Author Archives: The Militant One

For the past ten years or so, there has been a constant tension in the secular and nonbeliever communities between the accommodationists and the confrontationalists. Both sides have their prominent champions and their seemingly valid rationales for their position. Of … Continue reading →

Note: The following post expresses the thoughts and opinions of The Militant One and does not necessarily reflect the views of any of the other bloggers on this site nor does it represent the stance of Steel City Skeptics as … Continue reading →

Recently, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a resolution proclaiming 2012 to be “The Year of the Bible”. (Read commentary along with much of the text of the resolution in the Scranton Examiner http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-scranton/pa-house-of-representatives-declare-2012-to-be-year-of-the-bible . Funny that there is no mention … Continue reading →

Yesterday was an interesting evening in Ellwood City. The Council meeting was a real zoo. The rabble rousing mayor, in his quest to stir up trouble and try to intimidate the Council into rescinding their vote to comply with the … Continue reading →

On KDKA news last night, they had a pretty big story about the Ellwood City creche issue. As part of the story, when mentioning the FFRF’s letter threatening to sue them for their violation of the Constitution, they included a … Continue reading →

This weekend is the beginning of the Pittsburgh Coalition of Reason’s upcoming billboard campaign. The billboard is the familiar blue sky with white cloud background with the words “Are you good without God? – You are not alone.” with the … Continue reading →

           I’ve been trying for over a week now to come up with questions for the panel at the upcoming Town Hall meeting being sponsored by the Post-Gazette. You know – the one about religion in the public square. … Continue reading →

A week ago, I learned about a Post-Gazette Town Hall meeting being sponsored by PNC, the topic of which is to be Religion In The Public Square. As I looked over the ad and read the list of luminaries on … Continue reading →

I read Ruth Ann Dailey’s column in this morning’s Post-Gazette; something that I am normally loathe to do because all I do is get pissed off. But the title of her column was “Religious Extremism”, and with it being the … Continue reading →