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The Boundaries of Belief
Claiming to be an atheist who believes in God is like claiming to be a happily married bachelor. Rarely does one discover nonsense in such a pristine state. Still this hasn’t stopped many people from concluding that there is a schism in the atheist community.
What Obama Could Not (and Should Not) Say
Obama’s candidacy is genuinely thrilling but also depressing, for it demonstrates that even a person of the greatest candor and eloquence must still claim to believe the unbelievable in order to have a political career in this country.
Secularism's Religious Allies
The good Dr. Williams would have done much better for his Church, his people, and for British Muslims by demanding a completely secular government.
A Very Undead Christian Right
It's a dangerous delusion to underestimate the strength of Christian fundamentalism and its anti-rational influence on America.
Banishing the Green-Eyed Monster
Only a person infected by the sort of sanctimonious self-righteousness that religion uniquely inspires would apply the meaningless word 'sin' to private sexual behavior.
Theists, Atheists Fighting Torture Together?
Should the non-religious join and support specifically religious campaigns and coalitions?
I Believe in Life Before Death
The universe is not fair. If there is to be any justice in existence, we and only we must put it there.
Logical Path from Religious Beliefs to Evil Deeds
It is easy for religious faith, even if it is irrational in itself, to lead a sane and decent person, by rational, logical steps, to do terrible things.
Fair and Balanced Hitchens
Certainly, one can appreciate that Chris has made known the fitting targets of his moral indignation: Mother Theresa but not Vice President Cheney. Perhaps for Chris, the former is the threat to the world; the latter, only to duck hunters.
Less Anti-theism, More Humanism
I have zero belief in god, gods, goddesses, or any other manner of supernatural spirits....My conviction that this life is all I have, however, is precisely why I don’t want to spend my days focused on the worst in religion. I prefer seeking the best in each of us. I am not an antitheist, and not simply an atheist, but a Humanist.
A Distorted View of Religion
Why can Hitchens not acknowledge the positive contribution of religious persons? Could it be because his reading of religion is a narrow and distorted one?
What About the Atheists?
One is led to ask Mr. Hitchens some questions. Where are the great atheist-sponsored charitable and reform movements? Where are the atheist children homes and orphanages? Where are the atheist leaders who are taking vows of poverty and giving themselves in sacrificial service to others?
Religion as a Black Market for Irrationality
Being stocked stem to stern with incredible ideas, the world’s religions have had to find some way to circumvent reason, without repudiating it.
The Subtle, Lethal Poison of Religion
Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person, that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever.
Kill for Your God? There is No God
There is no God. If you die a 'martyr' for your God, you will have died for nothing.
The Sacrifice of Reason
Teresa’s response to her own bewilderment and hypocrisy (her term) reveals just how like quicksand religious faith can be.
Islam Beyond Allah: Apostasy or Necessity?
There are millions of atheists and agnostics of Muslim heritage. How should we define or classify these individuals?
Only Man Could Be So Patronizing
The only alternative – that religion is woman-made – is hard to reconcile with prevailing attitudes of religious authorities to women.
Too Soon For Genuine Believer-Atheist Dialogue?
Good atheist reads have long been widely available and are wildly popular in the classroom—anything by Sartre or Ayn Rand will do.
