Tom Flynn

Journalist

Birthday August 18, 1955

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Erie, PA

DEATH DATE Aug 23, 2021 (66)

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About

Notable for heading the Council for Secular Humanism and for editing the organization's Free Inquiry publication, Flynn is also known for his contributions to the Free Thinking blog and to The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief. His full-length works include The Trouble with Christmas and the satirical science fiction novel Galactic Rapture.

Before Fame

After graduating from Xavier University in Ohio, he began to doubt his long-held Roman Catholic beliefs and to forge a life and career in accordance with his new atheistic stance.

Trivia

He produced a television documentary series titled American Freethought.

Family Life

Born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, he later settled in Buffalo, New York. He was an only child.

Associated With

His passion for activism on behalf of atheism, secular humanity, and free thought developed from his early reading of Robert Ingersoll's work. Later in his life, Flynn managed the Robert Green Ingersoll museum.