Alright, I'll start of by saying that I'm always skeptical of any study that finds any major distinctions between human beings as a result of their religious belief. I simply see no compelling evidence that religiosity makes you more or less moral. Still, it's quite satisfying when a study comes out that throws cold water in the faces of religious pundits who think their flocks are incapable of immoral acti ...

Some propose constructing a new language to be taught internationally, designed specifically to be easy to learn and understand, would you support such an idea? The idea of creating a new language was tried many years ago, and it was a dismal failure. Esperanto is now considered to be a joke among philologists (people who study languages). Generally speaking, it would be unrealistic to assume that anyone wo ...

Question: The Old Testament quite clearly states that the Israelites were ordered by God to kill the Canaanites. Ever man, woman and child was to be slaughtered. If this story is historical truth, and God really did issue this command, is he not then admonishing genocide? This is the very same question asked of Dr. Willian Craig, a research professor of Philosophy and the proud owner of ReasonableFaith.org. ...

I've written on the subject of an organized atheist movement for years now. The responce so far, overwhelmingly from many atheists, is that such a movement would violate the notion that atheism is not a religion, but rather a particular viewpoint about the non existence God. Over this same period of time, however, a number of individuals have emailed me expressing their feelings of isolation and loneliness ...

I'm not one to normally write about economic issues. Although I do hold very specific and, as some would say, rather radical economic views, I have noticed a trend in economic thought which mimics the fundamentalism found in religion. I am referring to The Church of the Free Market. I've recently been studying the economic trends of the past 40 years, and found it to be quite enlightening. It gave me a glim ...

All this talk of the Democrats making us atheists feeling unloved has made me wonder about the other side of the equation. What's the deal with atheist republicans? Here's an article that talks about the reasons atheists probably aren't attracted to the republican party: Should atheists vote for Republican candidates? There’s nothing inherently incompatible with being an atheist who is Republican or who v ...

I received an interesting little letter, and I thought it might be a good idea to post it on the site to let other know how I feel about my atheist views Hey, how's it going? My name is Anthony I was browsing around and saw you profile [on myspace.com]. I have a question. Just curious, why did you decide to become an atheist? What convince you that there is not a God? Hi Anthony, If you'd like to hear the r ...

As a writer, the appeal of discussing atheism stems largely from the fact that although its definition may be simple, the philosophies that surround it are not. There are so many different responses to atheism that some have begun to call it a religion. But is this true? Is atheism a religion, and if not, does it emulate many of the elements of it? As I will show in this article, the answer to that question ...