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Behold the world of freethought: a deep, vast commonwealth, multifarious, diverse, and prismed as a snowflake. You won't find a lot of agreement here, but then, freethinkers are an independent lot. What you will find is discussion, challenges, inquiry and food for thought. In short, this is the place to learn more, investigate other groups like AOF, and grow your horizons. It may seem a lot -- but do not worry, you have the rest of your life to do your homework. You’ve barely begun.
Sister Groups within the Sacramento Community of Reason
o SCoR, the Sacramento Area Coalition of Reason (network)
o Our Thoughts Are Free (network)
o HAGSA, the Humanist Association of the Greater Sacramento Area
o SacFAN, Sacramento Freethinkers, Atheists & Nonbelievers
o Open-minded Freethinking & Fun Meetup (Granite Bay/Rocklin area)
o Yubba-Sutter Atheist Society (Yuba City area)
o AgASA, the Atheists and Agnostic Student Association of UC Davis (and Wikipage)
o Sacramento City College Freethinkers
o SAS, the Sacramento Area Skeptics
o SORT, the Sacramento Organization for Rational Thinking
o Americans United Sacramento and Americans United Sacramento (Blogspot)
o FACTS, aka the First Atheist Church of True Science
o IRLF, the Interfaith Religious Liberty Foundation
o SAAGE, the Sacramento Atheist-Agnostic Gatherings & Events (events network)
o SAITA, the Sacramento Atheists and Independent Thinkers Alliance
o Teaching About Religion (local educational resource)
Major Secular events in the Sacramento area
o Sacramento Freethought Day - a day in October
o Sacramento Darwin Day - a Sunday in mid-February
o Human Light - a Sunday in late December
National or International organizations
o FFRF, the Freedom From Religion Foundation
o The Secular Coalition for America
o CSH, the Council for Secular Humanism
o International Humanist and Ethical Union
o IHS, the Institute for Humanist Studies
o The Freethinker (from the Brits)
o Canadian Association for Science and Reason
o The Military Religious Freedom Foundation
o CSICOP, Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
o Americans United for Separation of Church and State
o The Institute for Church-State Studies
Non-local Resources and Information
o Secular News Daily, for Freethought News
o The Infidel Guy has his own webcast!
o The Black Sun Journal, another ex-minister speaking out
o The English Atheist (the Religion Page, archived)
o The Skeptic's Corner (archived)
o The Skeptics' Bible is a useful reference!
o BibleTrash, "celebrating the Golden Age of Freethought"
o Atheist Empire strikes back ...
o Doctor of Disbelief -- Earn your PhD from the University of Heresy!
o Undo Jesus, about as in-your-face as they come
o Jim Lippard's Atheism & Christianity page
o Jesus Never Existed? - no stranger to controversy
o The Skeptical Review homepage
o The Evil Bible, all the scuttlebutt
o Skepchick, women on science, skepticism, and pseudoscience
o Why won't God heal amputees? (we were wondering!)
o The God Contention, with religious & secular answers to the Big Questions
o A Christian Nation?, by the Right Rev. James Huber
o Teaching About Religion (national educational resource)
o The Goodless Geeks of Silicon Valley
o True Truths, as opposed to the other kind
o The Pissy Bishop is dedicated to freethought expression
o Anonymous vs Scientology - Why they protest
o Planet Atheism - Aggregated atheist blogs
o The Heretic's Diary - Art by LaVera Langeman
Family Resources, Social Networks, and Building a Community
o American Atheists Youth & Family
o Greater Sacramento Single Atheists, a Meetup group
o Freethinker Match, a dating service
o Secular Organizations for Sobriety
Science and Evolution
o NCSE, the National Center for Science Education
o The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
o Pharyngula, the PZ Meyers Science Blog
o Ed Babinski's Creation & Evolution Blog
o Dave Matson and Dave Matson (Blog)
o Earth and Life - the neatest science poster ever, courtesy of The Brights
o The Geological Time Spiral, another great poster
History
o This Day in Church History, a Christian site with a sense of humor
o History of Religion and the Geography of War, splendid animation
o The (Real) Christian Heritage
o The Bible - Who Wrote it, Compiled it, Edited it
(by the Staff of The Straight Dope, an epic in five parts)
o Jesusquest - Who was this Jesus, anyway?
o "Things They Don't Tell You ..."
Reference and Research
o The Religious Tolerance website
o Adherents.com, for statistics on religion
De-conversion support and testimonials
o The Ex-Christian Network and New ExChristian Network
o Ex-Minister, for clergy who walked away
o The Clergy Project, another resource for doubting clergy
o The Ex- Jehovah's Witness site
o Free Minds, for 'JW' Escapees
o ZIP-file of Deconversion Stories
Recommended secular charities
o Sacramento Blood Source - Schedule a Donation!
When you schedule, please use the AOF Blood Source ID# 4857
Freethought-related gifts & merchandise 
o The EvolveFish Company (stickers, buttons, lapel pins)
o Confronting Believers Shop (books & CDs)
o The Bank of Wisdom (freethought CDs, posters & busts - no not that kind)
o Atheist Bliss (Portraits)
