I’ve just happened upon what may be the looniest site on the Internet: the Freedom From Religion Foundation. At first, I thought the whole thing was a clever satire of anti-religious bile. In a recent press release, for instance, the group announces that it is “appalled and shocked” that the White House faith-based office would host a lunch during which people were actually fed. This is, after all, an “economically uncertain time,” so apparently we’re all supposed to go on a hunger strike until the stock market rebounds. Alas, these “freethinkers,” as they like to call themselves, form a real organization and they despise religion in all its forms. They don’t think that believers are merely misguided souls–we’re the source of horrific evil. One of their pals, the distinguished scientist Richard Dawkins, declares his view that “belief in an afterlife [was] the key weapon that made the New York atrocity possible” on 9-11. There’s plenty more like this on the site, if you enjoy subjecting yourself to such stuff.

About the Author
John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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