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A Journal of Atheist News and Thought
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Rebecca Vitsmun and her baby narrowly escaped a tornado in 2013. The very next day, she came out as an
Atheist on CNN. Those life-altering events inspired her to start the Humanist Disaster Recovery Network.
by Natasha Stoynoff
n May 2013, Rebecca Vitsmun was a closeted Atheist with no intention of coming outespecially
not in front of millions of viewers on live television. But as she stood amid the post-tornado rubble
in front of her demolished house in Moore, Oklahoma, CNNs Wolf Blitzer asked her a question she
had to answer honestly.
The day before, the stay-at-home mom barely escaped death by running from her home with her
19-month-old son, Anders, in her arms as 210-m.p.h. winds ripped her house apart and killed 24 people in
the area, most living two blocks away.
Youve got to thank the Lord, right? Blitzer asked Vitsmun, now 32, about her survival. He was
interviewing her for CNNs The Situation Room. The former math tutor closed her eyes and looked down
for a split second. I realized I was busted, she says today, looking back on the pivotal moment. Id been
hiding that I was an Atheist for over a decade and I thought, This is it. I either lie on camera or come out on
camera. And Im not a liar. I had no other option.
later send her to therapy. As she cradled her babys clothes one
Our philosophy is survivor first, says Vitsmun, whose
last time, the women aggressively tried to evangelize herall but official title is Development Coordinator.
saying she was a terrible mother if she refused to embrace Jesus.
As well as providing an understanding of the volunteers
God put me into your life to bring you back home, the first placement within the emergency-management system, HDR
woman told her. He misses your son so much...he cant wait to will teach volunteers how to think like a humanist, how to
envelop him with his love...
understand that when you go into a situation, the survivor is most
Tired, traumatized, and out of time, I was afraid to defend important. You are walking into their world and you need to view
myself or tell them to go away because I needed their help, it through their eyes, not your own. Everybodys different in who
Vitsmun recalls. I was terrified. I wasnt even coping with the they are and what they are going to need.
tornado anymore, I was trying to cope with her.
As in her case, when the two volunteers focused on what they
By the time the bulldozers came and wentalong with her thought was most importantevangelizingits very easy to
pious helpersshe was resolute with a new mission: to volunteer re-traumatize a survivor. What they did prevented me from being
for a humanist relief program. Not only did she want to prevent able to process the situation I was in because I was focused on the
others like her from being taken advantage of and subjected to pain I was experiencing from what they were doing instead.
someone elses religious agenda at their lowest, weakest point, she
Theists are not the only ones tempted to take the opportunity
also wanted to make sure that no one was doing this sort of thing to convert unsuspecting victims at such an emotional time.
from our [Atheist] community, she said. I needed to find them. Atheists, too, cant go around saying [to believers], Where is your
To her shock, a lengthy internet search that night at her god now? No one should be trying to change someones worldview
brothers house didnt yield
at a time like this. We are there
one national humanist relief
to be their extra pair of hands,
program.
and, if anything, to comfort
I thought, How is
them and help build them up
this possible? Most of the
to be secure and who they are
groups were religion-based.
again.
Religions have been around
By the end of 2015, the
for thousands of years, and
first batch of navy blue vests
these organizations were
with silver, reflective striping
built on that platform
and the Humanist Disaster
thats where people based
Recovery Team logo were
their morality and got their
printed and 324 volunteers
inspiration. But when you go
had registered with HDR.
out and help people, youre
Their first deployment
not just helping those based
came in early January, when
in your religion or those who
thirteen volunteers joined
share your own worldview.
her in Columbia, South
For centuries, silent
Carolina, to help with the
Atheists
have
been
ongoing painting, grouting,
volunteering or working
and general rebuilding after
with religious organizations
last Octobers catastrophic
Rebecca Vitsmun and her son, Anders, in October 2015
or trying to help others on
floods. And barring any new
their own.
catastrophe that needs their
The secular community
attention, more volunteers
has the desire to help, she says, we just dont have the will be sent to New Orleans and other cities to assist in the longinfrastructure in place. The religious are organized. They show term recovery from super storm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina.
up with supplieswearing matching t-shirtsand in teams
If we never have another disaster hit the country again,
that are ready to go. People were shoveling by my house wearing that would be amazing! Vitsmun says. But thats not realistic.
Church of Christ t-shirts, and someone was from Memphis, Somethings going to happenit always does.
someone else was from Nashville, and two were from Virginia.
And when it hits, she and her team will be ready.
In high school, Vitsmun received the prestigious Sandy
Nininger Medal for her work as a volunteer coordinator. It was
Watch Rebeccas interview with Wolf Blitzer on YouTube
time to dust off those award-winning skills and put them to use at TinyURL.com/HonestAtheist. Her courageous answer is at
again because I couldnt let this go. I had a gut-wrenching feeling 8:24. For more on the Humanist Disaster Recovery Network,
that I needed to make this happen.
go to FoundationBeyondBelief.org/HDRNetwork, or follow
She soon hooked up with the charitable organization them on Facebook (Humanist Disaster Recovery) and Twitter
Foundation Beyond Belief to help create the countrys first national (@HDRTeams).
non-theist disaster recovery volunteer program, The Humanist
Disaster Recovery Teams (HDR Teams). Their mission: to provide Natasha Stoynoff is a New York Times best-selling author, journalist,
and screenwriter based in Manhattan.
recovering communities with trained humanist volunteers.
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Ex-Mormon Missionary
Lesson 4: The Commandments, Part 2
by Greg Hawkins
his is the fifth installment in our series by Greg Hawkins, a former Mormon who
was a missionary in the Philippines for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. In these articles, he describes what goes on when missionaries (they always
travel in pairs) knock on your door and you let them in. Greg has been informing readers of
American Atheist about many parts of the Mormon doctrine that missionaries may leave outor
may not even be aware of themselves.
In their training, which is only six weeks long, missionaries are taught to stick to their limited
script. This leaves them unprepared for any challenging questions. For example, every Mormon
has a lifelong requirement to give ten percent of their income to the Churcheven a Mormon
living in abject poverty, raising a large family, shouldering a lot of debt, or dealing with any other
kind of financial hardship. Many missionaries have never given this rule, or the many others
like it, a second thought. But if you question a missionary in an amiable, non-confrontational
way, youll give them a real opportunity to apply critical thinking to their religions harmful
absurdities.
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DIFFERENCES
As Seen from a Secular Humanistic Perspective
by James Luce
Long ago, some people thought they were living on the back of a giant space turtle.
lot of non-believers want to shield their children from religion, to avoid it completely in
an attempt to protect them from harmful beliefs, but we think knowledge is the answer
and not the problem. Thats why we wrote The Belief Book. Children are curious, and
parents seldom have all the answers. We should teach religion to children because when they learn
about the origins of myths they can see all religions as part of the same phenomenonand not see
one as inherently superior to all others. This excerpt is from two chapters, Stories and Beliefs.
Have you ever been camping? Sitting around the fire with
your friends and family, roasting marshmallows, telling scary
stories in the dark? Well, maybe not scary stories, but definitely
stories.
How can a story be scary? Its just a bunch of words. But
words are one of the most important ways we learn new things
about the world. We can use words to make a story seem scary,
but we can also use them to make song lyrics, write books, and
talk to the people we love. Stories are creative ways to share
words, which made them a good way for people who lived a long
time ago to show others their ideas.
But even though stories were probably the first way our
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and jump! Why havent you jumped yet? Whats stopping you?
Oh I get it, I get it. Youre saying that you would either die or get
hurt really badly, arent you? Well, how do you know that? Have
you ever jumped from that high before? No? Then how do you
know you could be hurt or dead? Because you know? Okay, Ill
buy that.
But another question: Why do you know? Because youve
seen it on TV? Well, we all know that the movies and TV
shows and video games arent the same as real life, so whatever
happens in them isnt always real. And if these things arent real,
maybe nothing will happen to you if you decide to jump, right?
EPISTEMOLOGY
for the Open-Minded
A review of Jerry Coynes Faith vs. Fact
by Mark Kolsen
ducators, please note: Jerry Coynes Faith vs. Fact clearly answers the questions
students ponder but are usually reluctant to ask: How do we know alleged facts
are true? And why, in some cases, do these facts contradict our own beliefs and
experiences? Faith vs. Fact offers an expanded, easy-to-read version of what David
Barash calls The Talk. Barash is a biology professor at the University of Washington. At the
beginning of every school year, he gives a talk to his students about evolution and religion,
and how they get along. More to the point, how they dont (God, Darwin, and My College
Biology Class, Sept. 27, 2014, NYTimes.com). Its a talk intended to save worried students
from the challenging mental gymnastic routines involved in reconciling their religious
beliefs with evolution. Students who read Faith vs. Fact can, like those who hear Barashs talk,
eschew these unnecessary routines.
de-education in faith.
Part Two
The next time you need to debate the supernatural or dispel the gospels, who
ya gonna call? Seth, Aron, and Mattthe thoughtful Atheists godbusters!
by Natasha Stoynoff
Seth, Matt, and Aron at the Australia Zoo. Photo by Andrew Skegg
The only good parts of the Bible are the few bits
that contradict the whole of everything else.
I hear you guys were in awe of the Aussie cockatoos.
Matt: I used to have a parrot, which he [Aron] now has.
One of the things that shocked me was seeing two to three
hundred Goffins cockatoos in trees while we were walking
around in Perth.
Aron: As an American, Im looking at these birds as their
retail value on the pet market. Imagine an American forest and
the trees are filled with thousands of really expensive parrots.
Matt: These were million-dollar trees.
Did you see dingos? As in, A dingo ate my baby! You
know, just like Atheists supposedly do.
Matt: We saw dingos. But my favorite thing had nothing to
do with wildlife. We know were in the land where everything
can kill you. We didnt go to the Great Barrier Reef, we didnt go
swimming with sharks. But in Perth, we went out to the Indian
Ocean and this guy [pointing to Aron] decides we go out into
the water. I barely waded in because theres blue-ringed octopus
and every other thing that can kill you in there. Meanwhile,
Aron is out there trying to body surf. Hes fearless.
Aron, have you taken the guys for a spin on your
motorcycle? Or given them a tattoo?
Seth: Honestly, I dont think I could pull off a tattoo. I look
like a middle-aged Ferris Bueller.
Aron: I tend to ride at least twenty miles over the speed
limit everywhere I go. One of the reasons I ride a motorcycle
is that I have a much better chance that I get a sudden death.
Ive seen some of the other options; I prefer that. Ted Nugent
sings, Some people think they gonna die someday. I got news,
ya never got to go. Yeah, you do. Everyone dies.
What do you say when a theist asks, Dont you dont
want to see your loved ones again in heaven?
Seth: That drives me crazy. At every level, the question is
just so wrongheaded. I look at these people and say, Id love
to see them again. But what does wanting have to do with it?
The question itself betrays the wish-thinking that so often
feeds religious belief. I was much the same way when I was a
Christian; I wanted cosmic justice. I wanted to live forever. I
wanted the tragic stuff in this world to be a temporary precursor
by Brian Bolton
In three definitive
statements,
Jesus said that
the vast majority
of humankind
will go to hell.
Jesus told his disciples that he will return unannounced and
cut the unfaithful into pieces and send them to hell (Matthew
24:51, Luke 12:46). He also said that when he returns for the
last judgement he will order the wicked people brought before
him to be executed, and he will crush unbelievers to dust and
relegate them to hell (Luke 19:27, 20:918).
Jesus is also portrayed as a dedicated servant of the poor
(Matthew 25:4146, Luke 14:1314). However, Jesus forceful
command to help the least of those among you is totally
contradicted by his support for right-wing economic ethics:
To those who have much, more will be given; from those who
have little, even that will be taken away (Matthew 13:12,
25:29, Mark 4:25, Luke 19:26). Is this the proof we need that
the Bible really is Donald Trumps favorite book?
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Paulkovich examines dogmas, myths, and religious notions past and present.
by Michael B. Paulkovich
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Endnotes
1. Alexander, 11
2. Wheless, 306-307
3. Catholic Encyclopedia (vol. 2), 43
4. Robertson, 214
5. Cumming, 158-159
6. Vallentin, 462
7. Catholic Encyclopedia (vol. 9), 163
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Encyclopedia Press, 1907-1913.
Cumming, John, Apocalyptic Sketches. London:
Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 1850.
De Camp, L. Sprague, The Ancient Engineers.
New York: Ballentine Books, 1960.
Hatonn, Gyeorgos C., Through Darkness Into
Light. Carson City: America West, 1992.
Kohen, Elli, History of the Byzantine Jews: A Microcosmos in
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Panati, Charles, Extraordinary Origins of Everyday
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Olivia Nuzzi, Nov. 16, 2105, TheDailyBeast.com
2. Ben Carson Compares Some Refugees to Rabid Dogs, by
Eugene Scott, Nov. 19, 2015, CNN.com
3. Donald Trumps Plan for a Muslim Database Draws
Comparison to Nazi Germany, by Vaughn Hilliard, Nov. 20,
2015, NBCNews.com
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How Thrilled
My father came from a fleck of a village
That was sometimes in Russia and sometimes in Poland.
He spent his youth shivering over the Talmud,
Scarcely noticing he was hungry and cold,
Except to call it Gods will.
Can you imagine?
Can you imagine how thrilled he was to learn in America
That he had the right to pursue happiness?
Felicia Nimue Ackerman
This poem first appeared in The Providence Journal.
reading with an atheistic slant in the past few years. From the
perspective of one born in the dead center of the deep South
over seven decades ago who has witnessed first-hand the
horrors of overt religious bigotry, let me suggest that, in our
collective efforts to enlighten and clarify the ways of the world,
we need to stop using the singular form of the word god.
Even the shallowest kind of research will show there are
currently thousands of gods. Adherents.com, for example,
suggests twenty-two religions worldwide with 4,200 gods,
and the Encyclopedia of the Gods references 2,500 deities.
TalkFreethought.org refers to 5,000, and the Hindu religion
alone is said to have 330 million unidentified demigods of
various purposes and responsibilities. Ridiculously, many of
those gods require their followers to, in the words of the first
of the Ten Commandments worship no other god before
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