The Worlds - lite

It's shocking but true. There is an epidemic in major-league baseball. Players on every team have been seen pointing at the sky duri...

Okay, so he didn't put it in those words. But apparently he was asked various "theological" questions in an Italian newspape...

Although NY is about to enter a four- or five-day heat wave, it's nice and cool in my house. In fact, even in the dog days of summer, ...

Don't get excited. The truth is I don't have much to say on this topic. I'm an atheist because the concept of gods is absur...

Jerry Coyne has an interesting post today about the tomfoolery of religious apologists. They certainly are a craven lot. One of the arg...

These are the words of Ken Ham, probably the biggest creationist wingnut in the United States: Atheistic evolutionists do not want any ta...

Susan Jacoby has an interesting op-ed at the NYT. Here's an excerpt: When I try to help a loved one losing his mind to Alzheimer’s, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Christmas season is kicking off at the Vatican with the traditional lighting of the tree in St. Peter's Squ...

We often hear that believers rely on god for "strength" when they find themselves in adverse situations. Jesus, according to ...

I always crack up when someone refers to "sophisticated" theology. This is supposedly different from your typical corner-church ...

I don't understand religious people's obsession with "the afterlife". Why isn't living enough? And more pointedly, w...

Religion is the most successful kind of ponzi scheme because it hides the moment of payoff behind the impenetrable barrier of death. Th...

I think this is a story everyone should read. It's an AP report about the way Norway is treating Anders Behring Breivik's trial....

Whenever anyone, no matter who, mentions god I say, "There is no god." I don't bring it up on my own and I let "God ...

Ed Brayton had an interesting post today on FTB (Freethought Blogs). It's about a scholarly study of secularism (life without gods). It...

I BELIEVE there is no god but there is a heaven. I BELIEVE life is a test. I BELIEVE that if you think god is real, you fail the test...

There's an article at Yahoo about what would happen if we could double people's intelligence -- a thing that's becoming more ...

In Ross Douthat's idiotic op-ed on Hitchens' death, duly eviscerated by many bloggers, he used a phrase I've heard before. It...

Most people on this planet believe there is a god. Given the reality that surrounds us, this is astounding. But what amazes me the most is ...

Much as I'm trying to avoid the New Year's "festivities" (ugh), I keep hearing about people's resolutions. A foolish ...