Game over

David Horton, 11.27.2009

writer, scientist, conservationist, liberal, atheist

There are times when all good women, and men, need to come to the aid of the party. Times when profound changes in understanding occur. Times that put...

Religion As A State Of Mind

Susan Smalley, Ph.D., 11.16.2009

Susan L. Smalley, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at ...

When a dogma or belief system is fixed as the explanation for this unknown, there is a closing off, a blocking off of experimentation to discover or relate to it.

Freeing God And Religion From The Confines Of Faith And Reason

Alan Lurie, 11.16.2009

Author of Five Minutes on Mondays: Finding Unexpected Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work

Let's be honest; we like extreme views: Such strong, black and white positions are more exciting and accessible, especially relating to such complex issues as religion and faith.

Collision: Hitchens Debates Conservative Evangelical, Nothing Happens

Evan Derkacz, 11.04.2009

The following is the opening to an article by philosophy professor Eric Reitan.

Patience With God: Taking on Atheists and Christian Fundamentalists -- An Interview with Frank Schaeffer

John W. Whitehead, 11.07.2009

Attorney and author who has written, debated and practiced widely

Frank Schaeffer has some big problems with fundamentalist Christians. But he also has big problems with the New Atheists.

Thank God I'm An Atheist

David Horton, 11.05.2009

writer, scientist, conservationist, liberal, atheist

From time to time some religious leader, somewhere, seeking to be provocative, will announce, smugly, that of course all morality comes from religion and therefore atheists, those scum of the Earth, have no morality.

An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question

Jay Michaelson, 10.29.2009

Columnist, activist and author of "Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism"

Last week, in part two of our introduction to Kabbalah, we suggested that in Jewish mystical theology, "God does not exist -- God is existence itself."

Practicing Science -- With or Without Religion?

Dan Agin, 10.23.2009

Author/Neuroscientist

The problem for the working scientist is that the essence of science is a self-conscious and mandatory objectivity -- which means dogma and doctrine are essentially antithetical.

Bishops of Atheism

Joe The Nerd Ferraro, 10.23.2009

Joe the Nerd Ferraro is a husband, dad, computer nerd, and a general pain to the local government in Audubon, PA.

Dr. Dawkins is one of what I call the Bishops of Atheism, people spreading the gospel of non-god. To him anyone who believes in God is delusional.

Christopher Hitchens Is Absurd

Matt Browner Hamlin, 10.21.2009

Writer, activist, organizer.

Only in the western mind does the existence of deity contradict science, and truth be told, not even there. There is nothing in western scientific thought that denies deity.

Collision: Is Religion Absurd or Good for the World?

Christopher Hitchens, 10.20.2009

Are our morals dictated to us by a supreme entity, or do discoveries made by science and reason make Atheism a natural conclusion? You decide.

How Richard Dawkins Communicates Evolution (Surprise, It's Not the Same Thing as Atheism)

Chris Mooney, 10.07.2009

Chris Mooney is the author of Unscientific America (www.unscientificamerica.com).

After writing a bestselling atheist "consciousness-raiser," is it at all surprising that Dawkins now finds his evolution book being prominently linked to atheism in the media mind?

A Playlist for Recovering Fundies

Valerie Tarico, 10.06.2009

Author of "The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth," and founder, WisdomCommons.org

Music can be a path out of insularity. Not by itself, of course. But music creates links to a whole wide world of human activities and ideas. For former fundies, it can also help with the healing process. When you've had your child-mind warped by scary songs liked "I Wish We'd all Been Ready" or when you've spent Sunday mornings swaying to "I'm a Pentecostal" or your dulcet tones were trained on "Saved by the Blood," it can help to start feeding your brain some alternatives.

Sh-t happens

David Horton, 10.05.2009

writer, scientist, conservationist, liberal, atheist

The day after the Samoan tsunami I heard a tv reporter, after recounting the death and destruction and misery and coming plagues, say "their Christian...

Confessions of a Phony Internet Muslim

Barrett Brown, 11.11.2009

Author of Flock of Dodos, Director of Communications for Enlighten The Vote

YouTube, like the Internet at large, is what the Holy Land would have been like during the Crusades if everyone in the Holy Land had too much free time on their hands.

Remember Gay People?

Jamie Kilstein, 10.21.2009

Stand Up Comic. Cohost of Citizen Radio. Likes Democracy.

We claim to be the freest, and the best, yet all of our citizens do not have equal rights. Tell the couple who have been together for 15 years that can't adopt a child that we live in the best country in the world.

Why I Failed As an Atheist

Lauren Cahn, 10.16.2009

Yoga blogger, "Yoga Chickie"

I tried to believe in nothing. And I failed.

Q&A with Robert Wright (Part 2): Is Belief in God Any Weirder Than Belief in Electrons?

Terrence McNally, 09.21.2009

Radio host, communications consultant

For part 2 of my interview with Robert Wright, author of The Evolution of God, we discuss consciousness, physics, evolution, atheism, Obama and more.

Not Enough Reality

David Horton, 09.19.2009

writer, scientist, conservationist, liberal, atheist

I think Richard Dawkins could do the world an even greater service than he has already by funding places of atheist non-worship. I would call them Reality Domes, but he might have other ideas.

A Visit With Bill Lobdell, Author of Losing My Religion

Mark Joseph, 09.12.2009

Mark Joseph is a producer, author, talk show host and editor of Bullypulpit.com

For years Bill Lobdell covered religion for the LA Times and if his experience is any guide, spending too much time poking around the underbelly of American religion can be lethal to one's faith.

Don't, Please: An Atheist's Defense

Landon Ross, 10.05.2009

Los Angeles based writer, artist, and progressive thinker.

Charlotte Allen tries to trivialize the Atheist movement on the basis that we are boring, even if angry, fanatics who whine about being oppressed. Allen is wrong about everything; except this: I'm an Atheist, and I'm angry.