"People in the middle ages didn't know about radio waves, yet they were everywhere. They just didn't have receivers in those days. How can ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- It looked harmless enough, but the words on a billboard un-nerved so many people that a popular restaurant nearby actually lost business. ...

I ran across this $20 bill recently--no, this was not my handiwork. But I couldn't agree more! Hells yeah. Anyone know where to ...

Ebonmuse at Daylight Atheism recently gave Chris Hedges--author of I Don't Believe in Atheists--a good thumping. Now Chris Swanson has posted another excellent deconstruction of Hedges ridiculous arguments ...

Three simple words. "No, they don't." A few weeks ago, I was having a conversation with a former CUT member who I hadn't ...

Gamophobia - fear of marriage - is a little-used term to mark a still less acknowledged concept. I hold my hands up to it, not waving but drowning under the ...

Two brilliant comments will have to fill in for me today since I'm having an incredibly busy week. And really, I couldn't have said it better. ...

As an atheist, I only go to church when I'm forced to. And as a civic-minded citizen of West Hills, CA, that's about twice a year--on ...

Atheists are often accused of being moral nihilists. It's one of the leading smear tactics believers and bigots use against us. Russian Chief Rabbi Berel ...

Man and God, From the UK Times Online It has been a good year for atheists. Richard Dawkins’s book The God Delusion has sold more than ...

It's another groaner over at Salon. After their inexplicable dalliance with the confused ramblings of Camille Paglia, it's hard to pretend anymore that the webzine ...

It's rare to find truly new arguments or perspectives. Most of the daily diet of writing concerning atheism covers events, issues, controversies, boycotts, and the like. ...

Without going into any theological matters, it is important to understand that humanity doesn't like to see anyone check out of the club. Much like the social structure of any ...

I know I said I wouldn't be posting as much, but I just couldn't resist sharing this gem of an email exchange, which once again summarizes ...

This summer, two of my closest college friends and their 12-year-old daughter came for a visit. I hadn't seen them in a decade. These guys, (at ...

The level of anti-atheist propaganda is reaching a fever pitch of late. One can only assume that's because we're making inroads. The truth does sometimes hurt. In this shameless propaganda ...

Atheists would love for everyone to believe that their motive for not believing is an intellectual one. Yes, the atheists ardently suppose that they are wise and the Christians, well, ...

[UPDATE 11.01.07: From some of the comments, it's clear this should have been two separate stories. There are really two separate problems with home schooling. The ...

[Graphic from the OUT Campaign] Salon's Cary Tennis answered this letter from a 20-year-old atheist with noncommittal gobbledygook. At least Tennis didn't show his full ...

Welcome to a special edition of Atheist Of The Week, wherein we shall explore the life and philosophy of the intellectual and literary giant Ayn Rand, in ...

Continued from Part 1. Beliefs fall into four main categories: opinions, predictions, superstitions, and strategies. In the first post of this series, we made the distinction ...

The folks at the Catholic League for Civil Rights, who are never shy about attacking films they believe promote an anti-Catholic agenda, have November's release of The Golden Compass directly ...

"Of course you have beliefs," said my friend as we sat having breakfast, "everyone does." He made a graph on the table with a ...

Police in Pennsylvania and Delaware are trying to figure out who vandalized two churches this week, authorities said. In Pottstown, the outer walls of Zion's United Church ...

Here's a shout-out to Pastor James L. Evans, who demonstrated some real understanding of why atheism is on the rise. Put simply, it is because ...