Atheist Schism?
“Atheism+” formed to address social justice problems in the atheist community, but it may have to reckon with religion.
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Does Atheism Have a Misogyny Problem?
By the time The Amazing Meeting rolled into Vegas, nerves were raw. It seemed like everyone was both sick of hearing about Elevatorgate and still nursing at least a little irritation toward what they perceived as either the sexism and insensitivity, or the political correctness, of their fellow atheists. Those of us in attendance dealt with it the best way we knew how—by joking about it. When that got old, we resorted to jokes about how bad our jokes were. Underneath the layers of meta-humor, however, it was clear that the heated argument had taken a toll on the atheist and skeptic community.
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Dining with Dawkins in the Humanist Bosom
The humanist community assembled many of its leading lights recently to award Richard Dawkins a prize for furthering rational thought. A secular humanist convention is not the witches’ coven that some sheltered theists might expect. I did not see anyone smoking and never heard a profane word. Drinking at the reception was modest by anyone but a teetotaler’s standards, and far less than at the Episcopal fundraiser I’d attended the previous week. Also unlike the Episcopal affair, I did not spot a single same-sex couple. I began to wonder how much fun these people, freed from religion’s rules, were having with their liberty.
Read MoreWhen Communicating Evolution, Which Works Better: Confrontation or Accommodation?
Live stream debate this afternoon at Council for Secular Humanism’s annual conference.
Read MoreChicken or Egg? Now We Know…
Announcement that the answer is ‘chicken’ nothing to crow about, scientists say.
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Can Atheists Simply Ignore Theology?
The other day, Terry Sanderson—president of the United Kingdom’s National Secular Society—published a short, scathing indictment of theology in The Guardian, a piece titled “
Read MoreSynthetic Cell Not Quite God’s Work
“To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to re-create life out of life.”
Read MoreThe Origins of Religion
New research suggests that religious practices might have evolved out of a need to get along.
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Top Ten Religion & Science Stories of 2009
While fundamentalists continue to deny evolution and the validity of scientific thought, and some scientists continue to deny the validity of religion, the Year of Darwin held some notable examples of peaceful co-existence.
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