A sudden wind parts the mist, and where only yesterday there was nothing, there now stands a tall and stately mansion. Through the arched windows, you can catch glimpses of the rooms within: An entrance foyer, where deep, soft chairs gathered around a brick fireplace welcome old friends and shelter storm-tossed travelers... A majestic library, where ceiling-high shelves filled with well-worn, lovingly-tended books overlook reading tables of polished wood... A domed observatory, a … [Read more...]

To know where you're heading, it helps to know where you've come from. And with the last grains of sand slipping through the hourglass, now is the perfect time to look back over the year that was and survey the major themes which wove throughout my writing during the past twelve months. So, without further ado, here are the threads of 2012: The Emergence of Atheism Plus As I expected, the battle against sexism and other prejudice in the atheist community and beyond continued to smolder … [Read more...]

One of the traditions of my old site was, at the end of each year, to choose a selection of my favorite posts from throughout the year and highlight them as the classics that give the best sense of what Daylight Atheism is all about. On the new site, I'm going to do something a little different: I'm going to pick posts which address themes that kept recurring throughout the year. In my mind, these were the most significant threads of 2011: The Arab Spring The biggest worldwide story of the … [Read more...]

Welcome, all, to the new Daylight Atheism! I'm pleased to be officially joining Big Think as a blogger-in-residence. Whether you've just come across this site or are a long-time reader from my previous home, I hope you'll stick around and become a return visitor. To those who aren't familiar with my views, I'd like to begin with a quick summary of where I'm coming from. As you've doubtless already grasped, I'm an unapologetic atheist. I don't believe in any supernatural beings - gods, angels, … [Read more...]