Atheism’s Dark Side Aiding the Trump Agenda
Sam Harris recently appeared in a one-on-one segment on Real Time With Bill Maher to…
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How Do Christians, Atheists Compare on Muslim Tolerance?
Despite the clear animus of some high profile atheists, those who don’t believe in God are the most tolerant.
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Christian Atheism: The Only Response Worth its Salt to the Zimmerman Verdict
Anthea Butler caught flack for arguing the Zimmerman verdict exposed that a god-complex tied to white supremacy remains powerfully at work within U.S. society. She’s right, but I propose that the only religious response is to be atheist.
Read MoreDemonized and Demonizing No More.
Faitheist author Chris Stedman on why the genre of embattled atheist polemic may have run its course.
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Simon Critchley, Atheist Religious Thinker on Utopia & the Fiction of Faith
Philosopher Simon Critchley on evangelical atheists, the ‘supreme fiction’ in politics or love, and why the debate over whether you believe in a god is massively irrelevant.
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Does Christopher Hitchens Think Mormons are Sinistererer?
Passing off an old prejudice as atheist cool.
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Václav Havel: Democracy as Spiritual Discipline
Remembering the leader of the “Velvet Revolution” through his writings.
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Where Will Hitchens’ Soul Go?
An evangelical former debating partner claims the self-proclaimed antitheist is “lost forever.”
Read MoreIt’s the Year of the Protester: Would Santa Occupy? How About Mother Teresa?
Elsewhere on the interwebs, people have considered which religious figures would or would not be joining the drum circle at their local Occupy encampment, were they alive today. Jesus? Ghandi? But what about other religious figures? A religion-nerdy parlor game…
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Waiting for Lightning to Strike: A Wobbly Agnostic among the Atheists
The president of the American Atheists knows there is no God, just as I always knew there was a God. Call us fundamentalists, the two of us. But here’s the difference: I am a reformed fundamentalist. I can now entertain the idea that my truth may not be the only truth. I want to understand, to listen and consider other people’s points of view, even when I find their convictions strange or frightening. That’s why I’m here. If I reject this group’s beliefs without understanding them, then I have not changed from the zealot I once was. But I’m nervous and feel a bit nauseous. I’m waiting for lightning that won’t miss this time.
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