ALL CONTENT ORIGINALS NEWS FEATURED AUDIO ARTICLES VIDEOS DISCUSSIONS
Order: Last Created | Last Commented
Rhode Island cross controversy - legitimate or petty?
elisa_fdm - 27 April 2012 195 Comments
I was browsing the net and came across this Huffington Post article . Now, all the usual caveats apply - the Huff Post is a crappy rag of a paper and the story is not reported in a manner that I...
Religion as "comfort" to people in distress: fact or myth?
Richard123 - 24 April 2012 124 Comments
As a Samaritan volunteer for nearly a decade (but also a life-long humanist), it has struck me that among the large number of religious people in distress who contact us, far from giving them...
Admitting you're an atheist while travelling in the Middle East
Jon McGill - 24 April 2012 53 Comments
I know that Richard Dawkins has long been an advocate of atheists coming out, and personally, I am out, at least in my normal life in Europe & the USA. But recently I made a trip to Sana'a,...
Geoffrey Robertson vs the Catholic Church – some thoughts from the GAC
martinpribble - 24 April 2012 16 Comments
One of the most important and impactful talks given at the Global Atheist Convention was delivered by human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC, and focused on his case for bringing the catholic...
Atheism and Political Philosophy - Secularization
Bobwundaye - 23 April 2012 116 Comments
I was thinking over my recent opinions I've voiced recently on various threads, many of which were interpreted as being heavily pro-religion, and I was wondering why I still defend something I...
Any other former Muslims out there?
yuriicide - 23 April 2012 26 Comments
Dear brothers and sisters, I am former Muslim living in the middle east and have been an active reader of Dawkins and other like minded scientists for a few years now. I started questioning my...
Evolutionary equivalents of human intelligence
godzillatemple - 23 April 2012 56 Comments
Hey, all! I am a confirmed skeptic, a dyed-in-the-wool atheist and a firm believer in the scientific method. My understanding of evolutionary biology, however, is rudimentary at best, so please...
Non-evangelist - 23 April 2012 41 Comments
There are 80 uses of the phrase "It is written" in the King James Bible. Frequently the term is used by the authors or persons being quoted as proof of the truth and profundity of the...
guiramirez - 23 April 2012 5 Comments
Hello I would like to check out this presentation and I would appreciate your opinion. If you like it please feel free to share it. In the next 18 seconds, 100 newborn kids will arrive in the...
When and where to argue faith?
Daniel Williams - 23 April 2012 20 Comments
To start with I want to give you the background to my question. I am at the moment involved in a discussion on religion and prayer on the forum of a popular motorsports news website. The...
robaylesbury - 20 April 2012 1 Comments
I can’t help myself. It’s a great story. Scientists say that the notoriously dry continent of Africa is, in fact, sitting atop a vast reservoir of ground water. So much water it exceeds the amount...
Mike Aus - 18 April 2012 277 Comments
Since coming out as a non-believing pastor on national television a few weeks ago, I have been spending a fair amount of time explaining my apostasy to friends and former parishioners. Certainly...
Mount Etna eruption expected any time now - webcam
Paula Kirby - 12 April 2012 40 Comments
Vulcanologists are predicting that Mount Etna, Europe's biggest and most active volcano, is about to erupt again and that it will be at its most spectacular in the course of this afternoon (European...
Religion is not the disease - lack of education is
mattmc86 - 11 April 2012 196 Comments
Ever since I hit the time I've been able to come about true rational thought, I have gone from a light-hearted Christian to a militant atheist. I drove people away in swarms with my constant...
debonnesnouvelles - 10 April 2012 93 Comments
From Berlin/ Germany: I have never been happier for a religious festivity to end than this Easter! My mother had to be admitted to hospital last Thursday and after her successful operation she...
There is Reason in stopping Joseph Kony
robertferguson3 - 10 April 2012 5 Comments
Invisible Children achieved an unparalleled feat with their internet sensation last month and whatever their motives may have been this fact is something that we should be encouraged by as...
Religious "Baby Throwing" in India
Tiende Landeplage - 10 April 2012 56 Comments
Just another example of the dangerous idiocy one can get away with if the label "religious tradition" is attached to it. I especially call your attention to the last paragraph in the article quoted...
Genocide: What is behind irrational evil perpetrated by ordinary people?
Helga Vierich - 10 April 2012 228 Comments
It is just religion? I don't think so. I doubt it is even the most important problem. Why, even in the case of the Holocaust, there is a profound indoctrination into a belief system involved,...
corax niveus - 09 April 2012 27 Comments
Recently a small school board north of Toronto Canada made the decision to stop the annual distribution of Gideon bibles in their schools citing that there no place for this in secular public...
A lot of science is just plain wrong
paulmarkj - 09 April 2012 136 Comments
The title comes from an article in the Straight Statistics web site article It describes how many scientific studies are 'wrong': Suddenly, everybody’s saying it: the scientific and medical...
RSS Feeds