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January 2017

January 09, 2017

The Caged Freedom of Transition

There are a lot of blogs out there where Atheists tell believers things they should...

December 2016

December 15, 2016

Welcome to Patheos Nonreligious

We're throwing open our doors to the largest-growing segment of the population -- those who...

November 2016

November 19, 2016

The Worst Problem In American Politics?

Source: Cara Masto, Used with permission Like many Americans, I was left with a heavy...

November 07, 2016

The Power of Religion and the Secular

Atheists have served as scapegoats in America since earliest colonial times. Guest post by Petra...

November 01, 2016

Life’s Most Incredible Events Explained (Just a Coincidence?)

Caption: Shocked Man (image credit) By Hunter Glenn _______________________________________________________________________ Roy Cleveland Sullivan was struck by...

October 2016

October 04, 2016

Patheos Atheist Writers Mourn the Loss of Niki Massey

A courageous atheist voice has been silenced too soon.

September 2016

September 19, 2016

How To Be Perfect!

(image credit)By guest blogger Hunter Glenn ______________________________________________________________________ Once, alchemists sought the secret formula for turning...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

A Reason-Oriented Perspective on Meanings and Values

Caption: Happy people (image credit) _________________________________________________________ How can you collaborate with others to...

July 17, 2016

A Pastor Walks Into a Room Full of Atheists

This is a guest post by my friend and United Methodist Minister Rev. Caleb Pitkin....

June 2016

June 28, 2016

16 Nonbelievers in Damned Surprising Places

Finding nonbelievers in some places and times isn't that surprising. Others, though...

June 27, 2016

The Morals of Superman

When you compare God's morals to Superman's, Supe wins in a walk.

June 21, 2016

The Panama Papers Reveal the Solution to Global Suffering

Caption: Image of an offshore island in the shape of a dollar. (image credit) ...

June 13, 2016

Reason Rally for Us All

Stereotyped thinking of the religious right regarding atheists is all too prevalent. Events like the...

June 09, 2016

Why We’re Not Rational in Evaluating Others (And What The Science Suggests We Can Do About It)

(image credit) So imagine you are driving on autopilot, as we all do...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

What Do Politics Have to Do with Meaning and Purpose in Life?

You pass through the long security line at the United States Capitol building inWashington,...

May 26, 2016

The Song Remains the Same (and it is discordant)

One of my favorite movies is Mr Smith Goes to Washington. It is a story...

May 20, 2016

Leaving the Nest

I have a confession to make. As the atheist movement grew explosively, flourishing in a...

May 16, 2016

Beautiful Boys and Girls

I wrote this on my own personal blog last Saturday. It seems to have resonated...

May 12, 2016

What I Am and What I Am Not

I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a guy who learned more...

May 10, 2016

Living In Sin? Why Secular People Should Support Polyamory.

Mary, an electrician, and Bob, an administrative assistant, are happily married, and have been...

May 05, 2016

Which Came First, the Science or the Atheism?

I used to joke that the chicken or the egg riddle was actually an evolution...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Holy Moses?

Passover will pass over on Saturday...and I couldn’t care less. So what, you may say,...

April 19, 2016

Your Fate is in Your Hands (except when it isn’t)

Today is the third birthday I wasn’t expected to celebrate. That makes it a very...

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 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 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...