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Agnosticism

A Good Life Without God

Richard Abrons | Posted 05.06.2013 | Religion
Richard Abrons

Big topic. All encompassing. From Ra to Zeus to Moses to Jesus to Muhammad to Buddah. From Cotton Mather to Rush Limbaugh. From the Crusades to Shiites and Sunnis. Well, leave me out.

Is Atheism Only For The Upper Class?

Daniel Cox | Posted 04.24.2013 | Religion
Daniel Cox

One of the more notable findings from a recent American Values Survey analysis is that atheists and agnostics have significantly higher socio-economic status than either secular Americans or unattached believers.

We Need a Nonbelievers' Liberation Movement

Allan Brawley | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics
Allan Brawley

We need a nonbelievers' rights movement that will encourage more people to come out of the closet and help free the country -- and the world -- from destructive sectarian conflict.

What Baseball Can Teach Us About Faith And Belief

Christine Organ | Posted 03.28.2013 | Religion
Christine Organ

In the Church of Baseball, there are a million different kinds of strike-outs, homeruns, curve balls, fastballs, bunts, stolen bases, pitching changes, errors, pop outs, grounders and foul balls. And without a doubt, every season will have its share of rain delays.

How My Christian Friends Turned Me Jewish

Elad Nehorai | Posted 05.06.2013 | Religion
Elad Nehorai

I remember when I looked at him and I argued, the way he looked at me, almost like he was sad. And I remember thinking, how dare you, how dare you be sad for me.

WATCH: My Talk with Zack Kopplin on Creationism in Classrooms

Bill Moyers | Posted 05.05.2013 | Religion
Bill Moyers

From the time he was a high school senior in his home state of Louisiana, anti-creationism activist Zack Kopplin has been speaking, debating, cornerin...

Does Atheist = Secularist = None?

Jacques Berlinerblau | Posted 04.28.2013 | Religion
Jacques Berlinerblau

Let there be no doubt: There is a lot of disagreement among scholars as to how the terms utilized above are best defined. And two of those scholars who really disagree are myself and Professor Phil Zuckerman.

What Happens When We Name The Nones

Steven Ramey | Posted 04.23.2013 | Religion
Steven Ramey

Although some scholars have used the label since at least the 1960s, the ongoing discussions about Nones have popularized this new identity out of nothing. And this has significant potential to influence society.

Simplifying Our Language: A Defense of Agnosticism

Vlad Chituc | Posted 04.06.2013 | Religion
Vlad Chituc

I don't think it's too controversial to expect the language and labels we use to tell us something substantive about what we believe. As it stands, though, the words "atheist" and "agnostic" don't really tell us much at all.

What Is Skepticism, Anyway?

Michael Shermer | Posted 04.03.2013 | TED Weekends
Michael Shermer

2013-02-01-shermerpullI am often asked what I mean by skepticism, and if I'm skeptical of everything or if I actually believe anything. There is also a popular notion that skeptics are closed-minded.

Godless America: The New Religious-less Reality

Staks Rosch | Posted 03.31.2013 | Politics
Staks Rosch

People are starting to think critically about the beliefs they have been indoctrinated to believe and they are leaving their religions behind.

Republican Freethought

Christopher Lane | Posted 03.27.2013 | Religion
Christopher Lane

By all accounts a brilliant, electrifying speaker, Robert G. Ingersoll best exemplifies the embrace of freethought that has all-but-vanished from the GOP today.

Atheism's Bronze-Age Goat Herder Conceit

Paul Wallace | Posted 03.11.2013 | Religion
Paul Wallace

The conceit probably originated with Kant: Way back a long time ago we weren't so hot at science. We were babies then, so in the face of an unpredictable world we clung to our religion like mama's skirt. Now we're growing up and must put away childish things: all religion must go.

My Pre-Christmas Interview With God

Richard Schiffman | Posted 02.13.2013 | Comedy
Richard Schiffman

Mrs. God looked somehow ageless in her sequined pink taffeta evening gown, posing for paparazzi and kissing babies. Her husband was sitting on the sidelines, a wallflower at his own party. I sidled over to the bar to cheer him up.

When It Comes To Religious Beliefs, Less Is More

Dan_Weiss | Posted 02.10.2013 | Religion
Dan_Weiss

The more specific you get, the less likely you are to be correct. This is certainly manifest in the inconvenient truth that so many religions describe what God wants from us in such different terms.

The Gospel According To Christopher

Ben Stevens | Posted 02.04.2013 | Religion
Ben Stevens

Regardless of the side of the religious divide you fall on, I propose we join in affirming Hitchens' unencumbered definition of Christianity.

'God Is the Clouds'

Linda K. Wertheimer | Posted 01.13.2013 | Parents
Linda K. Wertheimer

The teacher had acted out the story of Noah and the ark. Simon told us about how God created the flood, and then God made the wind and the sun that dried up the rain. "So what is God?" I asked. "God is the clouds," he said.

Please Stop Trying To Convert Me

Remy M. Maisel | Posted 01.08.2013 | Religion
Remy M. Maisel

Whether it's be-suited men standing along College Avenue, a horrible gay conversion preacher screaming in front of the student union, or Campus Crusade for Christ actively trying to convert people who are just sitting around, the conversion campaign is nearly constant.

What Faith Communities Can Offer The 'Nones'

Phil Haslanger | Posted 12.10.2012 | Religion
Phil Haslanger

OK, church folks. Fasten your seatbelts. But don't hunker down. There's a new study out that shows that one in five Americans has no religious affiliation. Not Baptist, not Catholic, not Lutheran, not Jewish, not Muslim.

It's Time To Get To Know The 'Nones'

Chris Stedman | Posted 12.10.2012 | Religion
Chris Stedman

In a time when debates about same-sex marriage, reproductive rights, capital punishment, epidemic hunger and even Big Bird dominate American discourse, it is of paramount importance that we understand the values held by the religiously unaffiliated.

Jaweed Kaleem

Number Of Americans With 'No Religion' On The Rise

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 10.09.2012 | Religion

Sarah Garrison grew up Catholic, but today she does not consider herself part of any religion. Yet as someone who meditates and prays every day to the...

Evolution, Creation, and the Faux Middle Path

Intent | Posted 11.24.2012 | Science
Intent

The espousal of this pseduo-middle-path-mentality -- this idea that all views are equal, and that creationist and evolutionary perspectives should be taught side by side -- is one factor contributing to the epidemic of anti-intellectualism and anti-scientific backlash that Americans are now known for.

Losing Our Religion: Doubt By Numbers

Christopher Lane | Posted 09.04.2012 | Religion
Christopher Lane

Those of us committed to rigorous inquiry must welcome the doubts that younger Americans are expressing. For too long doubt has acquired the hallmark of paralysis and stagnation when it's actually a catalyst for change and renewal.

WATCH: Huge Atheist Victory In LA

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 01.11.2013 | Los Angeles

"As our banner urged, 'Reason Has Prevailed,'" Annie Laurie Gaylor, founder and co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation told The Huffingt...

Would an Agnostic Make the Best President?

Keli Goff | Posted 08.05.2012 | Politics
Keli Goff

Our country has a long and complicated relationship with the role of religion in politics. The more that anger continues to dominate the conversation about religion in our country, the more I appreciate those who say 'enough is enough' with the politics of religion hijacking our political discourse.