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Christ’s missing witnesses

August 13, 2018 349 views

Being a witness is an easy position to explain—it means someone who can stand in front of us and tell us what they saw, in a ‘witness box’ if necessary. We shou...

Why you should rethink your God

I haven’t counted but I’m pretty sure I have asked far more than 1,0...

Why religions don’t care about truth

All religions insist they have found the truth, despite the fact there are hundr...

Hammurabi receiving the law from sun god Shamash

Where did Moses really get the Law from?

Hammurabi, the sixth Babylonian King, ruled Mesopotamia for 42 years from 1792 &...

Wooden carving of Jesus crucifixion against a brick wall

Eight reasons Christianity is false

There is very little that we can prove in this world. We can look for evidence t...

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Atheists Sue State Governor in Nigeria

Illustration of the proposed Akwa Ibom Christian worship centre

What should atheists do when they find a State Governor is promoting a project to build an enormous 8,500-seat Christian worship centre and is contributing state funding?

This is happening now in Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria, a country with a Federal Constitution that explicitly mandates separation of religion and state. Our affiliate, the Atheist Society of Nigeria, instructed lawyers to write to Governor Udom Emmanuel, to demand the cessation of the project, and for the contributions made by the government to be publicly disclosed.

The Governor has failed to respond to either letter. So what next?

With AAI’s help, the Atheist Society of Nigeria will take the matter to court and let a Judge rule on the legality of the Governor’s involvement in this overtly religious project. This will be the first time in history that atheists have sued a state government in Nigeria and the ruling will be a crucial test case that will clarify the law and is likely to impact many other instances of state-religion entanglement across the country.
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