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A Journal of Atheist News and Thought |
The Apocalypse Bestiary
Conrad F. Goeringer
Metaphorical owls, roosters,
and tortoises approach the new mil-
lennium. Put your money on the
tortoises.
Owls and Roosters in
Prime Time
Conrad F. Goeringer
Chris Carter, the creative force
behind The X-Files, borrows the
apocalyptic metaphors of Owls and
Roosters for his shadowy hit series
Millennium
Did Jesus Exist?
Frank R. Zindler
A review of the alleged evidence
for the historicity of Jesus of
Nazareth shows it to be under-
whelming at best. Jesus appears to
be as mythical as Thor or Osiris.
Irish, Nazis, Threes, and Me
Part II
Tony Pasquarello
The concluding portion of
another chapter from the author’s
quasi-autobiographical book The
Altar Boy Chronicles
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Cover photo: Madalyn Murray (later O’Hair) with sons Bill (right) and Jon on the steps
of the US Supreme Court heard arguments on Murray v Curlett, the case that led to the Court’s ruling that coerced prayer and reverential Bible reading in public schools were unconstitutional.
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Editor’s Desk
Frank R. Zindler
Atheism
Madalyn Murray
An address given by the
founder of American Atheists to the
American Rationalist Federation
on the occasion of its 8th annual
convention in August of 1962, before
the Supreme Court had agreed to
hear her case.
The Matter of Prayer
Madalyn Murray O’Hair
The real story behind the
famous lawsuite challenging the
reading of the Lord’s Prayer in the
public schools goes behond constitu-
tional principles and to the heart of
Atheism.
May It Please The Court
Excerpts from the brief submit-
ted by Leonard J. Kerpelman for
the Atheist appeal to the US
Supreme Court in the case Murray
v Curlett. His arguments are still
relevant today.
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