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June 2018

June 29, 2018

Religious and Secular Literacy: Dialogue in a Liberal Democracy

In May of 2018, the Council on Foreign Relations organized a workshop on "Religious Literacy...

June 22, 2018

Bible-Shaming Won’t Work: The Love Thy Neighbour Problem

As outrage spread in response to the U.S. policy of separating children from parents at...

June 18, 2018

Atheists Seeking Asylum is a Growing Phenomenon — And it’s Crucial We Take Notice

Atheists aren’t just fleeing war and famine — they’re also fleeing the very real threat...

June 18, 2018

Beyond the Brand: Finding the Communal Self Behind Our Labels

The Russian World Cup is well underway, and whenever I catch a glimpse of Colombia's...

June 09, 2018

Leader Worship and Populism: A Humanist Nightmare

If you believe that human beings are responsible for fixing the world's problems, populism can...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

“Philanthrocapitalism”: From Religious to Secular Masters of Men

One reason I resist strict religious/secular binaries is because shared human behaviours often warrant closer...

May 26, 2018

A Humanist in Colombia: Lessons for a Hurting World

Colombians will rarely ask you your religion. Why would they, when “Catholic” is the default...

May 07, 2018

Fundamentalist Intolerance

The current deluge of “religious freedom” laws have a single purpose: to let narrow-minded believers...

April 2018

April 07, 2018

Chance, Not God, Saved Woman In Shooting

I feel a little unkind saying it, because people so fervently need to believe, but...

April 03, 2018

Exploring the Bleeding Borders of the Secular and the Sacred

Julian Baggini, founding editor of The Philosopher's Magazine, asserts that a search for common ground between...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Divorce Ban in Philippines Could Easily Be Us — And Was

Conservative Christians are biding their time to if not implement a divorce ban restrict it...

March 15, 2018

Elected officials serve as enforcers of religious faith

How American Christianity Perpetuates: Reasons #3-5 Public shaming by elected officials. That sums up reasons...

March 13, 2018

Why Skydiving Only Feels Like A Religious Experience

What do skydivers and mystics, for example, have in common? Their thrilling payoffs are completely...

March 07, 2018

Down-To-Earth Reasons Explain Religion’s Endless Existence

How American Christianity Perpetuates Reason #1: Skeptics Inadvertently Enable It As I read the new...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Was God necessary for creation? Science suggests no.

Contrary to what ancient Christian theologians hypothesized, the universe was not necessarily created from a...

February 20, 2018

Circumcision re-enters genital-mutilation debate

During the decades I lived in Saudi Arabia, I eventually stopped noticing the dense black...

February 12, 2018

Heartbreaking Tragedy on Indian Reservation. Few Notice.

A double tragedy occurred in January on South Dakota’s iconic Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, two...

February 08, 2018

God Adorns South Dakota State Seal. Our Founding Fathers Would Rage.

It’s bad enough, but the real issue isn’t the silliness of a few dozen South...

February 06, 2018

School Proselytizers Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

A recent post in Hemant Mehta’s The Friendly Atheist blog about a lawsuit against a...

February 01, 2018

Reason and Religion, Oil and Water

For long centuries, the Christian establishment has promoted the conceit that reason and religion are...

January 2018

January 27, 2018

Voucher-School Kids: Christian Right’s New Indoctrination Target

The fundamentalist Christian Right movement has changed its strategy but not its stripes as it...

January 16, 2018

How American Christianity Perpetuates

A standard “From the Pulpit”-type article in a recent edition of the Sioux Falls (SD)...

January 12, 2018

The Muslims are coming! It’s ‘war’, warns South Dakota senator

Apparently, would-be Muslim refugees to the United States and mainly-Christian interfaith proponents already here are...

January 10, 2018

Why Do We Believe in the Unbelievable? It’s Natural

Fascinating new research explores how we came to be what we are.

January 09, 2018

Identity: The New Political Religion

Whether it’s Republican voters who think wealthy tax cuts will benefit them or Democrats who...

December 2017

December 04, 2017

How the Corporate Media Idealizes Science

What would we do without the media to tell us how great science is? The...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

The Price Tag for “The Joy of Science”

The Cassini space probe has a hefty price tag, not only in material but also...

November 16, 2017

Feynman’s Folly and Why Philosophy of Science is Important

According to Richard Feynman, philosophy of science is for the birds. Philosophy of science is...

November 09, 2017

Science, Racism, and Motivated Reasoning

Racists have always used science as intellectual cover for their bias. Why is it such...

November 08, 2017

Pardon Me, Religion, I’m Sorry to Bother You: Dispatches on Canadian Secularism

Attempts to separate church and state are fuelling powerful debate in America. But what about...

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