Jon G Murray (79 results)

Magazine. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the February 1982 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 2) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by American Atheists out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: lengthy 11-page text of court case "In the United States District Court - Eastern District of Arkansas - Western Division - Rev. Bill McLean, et al. - Plaintiffs vs. The Arkansas Board of Education, et al. - Defendants" (containing the Judgment; Injunction; and lengthy Memorandum Opinion); column "On Our Way" by Ignatz Sahula-Dycke (topic: Confused Priorities"); column "The Match" by Fred Woodworth (topic: "What the Religious Want"); lengthy column "The Young Angry Atheist" by Jeff Frankel (topic: "Religionists Rap Rock"); article "On Avoiding that Last Visit" by Tony Pasquarello; column "Nature's Way" by Gerald Tholen (topic: "Focus on Evil"); lengthy column "Toward More Intelligence" by Richard M. Smith (topic: "Atheism in the Popular Arts"); lengthy article "The United States Supreme Court vis-a-vis State/Church Separation" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Innermost sheet detached but present; in worn outer covers showing writing in pencil by former owner, closed tear along outer narrow fold. …

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the July 1982 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 7) [Mis-dated "May 1982" and "Vol. 24 No. 5" on inside Contents page] edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the Gustav Broukal American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: one-page article "To Preserve World Peace is the Urgent Task of Today" by Yevgeni Mayat (Moscow House of Scientific Atheism); lengthy article "'We Bury the Intellectuals': Alcoholics Anonymous Saves the Religious, Discards the Majority, but There are Alternatives" by Bill Talley; column "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair (containing four topics: "George E. MacDonald - American Atheist"; "Fifty Years of Freethought - Part I"; "Fifty Years of Freethought - Part II"; "Fifty Years of Freethought - Part III"); lengthy column "Toward More Intelligence" by Richard Smith (topic: "Ayn Rand").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the September 1982 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 9) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the Gustav Broukal American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: "The Fifth Column" by Fred Woodworth (the topic: "Future of the Warfare Between Science and Religion"); article "It Can't Happen Here?" by Charles Q. Bufe (which begins: "Three years ago over 900 Americans died in a mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. They died obeying the orders of the religious settlement's leader, the reverend Jim Jones. Following the incident, our nation's press put on a remarkable display of ineptitude in its attempts to come to grips with the causes of the event at Jonestown"); column "The Angry Young Atheist" by Jeff Frankel (the topic: "No Liberty - at Liberty Baptist College"); article "Christian Broadcasting: The Lunatic Fringe of the Video Revolution" by Ed Lowry; centerfold article "Kiss the Children GOODBY! - THE REAL MEANING OF NUCLEAR WAR" (no author indicated); column "The Angry Old Atheist" by Merrill Holste (the topic: "The Hanging Tree"); article "Birth Control or Abortion" by Margaret Sanger (Reprinted from the December 1918 issue of "The Birth Control Review"); article "Nuclear War" by Marion Batchelder; "The American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair (the topic: "Religion and Morality").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the November 1982 [mis-dated "1983" on the inside Contents page] issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 11) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the Gustav Broukal American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: article "Banco Ambrosiano: Nectar of the Gods" (no author cited); "The American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair (the topic: "Legalizing the Symbolism of Religion"); column "The Angry Old Atheist" by Merrill Holste (the topic: "Anecdotes from the Early History of Jehovah"); article "Why Humanism is a Religion" by Archie J. Baum (reprinted from the December 1981 issue of "Free Mind," the newsletter of The American Humanist Association - Dr. O'Hair or Jon Murray writes in their short preface to the article, in part, "Our typesetter and proofreader had a difficult time keeping a settled stomach when working with it. We don't really want to pass the nausea on to you"); article "'God' in the 'Declaration of Independence'" by Sherman D. Wakefield (the Grandson-in-Law of Robert G. Ingersoll); lengthy column "Looking Up" by G. Stanley Brown (with topics Olber's Paradox; Red Shift; Thermal Radiation; Stellar Evolution; and Geometry of Space); Excerpts from "The Christian Credibility Gaps" by Hiram Elfenbein ("Part I: BRING ME YOUR YOUNG - How Organized Religion Harms a Child"); lengthy "Statement of Fred G. Lurie.". …

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the October 1982 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 10) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by Gustav Broukal American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: lengthy article "The Soviet Union: Permanent Enemy, or Coexisting Neighbor in One World" by John B. Massen; article "The Reagan Doctrine" by Isaac Asimov (Reprinted from the May 10, 1981 issue of "The Austin American Statesman"); "Only For Atheists: Interview with Conrad Goeringer (8/7/82) in the 'Tucson Citizen'" by Aubin Tyler ("Goeringer finds the story of a Phoenix woman who baked a tortilla with the image of Jesus on it, which was then lacquered and mounted on a velvet cloth, as 'intellectually repugnant' as the belief that 'a piece of wafer is the body of Christ'"); "The American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn O'Hair (the topic: "Introduction to 'Sepher Tolduth Jeshu'"); article "[Ronald] Reagan and the Religious Right" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair; full text of "Address by The President of the United States [Ronald Reagan] to The Centennial Meeting of The Supreme Council of The Knights of Columbus, The Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, August 3rd, 1982, 2:45 P.M. E.D.T." ("We are supposed to have freedom of religion. Nothing in the Constitution says 'freedom from religion' [Applause]"); article "Apologia for Atheism" by Louis Parle.…

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the August 1982 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 8) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the Gustav Broukal American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Editorial "The Prayer Gambit" by Jon Garth Murray; lengthy study "History of Litigation of Prayer in Public Schools" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair; article "Education in Psychological Perspective" by Dr. J.R. Kantor (University of Chicago); Erkki Hartikainen: Noted Atheist Visits United States (with 11 photos); one-page "Address Delivered by Erkki Hartikainen to American Atheist Chapters"; column "The Angry Young Atheist" by Jeff Frankel (topic: "Shroud of Turin Exposed!"); article "The Agnostic's Dilemma" by Norwood Russell Hanson (Former Chairman of the Department of History and Logic of Science at Indiana University); article "Pope Wojtyla in Fatima, Portugal - Part Three - Fatima: A Masterpiece of Clerical Deception") by Jean Yves Riviere (United World Atheists). Small name and address stamp of former owner to inside Contents page.…

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the May 1982 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 5) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by American Atheists out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: "Life After Death" by Barbara J. Sowder, Ph.D. ("Speech addressed to the National American Atheist Convention at Rosslyn, Virginia on April 11, 1982"); article "Pope Wojtyla in Fatima, Portugal" by Jean-Yves Riviere ("Part One: The Marian Cult in the Catholic Church"); article "The Phantom Phenomenon: -Xian Insanity Strikes Again!" (on the "Petition for Rulemaking" filed with the Federal Communications Commission by Jeremy D. Lansman and Lorenzo W. Milan; the article begins: "In the two decades of the 1960s and 1970s, two young men were attempting to help minority groups set up small non-commercial, educational FM radio stations to have these groups reach each other, to have their grievances made known and to have a solidarity of purpose. As they tried with used radio equipment, with a struggle with the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, and with the continually dashed hopes of the minorities, they became more and more angry to find that the religious community of the United States had moved in on the FM band and just about swallowed it up"); article "An Atheist's View of the Arms Race and Nuclear War" by John B. Massen; "The Future of Establishment Clause Cases" by Ron Lindsay, Attorney-at-Law ("Speech addressed to the National American Atheist Convention at Rosslyn, Virginia, on April 10, 1982"). Center sheet detached but present; else Fine. …

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the April 1982 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 4) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by American Atheists out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: lengthy article "Atheists in Australia and New Zealand" (with 12 photos: on the Murray-O'Hair's trip to Australia in December 1981; the article also contains a splendid history of freethought in Australia, with four portrait illustrations: Joseph McCabe; Charles Bradlaugh; George Jacob Holyoake; and Joseph Symes); article "Origin of Easter" by Merrill Holste; article "On Abortion" by John Ward (with Preface most likely by Madalyn Murray O'Hair); article "Out of the Religious Closet" by Mark L. Page. …

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the January 1982 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 1) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by American Atheists out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: lengthy editorial "The Hydra Head of Religion" by Jon Garth Murray; one-page article "Scientific Atheism Centre in Moscow" by Yevgeny Anisimov, Director of the Moscow Scientific Atheism Centre; article "Atheism and Justice" by Fred Woodworth (of The Match); column "On Our Way" by Ignatz Sahula-Dycke (topic: "Ghosts, Words, and Paint"); column "The Angry Young Atheist" by Jeff Frankel (topic: "Atheists Must Fight"); article "The Rest of the Jim Jones Story" by Steve LaPrade; Dictionary of Theology by Voltaire ("Abraham" through "Concupiscence" - "to be continued"); column "Here and Now" by David L. Kent (topic: "Welcome, Dr. Strangelove"); lengthy article "The United States Supreme Court vis-a-vis State/Church Separation: A History of Histrionics" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair; "War Profits and the Churches" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair (from the American Atheist Radio Series); one-page "The War Prayer" by Mark Twain. Innermost two sheets detached but present; staples lightly age-rusted.…

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the December 1981 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 23 No. 12) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by American Atheists out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: article "The Secular Proofs of the Historicity of Jesus" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair; article "Some Thoughts on Evolution" by Dr. Ian R. Bock (Senior Lecturer in Genetics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia); column "Looking Up" by G. Stanley Brown (topic: "The Third Dimension"); lengthy "The 39th International Congress of [the] World Union of Freethinkers in Lausanne, Switzerland, 23rd to 25th, October 1981" (with 23 splendid photos); column "Nature's Way" by Gerald Tholen (topic: "What Price Free Speech?"); column "On Our Way" by Ignatz Sahula-Dycke (topic: "Political Religionism"); column "The American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair (topic: "The Solstice Season"). Lower right corners lightly bumped.…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the March 1982 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 24 No. 3 [Misnumbered "No. 1" on Cover) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by American Atheists out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 32 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Editorial "Attorneys and Atheism" by Jon Garth Murray; lengthy article "Roots of Atheism: The Enlightenment, Freemasonry, and the Illuminati" by Conrad Goeringer; article "On Lebanon and 'Lebensraum': The Continuing Quest for 'Greater Israel'" by H. J. Skutel; column "On Our Way" by Ignatz Sahula-Dycke (topic: "The Thoughtless and The Damned"); column "The Angry Young Atheist" by Jeff Frankel (topic: "Champions Without Christ"); lengthy column "Looking Up" by G. Stanley Brown (topic: "Stellar Evolution"); article "Profits of Doom" by Robert Stricklin. In Fine condition.…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the February 1981 issue of "American Atheist: The [Later "A"] Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 23 No. 2) edited by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor-in-Chief) and Jon Garth Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by American Atheists out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: article "Second World Atheist Meet: Vijayawada, India" (with five unclear photos; the event was held on December 24-26, 1980 at the Indian Atheist Centre); article "Roots of Atheism: Abner Kneeland"; "Atheist Masters" (quotes from Joseph Lewis); column "On Our Way" by Ignatz Sahula-Dycke (topic: "From the Mine Into the Hopper"); column "Nature's Way" by Gerald Tholen (topic: "Will the Real Scientist Stand Up"); four unclear photos from the Atheist Centre in India (showing "one of the classes with the untouchable children"); column "The American Atheist Radio Series" by Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (topic: "The First Commandment"; "I begin now to review Joseph Lewis' analysis of the ten commandments"). In Fine condition.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. spine loosening between pages 132 & 133; discoloring due to age; slight wear/tear/bumping around edges; signed by previous owner Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the Vol. 33 No. 5 - 1991 [No Month Indicated; Publishing Panel no longer states "published monthly"] issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: "News and Comments" ("'George [H. W.] Bush's America' - In a speech before a sectarian organization [Southern Baptist Convention], the president of the United States argued that the government should promote religious faith"); memoir "I Remember Robert - and Margaret" by Rod Lewis ("Robert Blum believed - even if it meant that the earth was flat and that his daughter would die"); article "The Old Gods" by Hummingbird Mahn-Saw-Daynah ("A Navajo describes her path to Atheism and away from an array of gods in which she had once believed"); essay "The Ghastly Purpose of the Parables" by Rupert Hughes (first published in 1927 as Little Blue Book No. 1187 by Haldeman-Julius Publications; "In some games, the chastisement for not answering a question correctly is that one must go 'home.' But when the puzzle-maker named Jesus creates a riddle, the result of a wrong answer is ever-lasting punishment"); lengthy "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("'Fatima Fever' has provided the Roman Catholic church a convenient cover for its political work - while deluding hundreds of thousands into believing that the Virgin Mary appeared on a Portuguese hillside"); column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("A Christian author [Robert W. Faid] claims that he has proof Jesus lived and was the son of Yahweh. But in Part II of a series, Mr. Zindler demonstrates that this is just more 'Apologizing for Christianity' - and lousy excuse-making at that"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("In the early days of our nation, citizens had to be forced to donate to churches. The situation is examined in 'Voluntarism and Colonial Churches'").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the Vol. 33 No. 4 - 1991 [No Month Indicated; Publishing Panel no longer states "published monthly"] issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 44 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: "News and Comments" ("'One Nation 'Under God'' - In the most recent attempt to remove the 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance, a court has ruled that the state has a legitimate interest in forcing an Atheist child to say these words"); short story "Visions of the Future" by Leland Myrick ("In this fantasy, a well-known preacher faces life in a wholly Atheistic future"); article "Dressed in Sheep's Clothing" by Lane Parker ("An out-of-the-closet Atheist faces the difficult decision of whether to disguise his nonbelief or face possible reprisals after a move to a small town"); lengthy eight-page column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray (on Sue Ann Lawrance: "For thirty-two years, parents struggled with their daughter's increasing mental and physical deterioration before requesting a court to allow her to die. That is when religious activists stepped in to impose their morality and begin a telling struggle in 'Body and Soul: The Euthanasia Question'"); lengthy column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("Does numerology prove the divine mind behind the Bible? In Part I of a series, Mr. Zindler explores this method of 'Apologizing for Christianity'"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("Did the Founding Fathers uniformly approve of Christianity and the church? At least one did not, as '[Thomas] Jefferson on Christianity' demonstrates").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the Vol. 33 No. 6 - 1991 [No Month Indicated; Publishing Panel no longer states "published monthly"] issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 52 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: lengthy "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray entitled "Civil disobedience or civic terrorism?" ("Traditionally, the government has opposed acts of civil disobedience. But now the Justice Department is defending the right of anti-abortion protesters to break the law and to use increasingly disruptive means of impeding clinics offering abortion services"); short story "Jojo's Waterloo" by Mary Gray ("When an Atheist's sons are told by a Christian neighbor that baptism is a necessary part of life, explanations are in order"); lengthy "Roots of Atheism" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair entitled "Robert Owen: Atheist, Philanthropist, Labor Reformer" (illustrated; "Some philanthropists look on the masses only as objects of charity, unable to help themselves. But Welsh infidel Robert Owen spent a lifetime demonstrating that people working together could improve themselves and their lot"); text of oration "Declaration of Mental Independence" by Robert Owen (given in the public hall of New Harmony, Indiana, on July 4, 1826; "The three greatest evils to affect humankind are identified on the fiftieth anniversary of America's Declaration of Independence"); lengthy column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("Can science be the handmaiden of orthodox Christianity? Does it serve to prove the validity of the Bible? In Part III of a series, Mr. Zindler rebuts a recent work ['A Scientific Approach to Christianity' by Robert W. Faid] claiming to prove that it does. Simply put, he finds that all attempts at 'Apologizing for Christianity' fail"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("'The Ten Commandments' serve as a useful guide to primitive superstitions, not to human ethics").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the July 1990 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 32 No. 7) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 52 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: lengthy 12-page analysis "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("The Supreme Court has created 'An Open Forum for Evangelizing' in the public schools by ruling that any school with a chess club must open its doors to every religious group in town"); Special Section: lengthy nine-page article "The American Atheist Forum" (with ten photographs: "Ten years ago Atheist outreach on television seemed an improbable dream. But now American Atheists' television series is seen on over one hundred cable systems each week"); "News and Comments" ("'The Involuntary Release of the Soul' is at the crux of the religious battle over whether an individual has a right to die. In the Nancy Cruzan case, the Supreme Court tried to avoid meeting that issue head-on while giving a ruling even a pope could love"); column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("A look at 'The Bible in the Brewing' finds that there was a lot of plagiarism going on by the persons who made up the compilation of tales known as 'the Bible'"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("'Karl Pauli, Part 1' is a delightful interview with one of the grand old men of theism").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the April 1990 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 32 No. 4) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/4" by 11" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("The task of 'Marketing Atheism' often meets with difficulties from members of both the Atheist and the religious communities"); article "The Case of Dr. [Horst] Theissen" by Fritz Erik Hoevels ("West Germany could serve as a model for all Europe by granting reproductive rights to women. But the government instead seems to want to return to the 'good old days' of Hitler, when performing an abortion was punishable by death"); Cover Story and lengthy article (with five photos) entitled "The Hon. Atheist Governor: Culbert L. Olson" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("'The Hon. Atheist Governor: Culbert L. Olson' used the values he had learned as a nonbeliever to govern the state of California during one of the most difficult periods in history"); address "Secularism and Social Progress" by Culbert L. Olson (reprinted from the October 1952 issue of "Progressive World" - "The governor gives his blunt opinion of the usefulness of religion and outlines the principles of 'Secularism and Social Progress""); column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("Scientific research is easy - even without a laboratory - if one has found the answer in the Bible before one starts and if one's goal is simply 'Reversing Science'"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("Is the religion of Jesus built upon love and good? Hardly. A little investigation of J.C. and his representatives quickly finds the 'Christian Religion's Foundation - Hell'").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the February 1991 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 33 No. 2) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray - a lengthy article entitled "The Gulf War" ("From the motivations of Bush and Hussein to Bob Hope's road show and Christmas in the desert, religion has played a part in almost every aspect of 'The Gulf War'" - topics discussed include "The emirate of Kuwait" [with illustration of Sheikh al-Sabah]; text of letter from Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez ["The Minotaur once again is turned loose by cynical old men to consume our young. How tragic!"]; "Freedom in the Saudi kingdom" ["Saudi Arabia is a window into the many exigencies of a theocracy"]; "The Jewish Troops"; "Ramadan: the BIG Religious Holiday"; "Christian Opposition to the War"; "Would It Be The Rapture?"; "The Offering of Yellow Ribbons"; "Bush's Christian Motivations"; text of the Press Release written by Madalyn Murray O'Hair on behalf of American Atheists and issued on February 1, 1991 [headlined "Presidential Prayers: An Insult to Atheists and to the Constitution"]). ALSO in this issue: short story "Mother's Milk" by Rita M. Acosta ("Three generations of women struggle with the beginnings of disbelief in this short story"); article "Blood and Tears in the Holy Land" by Isaac Hasson ("The founder of an Israeli Atheist organization examines the religious ideas which contribute to the continuing violence within his homeland"); column "Roots of Atheism" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("While immersing himself in the most controversial issues of the nineteenth century, author Grant Allen fought for 'Freethought and Free Love'"); article "What Is the Object of Life?" by Grant Allen (originally appearing in "The Hand of God and Other Posthumous Essays" in 1909 - "A nineteenth-century Atheist examines the reasons for living in the absence of a cosmic watchmaker"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("'Arguments for god, historical and contemporary' leave a lot to be desired").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the January 1990 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 32 No. 1) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("As the year 2000 approaches, Atheists must take time out for 'Planning the Good Fight' and evaluating the Cause's needs"); "News and Comments" (with three topics: "American Atheists Call for REAL Tax Reform"; "The Presidential Pulpit"; and "The Place of Religion in the Schools"); article "Tom Monaghan/Word of God Connection" by Ted Sylvester (Reprinted from the September 1989 "Agenda - Ann Arbor's Alternative Newsmonthly" - "Watch that pizza! If it's from Domino's, the profits from it help fund the political aims of the Roman Catholic church"); article "Abortion Rhetoric and The Politics of Suffering" by Diana Blackwell ("Are two common pro-choice arguments really anti-woman?"); column "Historical Notes" ("From Liverpool to Honolulu, Atheists have fought censorship for over a hundred years"); column "Report from India" by Margaret Bhatty ("'Naked Philosophers' are common pests in Indian cities and villages"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("Any time the Roman Catholic church needs a fact or two to back up its position, the 'Religious Forgery Mill' starts churning them out.".…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the Vol. 33 No. 3 - 1991 [No Month Indicated; Publishing Panel no longer states "published monthly"] issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 60 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: lengthy 17-page article entitled "The Battle Is Joined" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair (with photographs and illustrations; "What are a citizen's rights to be religious or nonreligious? What is government establishment of religion? For five decades the Supreme Court has struggled over both practical and theoretic answers to these questions. A review of landmark cases in this area ranges from disputes over Sabbath laws to arguments over school prayer"); lengthy 15-page article from the "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray entitled "Tradition Versus Separation: The [Lee v.] Weisman Case" ("In 1971 the Warren Court decided two religious cases, one thwarting the Roman Catholic church's desire to outlaw abortion, and the other setting standards to safeguard the separation of state and church. Both decisions are now under attack by the government"); lengthy eight-page article entitled "Woman, Church and State" by Matilda Joslyn Gage (originally published under the title "Past, Present, Future" as Chapter 10 of her book "Woman, Church and State" [1893]; "What is the relationship of woman to the Christian church? Has it strove for her freedoms? Has it fought for her liberty? A pioneer feminist answers"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("How did Christianity win the Western world? Was it, as often claimed, because of its truth and goodness? The cause of its success can be found in the 'Christian Suppression of Opinion'").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the May 1990 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 32 No. 5) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 72 pages including front and rear covers. With lengthy Special Section entitled "The Houston Radio Series" ("'The American Atheist Hour,' a weekly radio talk show produced by the Houston Chapter of American Atheists, celebrates its tenth anniversary") - with 23 photographs, the Contents are: "Radio's Finest Hour" ("Gipson Arnold delves into the birth and growth of 'The American Atheist Hour'"); "Earwitness News Report Live at the Virgin Mary" ("Poking fun at furors over junkyard Virgin-sightings is all a part of the excitement of live Atheist radio"); "The First Ten Years of the Houston Chapter" ("Three past directors of the Houston Chapter of American Atheists discussed the history of the Chapter on one edition of 'The American Atheist Hour'"); "Election Rhetoric 1988" ("Kathy Diederich and Bruce Senior team up for a uniquely Atheist look at American politics"); "The Big Picture" ("Gipson Arnold takes the problems religion produces to the airwaves"); and "New Age Interview" ("Chapter Director Gary Yokie shows that even twentieth-century spiritualism can be humorous"). ALSO in this issue: column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("The answer to the question of 'The papal visit to Mexico: pastoral or political?' is quite simple, given that nation's history of anticlericalism and state/church separation"); lengthy article "Who's Running This Country - God or the State?" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("In a recent decision, the Supreme Court found that fervency of belief was no excuse for breaking the laws of the land by taking illegal drugs"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("In 'Religion and Insanity, Part 1,' the roots of Christianity's inhuman treatment of the mentally ill are unearthed").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the October 1989 [Published 1991] issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 31 No. 10) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: lengthy column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray (with 13 photos: "'Anticlericals, Secularists, and Atheists' and others who are in dissent to religion exist in every country in the world. But their priorities and projects differ as greatly as the challenges they face in protecting the rights of non-believers"); Lengthy Section "Moscow International Book Fair" (with 28 photos: "It was not a case of bringing coals to Newcastle when the American Atheist Press went to Moscow to exhibit at one of the largest book shows in the world. If anything, more Atheism is needed in that city"); short story "The Day I Said Good-bye" by John Williamson ("To love one's parents, must one be faithful to their religion? In this short story, a young woman finds that she cannot follow in her mother's footsteps"); "Masters of Atheism" (with article "Should Infidels Send Their Children to Sunday School?" by Robert G. Ingersoll); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("Spain was once renowned for its religious tolerance and enlightenment. '[Tomas de] Torquemada' tells the story of the man who changed its reputation forever and made it a center of Christian repression"). …

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the March 1990 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 32 No. 3) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 60 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("Governmental and societal hostility toward Atheists call for 'Action, not accommodation'"); "News and Comments" ("'I Didn't Realize' - Confronted over his practice of using city facilities to promote evangelical events, a Christian mayor pretends he did not know such procedures were wrong"); "News and Comments" ("'John Alexander Dowie' - A nineteenth-century faith healer left a legacy of state/church entanglement that stretched into the 1990s"); "News and Comment" ("'Zion - The Old' - Zion, Illinois, was founded as an ideal Christian community in which crosses would appear on every street corner and children would be taught the earth was flat"); "News and Comments" ("'Zion - The New' - A theocracy enters the twentieth century at last, thanks to a little shove from Illinois Atheists"); column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("No one should be surprised when theism and racism mix and mingle, as the history of 'Race and Religion' demonstrates"); column "Historical Notes" ("Years ago, Atheists helped promote family planning and a Michigan fireman just said no to state/church entanglement"); column "Report from India" by Margaret Bhatty ("Working from her grandfather's diaries, Bhatty tells the story of the Salvation Army's invasion of India in 'Onward Christian Soldiers!'"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("At one time the government of the United States attempted to sponsor 'Prayers in Space'"). Staples very lightly rusted, else Fine.…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the February 1990 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 32 No. 2) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("The concept of 'Equal Access' is just another ploy to give government sponsorship to religion - but will the Supreme Court agree? It has a chance to rule against it in a case now on its docket"); "News and Comments" ("'Odorless Book Burning' - A German Atheist publisher is trying to bring to light the collusion between the Roman Catholic church and fascist forces during the Second World War. But a new kind of censorship is working to prevent that"); "News and Comments" ("'Corpus Christi's Christian Caper and Its Consequences' - A Texas school district has been giving credit for a course that brings students closer to the god of the Christian Bible. But American Atheists has sprung into action to stop it"); short story "The Turn of the Wheel" by Marion Stein ("In this short story, traditional Hindu beliefs are confronted by life on a new world in the year 2019"); column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("Ritual sexual mutilation of males and females is explored in 'Circumcision: The Stone Age in the Steel Age'"); column "Report from India" by Margaret Bhatty ("The religious conflicts dominated politics in the centennial year of one of the greatest leaders India has ever had. The result was not a celebration of [Jawaharlal] Nehru but 'Nehru Trivialised'"); column "Historical Notes" ("The mantle of leadership was passed from one giant in Atheist history [Charles Bradlaugh] to another [G. W. Foote] just one hundred years ago"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("The question is not what are 'The Ethics of Jesus' - but did he have any?").…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the August 1988 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 30 No. 8) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("The pattern of irrationality in our society can only be broken by 'Seizing our Culture'"); column "News and Comments" ("'The Adolescent Family Life Act' - When the Supreme Court made its decision on the lawfulness of an act that gave money to church-sponsored sex education classes, it didn't lend a helping hand to state/church separation advocates"); "The Grand Opening" (with 27 photos; "On a weekend in June, Atheists gathered to celebrate twenty-five years of hard work; words and photos tell all about it"); article "How Madalyn Murray O'Hair Saved My Life" by William L. Talley ("The founder of a group for alcoholics and other addicts tells how Atheism got - and kept - him off the bottle"); article "Atheists Take the Hill" by Stephen B. Thorne (with two photos; "A small band of Atheists planned and executed a different sort of covert operation in the hills of southern California"); column "Report from India" by Margaret Bhatty ("'The Great Debate' among Hindu leaders concerns the fate of widows and the nature of women in general"); essay "God in the Constitution" by Robert G. Ingersoll ("The Great Agnostic explains why the founding fathers put no 'God in the Constitution' and how they committed heresy thereby"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("The freethought writer Joseph Wheless looked at pre-Christian history and found that there is a great deal of 'Paganism in Christianity'").…

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the July 1989 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 31 No. 7) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: Guest Editorial by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("Two Supreme Court decisions may be 'Harbingers of a Decade' in which state/church separation questions are settled on a local level"); column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("When is a menorah not Jewish but a nativity scene still Christian? The riddle is answered when 'The Supreme Court Sends a Message to Christians'"); article "Religion and the Environment" by Victoria Branden ("Though it is a cheap and easy solution, politicians will soon find that praying to their god won't make pollution and overpopulation go away"); article "Who Decides?" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("The Supreme Court's recent decision on abortion rights still does not answer the most basic question in the controversy: Who decides whether a woman should bear a child?"); column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("Are professional creationists liars or just hopelessly confused? A look at the scientific importance of 'The Rock of Ages and the Age of Rocks' helps answer that question"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("Russian widow Helena Blavatsky made a decent living as a spiritualist medium until her tricks were exposed. So she concocted 'Theosophy' - a religion which still survives today"). Front cover shows light wrinkling to lower area, short pen swipe.…

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the February 1989 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 31 No. 2) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 52 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("An attempt to tell college students about the links between international aggression and religion was an encounter between 'The Emir and I'"); "News and Comments" ("'Dan Quayle on Atheism' - The vice president has determined the cause of all the ills afflicting the world - and particularly the Soviet Union: the arrogance of Atheism"); "News and Comments" ("'The Honorable George [H.W. Bush]' - Are non-believers non-citizens? Apparently President Bush feels that their patriotism is doubtful"); lengthy article "The Church's Holy War Against Hygiene" by Soledad de Montalvo ("Christianity may not have invented body parasites - but its doctrines improved their standard of living and paved the way for the ravages of the Plague"); column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("'How Did Life Begin?' - A three-part series seeks natural - not supernatural - explanations to the questions surrounding the origin of the first living systems"); column "Report from India" by Margaret Bhatty ("As gods pop up in pigeons and coconuts, India is 'Leading the Field' in superstitious gullibility and the so-called science of the paranormal"); column "Historical Notes" ("Ninety years ago Kentucky Atheist C. [Charles] C. [Chilton] Moore was sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly advocating free love"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("Joseph McCabe asks 'Who Are Freethinkers?' and finds answers among the greatest names in history"). Staples very lightly rusted, else Fine.…

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the November 1988 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 30 No. 11) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: "News and Comments" ("'The Revolting Bishops' - The Roman Catholic church in America was once called the 'church of silence.' But now it's quite noisy"); article "A Pledge Too Far" by Jon Garth Murray ("How the United States came to be 'one nation under god' - and what Illinois Atheists are doing to make it one nation under the Constitution again"); article "Alcoholics Anonymous Anonymous" by Alana Lyons ("'Letting go and letting god' was not the best prescription for this woman trying to deal with an alcoholic parent"); article "To Coin a Phrase" by Clarke A. Cooper ("A young man realizes the full implications of the words on his change"); article "Loyola and Calvin" by Bruce C. Kula ("What if Ignatius Loyola, the great Roman Catholic, and John Calvin, the great Protestant, had ever met?"); article "Religion v. Liberty" by Joseph Symes (from the May 1883 issue of "Progress"); column "Report from India" by Margaret Bhatty ("To Indian religious leaders and politicians, freedom of the literary expression is equivalent to 'Satan at Large'"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("From 1946 forward, 'Legalizing the Symbolism of Religion' was the business of the United States Congress"). Staples very lightly rusted, else Fine.…

Magazine. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the September 1988 issue of "American Atheist: A Journal of Atheist News and Thought" (Vol. 30 No. 9) with Dr. Madalyn Murray O'Hair (as Editor Emeritus), Robin Murray-O'Hair (as Editor) and Jon G. (Garth) Murray (as Managing Editor) and published by the American Atheist Press out of Austin, Texas. A magazine measuring 8-3/8" by 11" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: column "Director's Briefcase" by Jon Garth Murray ("'Mr. Murray Goes to Washington' to register Atheists' protest against religious slogans on coins"); article "The Abortion Story in Canada" by Victoria Branden ("Canadian women now have the right to have abortions, but acting on that right can be difficult"); article "The Refusal" by Kathleen Miller Chase ("A Texas woman kept up the fight to get god out of the jury room"); article "Nonsense in Pictures for Little Eyes" by Stephen B. Thorne ("Kids don't have to go to the movies for 'blood and guts' stories - they can get them from local Christian bookstores"); column "Roots of Atheism" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("'Mangasar Magurditch Mangasarian' left the ministry to serve the cause of freethought"); essay "The Martyrdom of Hypatia" by M. M. [Mangasar Magurditch] Mangasarian (from the May 15, 1915 issue of "The Rationalist"); short story "Book of Axe" by Tom Raber ("After exploring sexuality, a young boy learns that sometimes the pastor doesn't know what's best"); column "The Probing Mind" by Frank R. Zindler ("If we want to create a question that will confuse theologians for decades, all we need to do is to start 'Monkeying with the Apes'"); column "Report from India" by Margaret Bhatty ("Ancient rites and rituals are now being called 'Scientific Religion'"); "American Atheist Radio Series" by Madalyn Murray O'Hair ("Just 'What Is Religion?' What are its basic tenets?").…