On Darwin Day, Atheists Get A New News Website, But Will It Evolve Into A Must-Read?

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The American Humanist Association, which publishes The Humanist magazine, launched a similarly titled news website for nonbelievers. (TheHumanist.com)

By Christopher Zara
on February 12 2014 6:25 PM

There’s a new media outlet in town, and if it’s successful, it just might put you in a state of disbelief.

Coinciding with the birth of Charles Darwin, or Darwin Day, the American Humanist Association (AHA) on Wednesday announced the launch of TheHumanist.com. The effort, the group says, will focus on daily original reporting and commentary on issues concerning a “growing godless view.” Described as a “media hub,” the site is aiming to be a resource for secular-minded news consumers in search of news and information not tainted by theology.

To some on the right, that description may sound no different than the New York Times, but based on a cursory look, TheHumanist.com is decidedly more single-minded. And so far, the authors of its inaugural pieces are having no problem staying on topic. Headlines include “Do Creationist Textbook Writers Have Borderline Personality Disorder?” and “‘Under God’ Makes a Mockery of Religious Freedom,” to name a few. One article looks at “The Religious Disneyfication of the Harlem Renaissance.”

There’s a new media outlet in town, and if it’s successful, it just might put you in a state of disbelief.

http://www.ibtimes.com/darwin-day-atheists-get-new-news-website-will-it-evolve-must-read-1555097

http://thehumanist.com/features/articles/the-horror-held-her-the-religious-disneyfication-of-the-harlem-renaissance

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1. Happy Darwin Day!

I think their mission statement is inaccurate:

a resource for secular-minded news consumers in search of news and information not tainted by theology.

since it appears that many of the articles are about theology in one form or another.