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November 2015

November 25, 2015

Pay Attention, Media! The Lord’s Prayer IS NOT BANNED in UK Cinemas!

The U.S. has no monopoly on the religious persecution complex. By Jonathan MS Pearce.

November 25, 2015

I Was a Jewish Hitler in the 5th Grade

Believers who lose their faith face many wrenching dilemmas. But consider the poor atheist who...

November 24, 2015

OBEY: The Heart of Conservative Christian Parenting

The top words in a conservative Christian parenting book point to an obsession with obedience...

November 19, 2015

The Compassion of Secular and Religious Voices

Guest post by Fr. Carl Chudy - I travel in and out of different...

November 18, 2015

The Devil Lies in Ourselves

I don’t remember what led to this conversation, but I recall once telling my longtime...

November 18, 2015

The Lazy Atheist

Not believing isn’t the problem. Like not breathing or not stopping at a red light,...

November 17, 2015

“How Was Christ made? I’m going to tell you…”

"Do you know how Christ was made? I’m going to tell you: Christ was made...

November 17, 2015

Interrogation of Aude: “How is it possible that I cannot believe in our Lord!”

A 14th century French woman struggles with doubts in front of the Inquisitor.

November 16, 2015

A Doubter in the Inquisitor’s Chair

"The soul?" she said. "Personally, I don't see anything come out of men or women...

November 15, 2015

“No True Atheist”: Freethinking, Dogmatism, and Interfaith Dialogue

by Andrew Phelan I can’t tell you the relief I feel everyday when I wake...

November 13, 2015

The Catholic Atheists of Québec

For more than 200 years, Québec was the most religious Canadian province. Now they are...

November 12, 2015

Winning the Everlasting Gobstopper of Life

In the coma-dream from which I awoke after my six weeks of coma, I was...

November 11, 2015

When One Partner Leaves the Faith: The Story of Hope and David

She was drawn to the intensity of his faith. When he said he didn't believe...

November 10, 2015

The Big Reveal: Telling your religious partner you’re an atheist

Shortly after my wife and I started dating, I knew I wanted to marry her. Compared to everything else...

November 07, 2015

Unpacking from a Trip to Heaven

Stuff can get lost in the packing process. In my case, it was a favorite...

November 06, 2015

Near-Death is but a Coma-Dream

The eyes of skeptics did a collective pirouette when, in 2012, neurosurgeon Eben Alexander’s published...

November 05, 2015

Armin Navabi: Ex-Muslim Turned Global Atheist Activist

When he was just 12 years old, Armin Navabi threw himself off the top floor...

November 04, 2015

8 Red Flags in the Secular/Religious Marriage

By Dale McGowan Author, In Faith and in Doubt When I talk about red flags in...

October 2015

October 29, 2015

Spreading Fear: The Goal of SecularProLife

By Philip Rose - SecularProLife (SPL) has a site called AbortionSafety.com. It's designed to give the appearance that...

October 29, 2015

Origin Story

By Stephanie Savage - The first play my boyfriend Keith and I attended together was...

October 28, 2015

Useful Monsters and the Problem of Fear

By Dale McGowan - Beneath the amber waters of the River Tees in Northern England...

October 27, 2015

10 Ways Believers and Nonbelievers Make Great Marriages

Marriages between religious believers and nonbelievers are sometimes a nightmare of tension and conflict. Many...

October 23, 2015

“Please Put a Blanket on Me” — I Was Aware in My Coma

My doctors had written me off as a vegetable. But I was aware of what...

October 22, 2015

Getting My Own Story Straight

by Dale McGowan It’s easy to get your own story wrong. Selective memory takes a messy life and creates a narrative...

October 21, 2015

Miracle Girl?

| by Stephanie Savage | It’s not every atheist who has the privilege of receiving...

October 19, 2015

In China, ‘Heaven’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think

Thanks to a lexical gap in English, translated Chinese philosophy sounds awfully religious -- even...

October 18, 2015

Why Atheism Is a Bad Time-Traveler

| By Dale McGowan | Finding evidence of religious unbelief in the ancient world isn’t...

October 14, 2015

The Pantheists: Nature is God

| By Dale McGowan | Part of an ongoing series on The Unpigeonholeables Pantheism,...

October 09, 2015

Deists: Believers in a different kind of creator

According to a 2005 Baylor University study, about a third of U.S. religious believers hold...

October 08, 2015

The Southern Baptist Cafeteria

| By Dale McGowan | There's a Southern Baptist church in Fort Worth, Texas...

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