegods.com/unoriginal-s... #atheism #Christianity #philosophy #humanism

"The common notion of the 'purposeless unbeliever', lacking a sense of ultimate meaning in life, objective morality, and strong values is not accurate, challenging the stereotype that #atheists lead lives devoid of meaning, #morality, and purpose." www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... #humanism

The Skeptics Guide to Religion Explore the limitations of human understanding and the art of suspending judgment: fightingthegods.com/the-skeptics... #atheism #skepticism #philosophy #religion

“If they say that [God] has providence for everything, they will be saying that god is a cause of bad things, while if they say that he has providence for just some things, or even for nothing, they will be forced to say that god is either malicious or weak. — Sextus Empiricus #atheism #skepticism

Texas now permits public schools to display the Ten Commandments. The state is trying to argue that “I am the Lord your God; you shall have no other gods before me," doesn't favor one religion over another... #religiousfreedom #atheism #secularism #politics www.atheists.org/2026/04/amer...

Learn how #Stoicism offers a true alternative to #religion. fightingthegods.com/the-stoic-al... #atheism #humanism #philosophy #self-help

“The longer I ponder the question, the darker I think is the prospect of a solution.” — Cicero A short essay on Cicero, the limits of human understanding, and the deep roots of agnosticism. fightingthegods.com/inscrutable-... #atheism #agnosticism #psychology #history #philosophy

#morality without #religion Read more about Epicurus and the Pursuit of Happiness fightingthegods.com/return-to-ed...

Epicurus turned the lesson of Eden on its head: knowledge isn’t a fall—it’s a liberation. There is no divine punishment, just the end of the illusion that we need God to be happy. Here’s how to build the Garden: fightingthegods.com/return-to-ed... #atheism #selfhelp #philosophy #ethics #religion

#modernmedicine begins with Hippocrates #atheism #science #humanism Read more about the father of medicine: fightingthegods.com/on-the-sacre...

#atheism #survivorshipbias - the cognitive bias at the root of all superstition

Exorcisms still exist. So does faith healing. But Hippocrates knew that any method that cannot be tested cannot fail—and cannot improve, either. Read more about how the Father of Medicine revolutionized the field: fightingthegods.com/on-the-sacre... #atheism #history #skepticism #medicine

“Epicurus’s old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil?” — David Hume #atheism #problemofevil #philosophy #skepticism

The first atheist in the West didn’t just reject the gods—he exposed the psychology behind believing in them. Read about Diagoras of Melos and the cognitive bias at the heart of superstition. fightingthegods.com/the-first-at... #atheism #philosophy #history #psychology

“About the gods, I am not able to know whether they exist or do not exist, nor what they are like in form; for the factors preventing knowledge are many: the obscurity of the subject, and the shortness of human life.” — Protagoras of Abdera #atheism #agnosticism #skeptic

If morality depends on God, Socrates has bad news. In Plato’s Euthyphro, he exposes a dilemma that has haunted theology for over two millennia: Is morality arbitrary—or independent of the divine? Read more: fightingthegods.com/piety-on-tri... #ethics #atheism #religion #philosophy

“If cattle or lions had hands, so as to paint with their hands and produce works of art as men do, they would paint their gods and give them bodies in form like their own—horses like horses, cattle like cattle.” - Xenophanes of Colophon #historyofatheism #philosophyofreligion #skepticism

More than 2,500 years ago, Xenophanes revealed a timeless truth: the gods you worship look like you, and the gods of your neighbor look like your neighbor. But neither are any more real than reflections in a mirror. Read more: fightingthegods.com/the-first-he... #atheism #philosophy #psychology

Is atheism a force for good in the world? Its critics say no. Its history suggests otherwise. Fighting the Gods traces a long-overdue, hopeful history of nonbelief across the ages. Read more: fightingthegods.com/the-sleep-of... #atheism #history #philosophy #criticalthinking #humanism