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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...

June 2016

June 26, 2016

Atheist Belief is an Homage to God

To the reader of self-hell(p) books, This little book about heaven-help. --Fabrice Hadjadj, The Resurrection Fabrice...

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...

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...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Famous Atheists Who Weren’t Atheist: Sartre Eulogizes Merleau-Ponty

The "Famous Atheists" series is devoted to exposing prominent thinkers (Sartre, Camus, Heidegger, Irigaray), artists...

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 13, 2015

Why Does Continental Philosopher Richard Kearney Remain Catholic?

Richard Kearney holds the Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College and has...

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 22, 2015

Famous Atheists Who Aren’t Atheist: Hold off on Papism David Brooks!

Did you know that Sartre was a Jew, Camus intended to become a Protestant, Warhol...

April 02, 2015

Pope Francis and Kristeva Celebrate JP2’s Suffering With Joy

Today Pope Francis celebrated the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's passing with the following...

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...

January 2015

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...

September 2014

September 10, 2014

Atheism’s Ancient Creation Myth

The cardinal rule for writing a book is starting out strong with a memorable story,...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

Famous Atheists Who Weren’t Atheists: Moon Landing Communion

The manned moon landing might have been staged in a television studio somewhere in West...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

Why I Thank Goodness For (Some) Atheists!

“I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some...

April 01, 2014

Famous Feminists Who Aren't Atheists: Luce Irigaray, Catholic

It took me a while to figure out a topic for April Fool's that would...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

A Discomfiting Advent and the Comforts of Atheism

Consolation used to have a pivotal place in philosophy. This was not only the case...

September 2013

September 03, 2013

Famous Atheists Who Weren’t Atheists 4: Heidegger’s Nietzschean Sideburns

Due to a late night bout of copy-editing I am not able to write the...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

Famous Atheists Who Weren’t Atheists 2: The Christianity of Camus

Albert Camus was nearly as unfaithful as Jean-Paul Sartre . . . to atheism. This...

June 28, 2013

Famous Atheists Who Weren't Atheists: Sartre's Crossover

Almost everyone will agree that Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) is rightfully recognized as a major figure...

June 27, 2013

Debunking Science & Religion Myths: The Copernican Revolution Wasn't a Demotion

The science and religion debates are chock-full of ideological myths. Nowadays the scientific side usually...