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I've said on previous occasions that Daylight Atheism is a weblog devoted to commentary and...

"I've written before about one variety of mirror-opposites of these illiteralist believers... those who I...

Recently, Greta Christina of Greta Christina's Blog invited me to comment on a post of...

Despite the serious-sounding title, I'm laughing as I write this post. Yes, Americans United for...

A shocking story has recently come out of Texas. It seems that High Point, an...

The Roman Catholic church is the oldest, largest, and very likely the richest denomination of...

Earlier this year, I wrote a post series titled "The Virtues", which proposed a secular...

Any informed observer of religious folly knows that setting dates for the apocalypse ranks among...

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,...

Last month, the Los Angeles Times published a story titled "Religion beat became a test...

"Most well-meaning creationists would agree in principle that things that are not carefully documented and...

The Drake equation, developed in the 1960s by the astronomer Frank Drake, laid the foundation...

The Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based think tank that promotes intelligent design creationism, is infamous for...

The third installment of Daylight Atheism's Poetry Sunday is some time overdue. Once again, I'd...

I've written before that the human mind is a pattern-seeking engine. We are wired by...

Opportunity and Obligation One of the driving notions behind libertarian political theory is that society...

In the summer of 2006, Republican Senator David Vitter (about whom you might have heard...

In the marketplace of ideas, atheists and atheism are still fighting to carve out a...

Summary: A blistering, brilliant counterattack on the forces that have conspired to undermine American democracy....

The Tower of Babel The second installment of "Do You Really Believe That?" will examine...

Positive and Negative Liberty The second major reason why I am not a libertarian has...

Yesterday, the Washington Post published an editorial titled What Atheists Can't Answer. The author, Michael...

The U.S. Senate traditionally opens each day's session with a prayer, and today's was a...

Have you ever spent a long time debating someone and trying to persuade them, before...

"We have heard talk enough. We have listened to all the drowsy, idealess, vapid sermons...

A few days ago, I criticized Matt Nisbet and D.J. Grothe for asserting that "there...

The campaign of Mitt Romney, a Mormon, for the Republican presidential nomination has caused rifts...

I've finished the fourth chapter of my book, which deals with the argument from reasonable...

On this Fourth of July, I've been giving careful thought to what this day signifies....

Back in April, I noted with dismay when science writer Chris Mooney urged atheists to...