'Religion' Archive
Dr. Victor J. Stenger - God and the Folly of Faith
Last night I had the privilege of speaking with particle physicist and New Atheist author Dr. Victor J. Stenger ...
9.11 Anniversary Filled With Moral Illusions
[The human] moral sense licenses aggression against others as a way to prevent or punish immoral acts. That is fine ...
A Basket of Broken Eggs
In the past, I've discussed how Easter has been co-opted and corrupted by Christianity from what had been a pagan ...
Brain Damage Increases ‘Spirituality’
I've maintained that religion and spirituality are inversely correlated with high-functioning intelligence. Â (previous article, Religion Rots Your Brain And ...
The Petulant Ignorance of the New Age
Once in a while you strike Facebook gold. The kinds of discussions I used to have here on BSJ ...
Media Cowardice to Blame for Attack on Westergaard
Last night I watched CNN coverage of a shaken Kurt Westergaard, after he survived an attempt on his ...
Follow the Law!
Can't get through the season without saying something about the annual "War on Christmas," that perverse ritual when Bill O'Reilly, Bill Donohue and the whole gang of U.S. cultural conservatives ...
It’s Not Nice To Criticize People’s Myths
Editorials slamming "new atheism" as "strident," "tedious," "uninformed," or the kicker, "fundamentalist" crop up every week like new mushrooms sprouting ...
Why Gay Marriage Is Such A Big Fucking Deal
In the grand scheme of American politics, the gay marriage issue seems like it should really be a footnote. It ...
Are They Really Trying To Ban Divorce?
Apparently emboldened by the success of Prop. 8, it seems California religious nutters are now gathering signatures to put an initiative to ban divorce on the ballot in 2010. I still can't ...
The Pitch: Eternal Life Insurance
Marketing as Seduction
We assume marketing relies on a certain amount of hype, and consumers willing to suspend their disbelief. But ...
Glurge: “If You Are Not Ashamed, Pass this On…”
My wife just mentioned a term I hadn't heard before:Â Glurge. But I've certainly experienced it. Now you can, too... Â You're welcome. The image below is exactly how this ...
The Pseudo Science of the Spoken Word: Part 3
Continued from Part 2
From campaign speeches to tent revivals to late-night talk radio, countless orators throughout human history have influenced, cajoled, inspired, and galvanized the ...
The Atheist Bus Sides
Religion has never needed much prodding to demonstrate its hypocrisy. It's almost a weekly perp-walk of the clergy across the world stage with their sexual indiscretions. Then there's the lying ...
New-Age ‘Spiritual Living’ Confusion
Wow, I shouldn't be surprised any more, but I always am. It seems the new-agers take the same apologetics used by religion, then add on top their notions of universal ...
Slaying the Supernatural Imagination
The imagination is the mind's active scratch pad--our source of daydreams. Here we try out new ideas, we work out conflicts, ...
Harvard Crimson Prints “Atheism is Faith” Canard
The Church of Atheism By DHRUV K. SINGHAL Its standard-bearers swarm across oceans and mountains, propagating a vitriolic doctrine of bigotry and intolerance ...
Dalai Lama Slams Sex in Post-Hoc Rationalization
Sex invariably spells trouble, says Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader, on Friday said sex spelt fleeting satisfaction and trouble later, while ...
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, ‘Clairvoyant’
The above tagline (without the single quotes, of course) used to be one of the ways Elizabeth Clare Prophet was billed when appearing on ...
CUT Leaders Deny 1990 Nuclear War Prediction
More revisionist propaganda from CUT leaders in a new AP article: In March 1990, thousands of church members who had descended on the Yellowstone area entered the shelters to ...
CUT Doctrine More Complicated, Absurd than Christianity
Every time I reflect back on the absurdities I used to believe as a minister of The Summit Lighthouse and Church Universal & Triumphant ...
They Can Dish It Out, But They Can’t Take It
Controversial 'Imagine No Religion' billboard removed in Rancho Cucamonga A billboard with the message "Imagine No Religion" is no more. Sign company General Outdoor removed the sign by ...
Prop. 8 Protest - A Beautiful Sight
I love the energy at this anti-Prop. 8 protest in San Diego. This bad law is SO getting tossed. You can't write discrimination into the state constitution without a supermajority ...
Putting the Perps in Charge of ‘Healing’
What other institution could get away with this? OAKLAND, California (CNN) -- Terrie Light stands outside Oakland's stunning new modern cathedral in a first-of-its-kind garden that honors victims ...
Abstinence Marriage Challenge Draws No Takers
A "challenge" promising $10,000 for a wedding to couples who agree to abstain from sex and undergo religious counseling is going down in flames. No one has stepped up ...