Published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
Vol. 35 No. 04 May 2018
Photos and cartoons from May 2018
FFRF’s ad in the New York Times.
Dominic Omenai, holding Dan Barker’s book, Free Will Explained, stands with an unidentified member of the Atheist Society of Nigeria. Omenai says the Atheist Society is starting a freethinking library, and FFRF has helped out by sending it some freethought books. The group also has enlisted the aid of Atheist Alliance International in getting a book drive going. (Submitted photo)
Credit: New Yorker cartoon
The “Montclair Mafia” dodgeball team from Montclair, N.J., sent FFRF this tweet on March 26 after winning their league: “We played for @FFRF this season in our Charity Dodgeball League. The check is in the mail!” FFRF received the check for $150 and thanks the “Mafia” for its generous donation.
Chris Swanberg of Montana sent us this photo of teh church marquee from Grace Baptist Church in Great Falls, Mont. Chris writes, “‘Oh come all ye faithful flesh eaters!’ That might be a good title, or how about, ‘All cannibals welcome.'”
FFRF’s Caption Contest. The winner was David Norsen, who came up with: “What a deal! Two fairy tales for the price of one!”
Runners-up included “Multi-level marketing gone wrong,” by Steve York; “Lettuce not into temptation, but deliver us from weevils,” by Judy Thomas; “Lepre-‘con,'” by Joyce McChesney; and “God’s love requires a lot of cabbage,” by Becca Challman.
Evangelicals: March 8, 2018
Tom Cara of the FFRF Metro Chicago Chapter sent this photo after the group displayed a banner and two signs in Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza to offset a Catholic group’s “holy week” displays. The Chicago chapter’s display was up from March 31 to April 8.
Cara writes: “Here is a quote from one of the signs from our display, designed to encourage those passing by Daley Center Plaza to tell the Divine Mercy Project to keep state and religion separate: ‘Not looking to convert? Neither are we. But the Divine Mercy Project wants to take its mission of “Conversion of the World” through Catholic evangelism to the public square. Should government property, which is owned by all taxpayers, be used to endorse the beliefs of a specific religious group? Our Constitution says no.’” (Submitted photo)