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May 2017

May 04, 2017

Atheists Have “National Day of Reason,” But American Atheism is Irrational

Today is something called "National Reason Day," on the atheist calendar. The National Day of...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

Famous Atheists Who Aren’t Atheist: Facebook Creator Mark Zuckerberg and Desecularization

Exposing the secret religious lives of famous personalities such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Alfred...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

Don’t Look to Secularism if You Want to Bathe in a Kinder, Gentler World

The problem of violence is an inherently human problem. It is unavoidable, because violence is...

August 23, 2016

Pokémon is Anti-Christian, but It’s Not Anti-Catholic

The Pokémon phenomenon is inescapable. I might the only person who hasn't played the game...

August 17, 2016

Slavoj Žižek: There’s a Special Place in Hell for Clinton Consensus Supporters

I write about politics again not because I have any hopes (nor fears) about what...

May 2016

May 16, 2016

Uber Atheist Nietzsche Liked his Christianity STRONG!

Nietzsche would've seen Karl Barth as his match. The German philosopher is a usefully confusing atheist thinker. He...

May 06, 2016

The Secular Addiction to the Endtimes (& Scapegoating)

In our case, it is surely obvious that the sudden intensification of our capacity to...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

On Atheism: Imagine someone knocks on your door & says to you, ‘‘I have experienced God.’’

Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

Which Renegade Pope Encouraged Dialogue with Atheists?

If the post on interreligious dialogue with Muslims is any indication, then the following words from...

December 03, 2015

The Discovery of God: God IS Dead? Long Live God!

Language periodically wears itself out when speaking about God. But that is not the same as...

November 2015

November 10, 2015

4 Remedies for Fundamentalist vs. Atheist Starbucks Red Cup Wars

I hail from Seattle. Seattle is the America's capital city of coffee. I know my...

September 2015

September 18, 2015

Anatheism: The Hospitality Before Theism and Atheism

I confess that my post on the White House guest list was a failed experiment...

June 2015

June 11, 2015

Bet You an Arm & a Leg You Haven’t Heard of Transability!

Forget Caitlyn Jenner. The National Post reports about the next big trend in nominalism: When...

June 10, 2015

Why Doesn’t Holy Mother Russia Remain Orthodox?

This is an experiment in extending the #whyremaincatholic brush onto a wider canvas in order...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

In Monologue: Did You Notice Atheists Don’t Have No Songs?

In the video below Steve Martin claims atheists might have nothing metaphysically and musically. What...

May 06, 2015

Just Another Atheist Jewish Catholic: An Interview With Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com and a consulting editor at the University of...

May 06, 2015

Secular Isaac Robs Religious Esau by Praying “LORD, deliver us from salvation!”

Have you heard the one about the atheist arguing that atheists are more moral than...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Nietzsche’s Flame of Eternity: It’s Not a Wonderful Philosophy Nor Life

Leszek Kolakowski, author of philosophical barnburners such as Metaphysical Horror and Religion: If There Is...

April 07, 2015

Religion is at Once Theoretical and Practical

The difference between theory and practice is fairly clear. It is like the difference between...

April 01, 2015

Kolakowski on the Perpetually Haunted Atheist April Fool’s

If patience is a virtue, then the fact that the Church thinks in centuries is...

March 2015

March 19, 2015

Those Christians Who Think there is an Atheist Worldview Deserve a Tinfoil Hat

The post "John Gray: Waiting for an Atheist Morality is Like Waiting for Godot" sparked something...

March 18, 2015

John Gray: Waiting for an Atheist Morality is Like Waiting for Godot

John Gray is one of our most fascinating public intellectuals and one heck of a...

March 04, 2015

Nietzsche Says Christianity Produces Weaklings. Kolakowski Agrees.

Nietzsche's Antichrist is on my all time favorite novels for a particular reason. His writing...

March 03, 2015

Even Demons Believe: Converting the World Will NOT Make Everyone Holy

Last week I wrote about the one novel you need to read this year. Now...

February 2015

February 03, 2015

The Missionary Positions of the Hitchens Family: On Cosmic Delusions

The Hitchens family is well known for its missionary positions. Christopher Hitchens was so hellbent...

January 2015

January 10, 2015

Houellebecq: Charlie Hebdo Coverboy Maps Faith’s Manifestations

Michel Houellebecq is on the front cover of this week's edition of Charlie Hebdo. It...

January 08, 2015

Will We Once Again Enlist Islam Against Western Extremism?

Yesterday's piece on Ryan Bell (the pastor who became an atheist) made it seem like...

January 07, 2015

If You Practice It, You’ll Become: How the Pastor Became an Atheist

"Nothing will come from nothing," says King Lear, habitually plagiarizing a tradition that goes back...

January 06, 2015

Reenchantment: Atheist PZ Myers Attempts to Confess Bias, FAILS

If you didn't notice Saturday evening I ran a confirmation bias experiment on my coreligionists (many, if not...

January 05, 2015

I Have Met Many Secular Bigots (Calasso on Sacrifice)

It's a big deal any time Roberto Calasso releases a book, because his books always...