Why do the militant atheists insist on this intellectual dishonesty? Maybe because confrontational language and side-splitting satire help them make their case.

It never occurs to skeptics that a sense of wonder is paramount, even for scientists. Einstein insisted, in fact, that no great discovery can be made without a sense of awe before the mysteries of the universe.

The following 10 stories show the breadth of religious actors and events and how deeply they affected the last 10 years of American and world history.

I am not an evolution doubter. I believe it is real. I believe it has happened to bring us to where we are now. However, I also believe that it is on hiatus.

Science has steadily eroded religion by saying, in essence, that there is no proof that satisfies experimental inquiry.

We urgently need to make that conversation center on embracing paradox rather than seeking -- then trying to impose by force and or "reason" -- our pet certainties on others.

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.

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.

Last week in this space I posted an attack on the "new atheists," I've weighed the counter-arguments that have been arrayed against me and--surprise!--found them wanting.