"The foolish believeth every word." Proverbs 14:15

Mission

• To provide a way to connect researchers to like-minded individuals who have had enough of dogmatic, prostelytizing, scripture-thumping, faith-mongering zealots, of any stripe.

• To provide a place where skeptics, free-thinkers, heretics and other weirdos can gather together in comfort and relative security.

• To provide a central point to collect our disparate views, and share them with others.

• To provide a center of debate, for discussion is ever the path to understanding.

We the management of the Foundation realize that strong personal feelings are often associated with discussion of these topics. All participants, from all sides of whatever issue we discuss, are asked to follow the teachings of those wise philosophers from San Dimas, Bill and Ted, and "Be excellent to each other."

Membership

The Board of Directors

Colonel Sellers, may the Light illumine his name(s), Founding Chairman. 'Uncle' Sellers designed the FFFF page, recruited members, compiled the libraries, and participated in many memorable arguments. He left H2G2 in December, 2001, only to be reincarnated¹ a year later as Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit, still as feisty as ever, but no longer interested in running things. That job was left to...

GTBacchus: Acting Chairman. He maintains the FFFF page, trying to keep things tidy and off the censors' radar. GTB, before taking over Chairman duties, held the Discordian Bureaucrat and Corruptor of Youth Chair, but he's since quit.

Scopes the Monkey: Assistant Chairman, he actually presides over board meetings, since our beloved Chairman could never be bothered by such trivia, and now he's retired and the Acting Chairman is hardly qualified. Scopes descends out of his tree during meetings and flings feces at everyone, masturbates, steals something shiny, and then retreats back into the high branches.

Darwin the Ferret: Official mascot. His is the image that graces our entire line of merchandise, from coffee mugs and t-shirts to ping-pong paddles and gas masks.

Board Members don't have any more rights or privileges than anyone else, but it makes them feel special to have a title.

Recruiting

New pledges are always welcome, and may submit their names in the forums below. After failing an approved personality and/or drug test, new applicants will be sworn in and accorded full rights and privileges, which, admittedly, aren't spectacular [see above].

Initiation protocol for new members is as follows:

• Come up with a snappy name for your chair, because we all like having funny titles to put after our names on occasion.

• Fill out this form:


Name: Chair title: Any beliefs you'd like to list so we can make fun- er... discuss them:

Literature

The Freedom From Faith Foundation is proud to be the single largest collection of rejected articles anywhere in H2G2. The official Guide is after balance, but in this area of scholarship, "balance" is just as silly as giving equal time to Creation dogma in science classes... Creationism is no more a product of science than religion is a form of scholarship. Our rejected articles are well-researched pieces that display a high caliber of writing, and we consider our rejection letters to be a badge of honor, and wear them proudly.

Academia

Agnosticism(Accepted) by Fragilis the Melodical:

An introduction to the set of beliefs or nonbeliefs that may or may not make up this certainly uncertain sect.

Alchemy by CD4:

Introduction to the religion and philosophy of Hermes Trismegistus, a popular underground religion that, in large part, motivated the Rennaissance.

Asimov on Religion by Fragilis the Melodical:

Fragilis and Asimov examine the susceptibility of the human mind to extraordinary explanations for perfectly normal phenomena.

Belief(Accepted) by Twophlag Gargleblap:

A cynical definition of the term.

Bumper Sticker Theology by ZenMondo:

Discusses the ramifications of obtaining spiritual enlightenment in bite-sized chunks.

Circular Reasoning(Accepted) by MyRedDice:

Discusses the primary logical fallacy used to justify Christian beliefs.

The Council of Nicea by CD4:

The story of the birth of Christianity as we know it.

Critical Rationalism(Accepted) by Twophlag Gargleblap:

A fascinating dissertation on the means by which people arrive at their answers to the question of life, the universe, and everything.

Dianetics by Mr. Cynic:

A review of the Scientologist's Bible.

Existence and Process by GTBacchus:

An exploration of a personal philosophy that challenges the meaning of existence.

The Failure of Christianity to Stand Up to Reason(Rejected) by Colonel Sellers:

Critical examination of the Bible and the popular dogma.

Free Will versus Determinism(Accepted) by GTBacchus:

An analysis from several angles of the perennial philosophical argument.

God(H2G2's Most Rejected!) by Twophlag Gargleblap:

A description of this creature in all its incarnations.

Hymns of the FFFFCensored by RobynGraves:

A hymnal of modern songs that best express the views of our members. Temporarily hidden pending rewrites, should be ready in time for 'Wednesday Night Gospel Night' at Milliways.

Into The Christians' Den by Colonel Sellers:

A personal account of his attendence at a debate on the subject "Does God Exist?".

The Legend of the First Man by CD4:

Examination of the cultural roots of the myth of Adam.

Let There Be Light by Jamie D'Eath:

An interesting poem on the subject of Hitler... or God. Take your pick.

I Ching by ZenMondo:

The ancient Chinese method of asking the magic 8-ball.

The Nag Hammadi Codices(Accepted) by Colonel Sellers:

The discovery of a cache of ancient manuscripts the Christians wanted burned.

Pascal's Wager(Accepted) by MyRedDice:

The logical fallacy used by borderline Christians, those who possess the knowledge to doubt but lack the courage to challenge their beliefs.

A Practical Definition of Pagan(Accepted) by ZenMondo:

A history of the usage of the word, followed by a rational, unbiased definition to fit its modern usage.

Prisoner's Dilemma(Accepted) by Lear and Serendipity:

A philosophical examination of man's ability to cooperate for the greater good vs. selfish egocentricism.

Religion(Accepted, but horribly mangled by the editors) by Twophlag Gargleblap:

Another definition, with Twophlag's trademark impartiality.

Satanism(Accepted) by tHEME mAKER:

The truth about this rather innocuous cult and founder Anton LaVey.

Scientology by Mr. Cynic:

Examination of one of the newer and more foolish religions.

The Shroud of Turin I(Accepted) by CD4:

Alternate hypothesis for the origin of the Shroud.

Solipsism by Lucinda (aka MyRedDice):

The philosophical theory that the only thing that exists is the person who holds the theory, guaranteed to make your head hurt.

Valid and Invalid Arguments(Accepted) by GTBacchus:

Some uses and misuses of logic, and of things more-or-less resembling logic.

Views on Creation by No O2:

Explores various creation myths, from he gaseous entity through the Big Bang.

The Wiccan Calendar by bluDragon:

A collection of articles on the Wiccan holidays.

A Wiccan Forum by bluDragon:

Further links for Wicca enthusiasts.

WWJD: The Checklist by ZenMondo:

The disappointing answer to the question "What would Jesus do?".

Humor

101 of God's Greatest Mistakes by WowbaggerTIP:

Things an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent being should not have done, or stopped us from doing.

American TV Evangelists by WowbaggerTIP:

A look at "God's special-education team²."

Atheism(Accepted, but horribly mangled by the editors) by Colonel Sellers:

A primer for those who want to practice the religion that isn't a religion. This is the original, pristine version.

A Cynic's Guide to the Bible by WowbaggerTIP:

Another, more frivolous, critical examination of the Bible.

Discordianism(Accepted) by Reverend 'id':

An alternate religion that refuses to take itself, or anything else, seriously.

For Those of You Who Think Religion Is a Joke... by Austin Allegro:

A collection of popular jokes about the popular mythology.

New Religions of the Millenium by Webb of Smeg:

Seeking alternatives to the silliness of Christianity, people are inventing entirely new and improved silliness.

Noni Juice by Løønytünes:

A fascinating yarn about a nonbeliever's foray into faith healing in the Cook Islands.

Religions of the World by Englander:

A pithy study of comparative religion.

Outside Sources

CD4 is compiling a collection of book reviews for illuminating scholarly research at the FFFF Hall of Records.

Lots of good stuff can be found at the Internet Infidels.

The ultimate Bible study resource for non-Christians, which all Christians should see as well, is the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.

An essential resource for any debunking parties, The Skeptic's Dictionary doesn't believe in ghosts, and has the research to back it up!

We are extending an honorary membership to Douglas Adams. DNA was dedicated atheist, and we have this interview, Life, the Universe, and Everything: An Interview with Douglas Adams, courtesy of American Atheist Magazine, as well as a rare forum venture on H2G2, his response to the Edited version of the article on atheism.

The United Kingdom has their own non-theist organizations, and foremost of these is the politically active National Secular Society.

For further international flavor, we offer the German group IBKA, whose name translates into International League of Non-Religious and Atheists. The site can also be viewed in English, although there doesn't appear to be as many features.

An excellent parody of Christianity gone horribly wrong can be found at the Landover Baptist Church.

Follow this link to The Onion, that paragon of satire, to read their archive on the subject of religion.

ToJustin.com hosts a collection of articles designed to pierce through the dogmatic fog of the popular religion, so check it out if you're looking for extra ammunition in the never-ending battle to make people think for themselves.

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¹ not bad for someone who doesn't believe in transmigration...
² Line stolen from the late American comedian Sam Kinison, who really didn't seem to mind.