Author: Tom Flynn

Tom Flynn (1955-2021) was editor of Free Inquiry, executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism, director of the Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum, and editor of The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief (2007).
Church-State Update
 Free Inquiry Volume 22, No. 2
Spring 2002
 Tom Flynn
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Religion Explained?
 Free Inquiry Volume 22, No. 2
Spring 2002
 Tom Flynn
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The Astrological Diary of God
 Free Inquiry Volume 22, No. 2
Spring 2002
 Tom Flynn
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Irving Berlin’s Hat Trick
 Free Inquiry Volume 22, No. 1
Winter 2001 / 2002
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Finding Meaning In Life
 Free Inquiry Volume 22, No. 1
Winter 2001 / 2002
 Tom Flynn
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Church-State Update
 Free Inquiry Volume 22, No. 1
Winter 2001 / 2002
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Calculating God
 Free Inquiry Volume 22, No. 1
Winter 2001 / 2002
 Tom Flynn
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Sister Mary Explains it All
 Free Inquiry Volume 22, No. 1
Winter 2001 / 2002
 Tom Flynn
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When Explaining Is Explaining Away
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 4
Fall 2001
 Tom Flynn
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Church-State Update
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 4
Fall 2001
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Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 4
Fall 2001
 Tom Flynn
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Of Malice and Mercy
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 3
Summer 2001
 Tom Flynn
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Church-State Update
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 3
Summer 2001
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R.I.P., Naked Public Square
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 2
Spring 2001
 Tom Flynn
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Introduction
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 2
Spring 2001
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Church-State Update
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 2
Spring 2001
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Why I Am Not a Secularist
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 2
Spring 2001
 Tom Flynn
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By the Numbers
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 1
Winter 2000 / 2001
 Tom Flynn
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Introduction: Fishing for Control
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 1
Winter 2000 / 2001
 Tom Flynn
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Can Secular Patients Survive Catholic Hospitals?
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 1
Winter 2000 / 2001
 Tom Flynn
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The Reincarnation of RFRA
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 1
Winter 2000 / 2001
 Tom Flynn
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The Agnostic
 Free Inquiry Volume 21, No. 1
Winter 2000 / 2001
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Introduction
 Free Inquiry Volume 20, No. 4
Fall 2000
 Tom Flynn
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Church-State Update
 Free Inquiry Volume 20, No. 4
Fall 2000
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Supreme Court Hears Texas Football Case
 Free Inquiry Volume 20, No. 3
Summer 2000
 Tom Flynn
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Church-State Update
 Free Inquiry Volume 20, No. 2
Spring 2000
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Outlawing Unbelief
 Free Inquiry Volume 20, No. 1
Winter 1999 / 2000
 Tom Flynn
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Meanwhile on the Planet Vatican
 Free Inquiry Volume 19, No. 4
Fall 1999
 Tom Flynn
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It’s a Miracle: No National Day of Prayer
 Free Inquiry Volume 19, No. 4
Fall 1999
 Tom Flynn
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The End of Science? Not Likely
 Free Inquiry Volume 19, No. 4
Fall 1999
 Tom Flynn
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Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life
 Free Inquiry Volume 19, No. 4
Fall 1999
 Tom Flynn
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Introduction
 Free Inquiry Volume 19, No. 3
Summer 1999
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Church-State Update
 Free Inquiry Volume 19, No. 3
Summer 1999
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New Age Odyssey
 Free Inquiry Volume 19, No. 3
Summer 1999
 Tom Flynn
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‘Bible Week’ in Arizona . . . and Worse
 Free Inquiry Volume 19, No. 2
Spring 1999
 Tom Flynn
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Tracking Challenges to the First Amendment
 Free Inquiry Volume 19, No. 1
Winter 1998 / 1999
 Tom Flynn
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Frontlines — Vol. 17 No. 3
 Free Inquiry Volume 17, No. 3
Summer 1997
 Matt Cherry, Timothy J. Madigan, Tom Flynn

Hale-Bopp and Heaven’s Gate In early 1996, the astronomer Alan Hale submitted an article to FREE INQUIRY dealing with the comet he had recently co-discovered with Thomas Bopp. Although there was no way to be sure at that time if the comet would be as spectacular as it proved to be, Hale felt that there …

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Why Is Religious Humanism?
 Free Inquiry Volume 16, No. 4
Fall 1996
 Tom Flynn
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Defend Abortion, Not Just Choice
 Free Inquiry Volume 16, No. 3
Summer 1996
 Tom Flynn
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The Case for Affirmative Secularism
 Free Inquiry Volume 16, No. 2
Spring 1996
 Tom Flynn
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