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April 2016

April 19, 2016

Quit Telling Addicts They Need God to Recover!

The best thing we can do for addicts is make them feel empowered to take...

April 18, 2016

Humanists Rally Support for Victims of Devastating Ecuador Quake

Foundation Beyond Belief has announced an emergency fund drive in response to a devastating 7.8...

April 18, 2016

Is God Needed For Finding Meaning and Purpose? Science Says No!

Caption: Image of man thinking about religion, courtesy of Cerina Gillilan. Imagine the following...

April 14, 2016

Unnatural Selection

After the publication of On the Origin of Species, religious naturalists found themselves in a...

April 14, 2016

What is the Meaning of Life for You?

“What is the meaning of life?” I struggled with this question throughout my teenage...

April 12, 2016

Civil Conversations in Divisive Times

Interfaith literacy is an understanding of how different people live their beliefs and values and...

April 07, 2016

Making America Safer From Muslim Terrorists

(image credit) How do we make America safer from suffering the same kind of...

April 07, 2016

Glimpsing Truth through the Blinders of Religion

Charles Darwin knew how explosive his theories would be—that’s why he sat on them for...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

The Abuse of Use and Disuse

Several years ago, Keith bought a set of very old encyclopedias. I can certainly understand...

March 27, 2016

Science Provides The Keys To Success In A Secular Life

As secular people, we know that there is no afterlife, and we need to...

March 27, 2016

My Last, Desperate Act of Satire

My students were angry to learn that their college was named for someone who probably...

March 22, 2016

The Secret Secular Handshake

“You’re certainly colorful today. Something for Easter?” said one of my many specialist physicians, referring...

March 21, 2016

When Saints Go Missing, Do They Make a Sound?

The details of the 4th century life of St. Catherine of Alexandria are painstakingly woven into...

March 17, 2016

Saving Lives Using Reason and Compassion

(image credit) “If others have half the experience I had today, they will be completely...

March 17, 2016

Words Matter: How Disney Just Can’t Get It Right

By Meg Gisonda (Content note: This piece refers multiple times to “cr***”, an ableist slur.)...

March 16, 2016

The Donald Made Them Do It

I’ve long nicknamed the GOP, God’s Official Party. But lately, the Republican Party has seemed...

March 09, 2016

Caught in the Web of @theist Dating

In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye’s daughters sing, Matchmaker, matchmaker, Make me a match, Find...

March 06, 2016

Secular Civic Engagement and Your Life Purpose

I remember how in November 2013 my wife (and fellow Intentional Insights co-founder) and...

March 03, 2016

Born Free (of God)

I have to admit that I feel a bit embarrassed when it comes to my...

March 01, 2016

What if she comes anyway?

I stepped to the mirror and began to turn as my daughter watched between her...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Don’t Let God Be Your Driver

You know those people who have the "God Is My Driver" bumper sticker on their...

February 25, 2016

Dropping the Mic on God: 9th Century Edition

Jainism is an atheistic religion that's mostly about pacifism and nonviolence--but that doesn't keep Jains from unleashing the...

February 25, 2016

The Trumping of America

The 2016 Republican primary race seems to have been conceived by a coked-up Hollywood satirist....

February 23, 2016

A Secular Purpose-Driven Life

By Gleb Tsipursky How can you find purpose and meaning from a secular perspective?...

February 22, 2016

Hiding Darwin’s Disbelief

Part 3 in a series on the mangling of Darwin's Autobiography Back to Part 1...

February 22, 2016

The Dulling of Darwin

Part 2 in a series on the mangling of Darwin's Autobiography Back to Part...

February 22, 2016

Distorting Darwin

Part 1 in a series on the mangling of Darwin’s Autobiography. Part 2 | Part...

February 18, 2016

The Long Goodbye for an Atheist-Positive President

I have long harbored a fantasy that President Barack Obama is not a Christian. No,...

February 14, 2016

A Valentine’s Day Poem Massacre

Dale McGowan penned a sweet, secular love letter to his wife for Valentine’s Day in...

February 13, 2016

Is Spirituality Irrational?

By Ron Garret Written in response to "Religious and Rational?" Spirituality and rationality seem completely...

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