With God on their side: when religion and politics collide

Incoming AFA President Michael Boyd was recently quoted in an article titled With God on their side: when religion and politics collide by Cathy Alexander on Crikey on 5 July 2013. An excerpt from that article is reproduced below. The full article can be read at the...

Blasphemy is Bullshit

It is a clear demonstration of an imaginary deity’s impotency and incapacity to do its own bidding when humans have to make edicts to defend its alleged hurt pride. Blasphemy laws are more about the insecurity of the believer than an attempt to protect a god. Any god...

A message from the President of Atheist Alliance International

Atheist Alliance International is pleased to announce the launch of Atheist Census, a global project to count and collect information on the world’s atheists, agnostics, freethinkers etc. We are excited about gathering information on the number of non-religious...

SYN FM Debate – The influence of religion on culture and politics

Atheist Foundation of Australia debating team member, Matthew McArthur, in conversation with John Pilbrow on SYN Radio, Saturday 27 October 2012. John Pilbrow is the Emeritus Professor of Physics, Monash University Co-Editor Christian Perspectives on Science &...

New AFA website launched

Welcome to the new Atheist Foundation of Australia website. In updating the website, we have aimed at focusing on making a resource that members and the public can use more regularly, with updated information and as a basis for exploration of atheism in Australia. It...

From a wheelchair-bound perspective, thank God I'm an atheist

Opinion Holly Warland God didn’t make the cut when I assessed my life at age 12. WHY do people turn to religion, if not to help them with their troubles? Most people believe the logical thing to do when presented with a tumultuous life-changing event is to turn...