Jesus for Atheists (and Agnostics, and Nones, and Everyone Else)
“There is absolutely nothing to stop us ‘seculars’ from following Jesus.”
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How Not to Oppose the National Day of Prayer
Today is the National Day of Prayer in the United States, an annual day of…
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YOU Are Spiritual But Not Religious: The Secret Spiritual History of the Choose Your Own Adventure Books
The decision comes on page 8. The sound of screaming is coming from behind a…
Read MoreIs Army’s New “Humanist” Designation Just Semantic Hooey?
Religious people take note.
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There is Only One God… And We Don’t Believe in Him
On being Jewish and atheist.
Read MoreTony Perkins: Atheists Can’t Be Chaplains
Harvard’s humanist chaplain disagrees… sort of.
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The Racial Politics of Atheism
The absence of historical and sociological context for atheist politics, and its disconnection from social justice activism, will keep it in the lily-white one-percent column.
Read MoreAmerican Infidel: Robert Ingersoll Was the “Great Agnostic” of the (Last) Gilded Age
My grandfather, born to immigrants in 1878, was undoubtedly familiar with the all-but-forgotten figure of Robert Green Ingersoll, the “Great Agnostic,” who popularized Darwin for the millions, who championed the disgraced Thomas Paine, and who kept alive the important tradition of American free thought during the last quarter of the 19th century.
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Eddie Izzard on Atheism, Transgender, and “The Invisible Bloke Upstairs”
“As soon as you say ‘non-theists,’ it’s a negative thing. We should call ourselves ‘people believers.’ We believe in the common sense and the good will of people.”
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God’s Obituary: A Humanist Response to Mass Murder
There is no justification; there is no larger logic, no theologically exposed silver lining. This misery is all too human—the imposition of an individual’s twisted will on others with deadly consequences. Appeal to God doesn’t fix this; it doesn’t explain it.
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