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August 2016

August 03, 2016

Only the Godless Die Young

With apologies to Billy Joel, new research from Harvard shows that, irrespective of the state...

August 03, 2016

What Faith Stage Are You? The 6 Stages of Seeking Meaning, Significance, and Transcendence.

The following article is adapted from Discovering God Together: The Catholic Guide to Raising Faithful Kids...

January 2016

January 12, 2016

Challenging the Atheist Narrative: Study Says Religious Faith Prevents Violence

For the study, 555 Palestinian adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 were presented...

December 2015

December 04, 2015

FAITHLESS: Why Don’t Millennials Believe?

Why are "nones" on the rise? The answer might surprise...

November 2015

November 10, 2015

Holding Children Hostage to Doubt

Interesting article on the soul-searching of religious "nones" and whether they should saddle their children...

April 2015

April 16, 2015

Separate But Equal? Why “Freedom of Worship” Makes Religious People Sit at Back of the (Church) Bus

In light of my earlier post advancing a secular, empirical argument for the value of...

April 16, 2015

Prayer Works: A Psychological Case for Public Prayer and Graceful Governance

On the Patheos Atheist Channel, Jeffrey Jay Lowder posted an article titled, "Question for Theists:...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Is Atheism A Mental Illness?

Sean Thomas at the London Telegraph seems to think so.... Thanks to a couple of surveys, it’s...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

Six Types of Atheists?

According to the University of Tennessee, in what is, reportedly, the first-ever attempt to classify...

June 2013

June 18, 2013

Will Your Kids Stay Catholic? (UPDATED)

Most parents hope that their adult children will remain in the faith in which they...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

“I Don’t Believe in God”–When Your Kids Reject the Faith

If your teen is fussing about going to church, being faithful to your values, or...

May 22, 2013

Why Don’t Christians Blame God When Bad Things Happen?

When terrible things happen, such as the tragic events in Moore, Oklahoma, non-believers often challenge...