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February 2011

February 08, 2011

Church Of England Declares War On New Atheism

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has given his backing to a draft report calling upon...

February 01, 2011

February’s Carnival Of Evolution Is Just In Time For Darwin Day

It’s time for the Carnival of Evolution! This month’s edition can be found at Denim...

January 2011

January 20, 2011

An Atheist Minister And Atheist Rabbi Walk Into A…

When I worked at the University of Illinois (U-C) Hillel, I had a very nice...

January 12, 2011

Sam Harris vs. Rabbi David Wolpe

Yesterday I listened to a debate between Sam Harris and Rabbi David Wolpe. It’s not...

November 2010

November 29, 2010

In Defense Of Dawkins

It's my 100th post and so I'm going to get a little serious. This weekend...

November 26, 2010

“Does The Universe Have A Purpose?”

I watched Rabbi David Wolpe debate Christopher Hitchens a while back and even though Hitchens...

October 2010

October 30, 2010

“Sometimes It Takes An Atheist To See The Truth”

In order to get to the good part of this post, I have to introduce...

October 26, 2010

More Fun With Science And Religion

One of the best popular science books I’ve ever read is Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution...

October 19, 2010

Young People Are Leaving Religion Behind

Years and years after Barry Goldwater warned the Republican Party about entangling with religious fundamentalists,...

October 18, 2010

Morality, Apes, And Religion

Frans de Waal is a primatologist who has written about the moral instincts in our...

October 15, 2010

The Abstract God That No One Understands

I hoped against hope that if I kept checking the religion page at HuffPost I...

October 14, 2010

Harris Vs. Oppenheimer

Much like the post I wrote about Rabbi Yoffie, the debate between Sam Harris and...

October 14, 2010

Online Debate Fun!

In case you’ve missed it, Sam Harris and Mark Oppenheimer are engaged in an online moderated...

October 14, 2010

Religious Liberals Defending Religious Creeps

Rabbi Eric Yoffie is president of the Union for Reform Judaism. Today he chimed in...

October 07, 2010

Calling All Atheist Clergy: Come Out Already!

Daniel Dennett is my favorite philosopher. He wrote a piece for the New York Daily...

October 03, 2010

Should Science And Religion Cuddle?

Across the pond, Matthew Reisz has written a long, rambling piece for Times Higher Education about...

September 2010

September 28, 2010

It’s Not Me, It Really Is Them

The beginning of the end of my efforts to remain in the theistic fold came...

September 22, 2010

Shermer Vs. Chopra, Round Two

On the same day that I posted my modest comments about Michael Shermer vs. Deepak...

September 22, 2010

Deepak Chopra’s Quantum God

I had a really busy day, so of course I spent my free hours tonight...

September 16, 2010

Apparently, God’s Hiding Because We Don’t Understand What To Look For

Thanks to Butterflies and Wheels for bringing this Huffington Post article to my attention. It’s...