Happy Heathens

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heathen
noun derogatory
a person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially Christianity, Judaism, or Islam) as regarded by those who do.

--OED 11th edition

Don't go to church? Atheist or agnostic? Believe in multiple gods? Are you a deist, Hindu, Buddhist, or a disillusioned Christian, Catholic, Jew, et cetera? Well, you're welcome here! Join in the fun.

New to Happy Heathens? You can find out more about our illustrious members by reading some of the introductions. Some are posted on this thread, and a few others are posted here. If you'd like to introduce yourself, feel free to post in either thread.

Here are some books that our members have tagged as Happy Heathens.

Most recent members: bunnyjoy, kleahey, blackjack000, enigmamoirai, quilted_kat, buildalife, georgematt, JessicaOrr, sarahliz, martianwei, bonermcb, karisheadspace, fasciknitting, marvas, librarygrrl28, bkeegan, almigwin, cosmicvoid, Aghast, Arctic-Stranger, lynnbyrdcpa, Shadow_Geiko, sigridsmith, Zozie, walden_girl, Gurdur, mshoemaker, garybernhardt, petewalker, Kavana — 491 total

Member library: 300,003 books

Most commonly shared books (weighted): The God delusion by Richard Dawkins (90), The end of faith : religion, terror, and the future of… by Sam Harris (55), Letter to a Christian nation by Sam Harris (43), American gods : a novel by Neil Gaiman (85), The hobbit, or, There and back again by J.R.R. Tolkien (102), The blind watchmaker by Richard Dawkins (51), The demon-haunted world : science as a candle in the dark by Carl Sagan (47), God is not great : how religion poisons everything by Christopher Hitchens (41), Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell (98), The golden compass by Philip Pullman (76)

Created: Aug 11, 2006 by dodger; Language: English

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"Childish superstition"	1	sarahemmm, Today 4:45am
Funny Scary	3	rdurick, Yesterday 7:36pm
What new devilry is this?	6	darrow, Saturday 9:04pm
Study of belief and Dis-belief	17	Lunar, Saturday 5:15pm
Deliver us from evil	11	kaelirenee, Wednesday 11:10am
Parents pray as girl, 11, dies of diabetes	46	WholeHouseLibrary, Tuesday 2:21am
Florida considers Christian license plate	49	Jesse_wiedinmyer, May 5
Happy Walpurgis Night, every one :P	30	GirlFromIpanema, May 3
How did you get here?	49	gregtmills, May 1
Pope Gets Pass on Church Abuse History	2	WholeHouseLibrary, April 30
Atheist soldier claims harassment	5	goodwitch62442, April 29
We're All Going To Hell	15	goodwitch62442, April 28
Book Suggestions	14	VenusofUrbino, April 28
Oh, lucky me...	6	kaelirenee, April 27
A Word of Explanation	23	goodwitch62442, April 26
This almost funny: Kids' Dress-Up Day Draws Christian Ire	23	weener, April 24
A rare spam mail; one that made me laugh :-)	13	PossMan, April 24
You could get worse advice	22	weener, April 23
The Alien Jesus	7	lilbrattyteen, April 23
'Top of the Psalms'	12	WillSteed, April 22
What would it take to change your mind?	142	anneh, April 18
Illness, suffering, and grief: a heathen's perspective	14	Busifer, April 18
`It’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!'	162	LolaWalser, April 16
From Pharyngula	39	LolaWalser, April 16
Connect with some Ancient Heathens	10	jjwilson61, April 14
So I lied	5	darrow, April 13
Richard Dawkins interview	8	darrow, April 12
Coming out as an atheist	86	goodwitch62442, April 10
Just had to share	10	goodwitch62442, April 10
Scientology is nice	3	drbubbles, April 10
Patron Saints Index	36	weener, April 8
For Battlestar Galactica Fans...	21	littlegeek, April 7
religion in morning t.v.	34	KidSisyphus, April 6
The Church of England makes a stand	10	PossMan, April 5
Atheist rap.	16	jseger9000, April 4
Happy Zombie Jesus Day!	9	jseger9000, April 4
Um... where are all the women?	75	imayb1, April 4
So, since it was just Easter, I have to ask...	60	modalursine, April 4
God (and many non-imaginary people) Hates Fred Phelps!	14	KidSisyphus, April 2
A note from your founder	42	Atomicmutant, April 2
A cure for Christianity?	5	goodwitch62442, April 1
God Hates The World And All Its People	34	dodger, April 1
what ifs	41	MrAndrew, April 1
the teen bible	33	ghghfkfkfh, March 31
Christopher Hitchens' New Book	50	clamairy, March 31
Book about Happy Heathenism for believers?	26	modalursine, March 31
Pistol Pacin' Buddhists	1	modalursine, March 30
Have a Nice Doomsday by Nicholas Guyatt	22	weener, March 30
slap her up for Jeezus	3	goodwitch62442, March 29
Magician fails to kill Athiest with supernatural powers	26	goodwitch62442, March 29
George Carlin "Religion is bullsh!t"	15	goodwitch62442, March 29
I just ate peanut butter on a banana, and now I believe...	43	KidSisyphus, March 28
Take THAT Augustine	9	clamairy, March 23
Freedom of stupidity	9	clamairy, March 22
Heh	9	LydiaHD, March 21
Prayers	9	goodwitch62442, March 20
1 reason for a goddess told in a joke.	3	goodwitch62442, March 20
Atheism: society's last bias?	75	twacorbies, March 20
Farewell Arthur C. Clarke	6	wikkywikky, March 20
What is God? A secular perspective (random thought 1...finally)	82	goodwitch62442, March 19
Coming out of the Closet of Belief Programming into the Light of, well, Day	40	goodwitch62442, March 19
So I lied	15	RowanTribe, March 18
Atheist Fundamentalists?	20	WillSteed, March 17
Spending the weekend with freaks & faeries	12	goodwitch62442, March 17
Talk about your irrational myths	61	goodwitch62442, March 15
NYT Article: Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate	15	goodwitch62442, March 15
Pew Forum - U.S. Religious Landscape Survey	10	goodwitch62442, March 15
Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials	46	jlelliott, March 14
I've had enough of School Chapel	13	goodwitch62442, March 13
Discrimination against Atheists	5	goodwitch62442, March 13
The Founding Faith Archive	2	anneh, March 12
Being friends with a Christian is hard. And infuritating	31	modalursine, March 8
Does God have a penis?	48	goodwitch62442, March 6
John Allen Paulos	17	Essa, March 6
Two new articles on faith	24	wikkywikky, March 3
The atheism-hobby connection	13	modalursine, February 29
I have found the reasons for my inconsistencies	9	BTRIPP, February 28
People thinking for themselves now?	1	heina, February 27
Should I laugh or should I cry....	12	LydiaHD, February 27
The Dawkins delusion	240	inkdrinker, February 26
Leaving Jesus at the Door	9	anneh, February 25
Jesus is coming, and boy is he	6	makifat, February 23
Paranoia?	22	jseger9000, February 21
"Contact" group read NON SPOILER discussion thread	12	reading_fox, February 20
Hey, if Singapore doesn't want him could Jesus be "America's Next Top Model"?	3	bookjones, February 15
"The process of restoring Ted Haggard is incomplete"	14	ExVivre, February 11
Germany moves to ban Scientology	34	Arctic-Stranger, February 7
the space between not believing and not not believing (random thought 2)	62	RowanTribe, February 5
Do we have to meet in a church?	53	KimberlyL, February 4
Interesting poll data	5	modalursine, February 4
Seed of Caine	20	Essa, February 4
Beyond human ken	42	modalursine, February 2
I do have a dirty mind; I can't help it.	16	clamairy, January 31
Cheap entertainment...	12	darrow, January 31
I do have a dirty mind; I can't help it.	15	darrow, January 31
A peace offering	2	WillSteed, January 31
Halleluya! (oops)	8	jseger9000, January 30
Jesus for President	20	VenusofUrbino, January 30
Provocative short story	9	modalursine, January 30
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