Atheists Ignore Islamophobia at their Peril
There’s been a lot of talk in the American atheist movement about social justice, but why doesn’t it include justice for religious minorities like Muslims and Sikhs?
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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.
Read MoreSam Harris Says Qur’an “Not That Good”
Now where have we heard that before…
Read MoreScience of Little Help with Personhood Issues
Science just doesn’t do purpose.
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It’s Time to Reconsider Graduation Prayer in Public High Schools
Non-believers and the community of liberal believers, typically the ones attempting to ban religious imagery from the public square, have avoided specifying which forms of communal expression of meaning are appropriate.
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Unreasonable Doubt: Vincent Bugliosi Defends Agnosticism
When he’s not writing bestselling books, Vincent Bugliosi is a legendary prosecuting attorney. As such, he is certainly well acquainted with the legal policy of presumption of innocence. His newest book, Divinity of Doubt, a treatise on agnosticism, would have been much better if Bugliosi had taken this principle into account in the context of his arguments for, and against, God.
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Debating God: Atheist and Evangelical Face Off at Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame had cause for its anxiety leading up to last week’s big debate between the New Atheist polemicist Sam Harris and the evangelical philosopher William Lane Craig. It’s said that all publicity is good publicity, but one needn’t strain too hard to find an exception—least of all in the history of God debates.
Read MoreZeitgeist A Blend Of Skepticism, Metaphysical Spirituality, and Conspiracy
The film admired by Jared Loughner defies categorization but ultimately offers a dark vision.
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Dear Scientists: Please Stop Bashing Free Will!
Numerous studies showing that decision-making appears to occur well before we believe we’ve made the decision, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up on free will just yet.
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Little ‘Value’ in New Harris Book
Sam Harris latest, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, is undermined by poor scholarship, ad hominem attacks and an obsession with religion.