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December 31, 2015
The Best of Godless in Dixie in 2015
On this last day of the year, the time has come once again to look...
December 29, 2015
What Christians Mean When They Use the Word “Atheist”
Christian media outlets are fond of touting the latest story about a “former atheist” becoming...
December 24, 2015
Why Atheists Like Me Keep Talking About God
Earlier this week, a member of a relatively liberal Christian Facebook group to which I...
December 22, 2015
My First Christmas Without Christ
About a year ago, towards the end of my deconversion, I wasn’t comfortable saying I...
December 14, 2015
Condescension Isn’t Kindness
Recently, an article ran about the award I received from the Freedom From Religion Foundation...
December 11, 2015
Donald Trump and the Missing White Voter
Ordinarily I try not to become too mired in political debate on this site because,...
December 08, 2015
When Political Pandering Turns Dangerous
As an atheist who lives in a highly religious community, it should come as no...
December 05, 2015
My Mother, Madalyn Murray O’Hair, and Me
[Please welcome Holly Baer, who I hope will become a regular contributor to Godless in...
December 03, 2015
Who Gives Peace to the Peacemakers?
[Today's guest post is written by Galen Broaddus, a web developer, secular celebrant, and former...
November 2015
November 28, 2015
Religion and the Nepotism of the Mind
Nepotism happens when a person in a position of power or privilege rewards a relative...
November 26, 2015
Advice for Our Young Apologist Friends
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the launch party for a new...
November 25, 2015
Christianity Has a Major Boundary Problem
Every holiday season, my fellow deconverts have to put up with their families for the annual...
November 20, 2015
On the Futility of Using Jesus to Make People Care
This week my social media feeds have been utterly consumed by one single topic: What...
November 04, 2015
Mississippi Votes Against Its Own Best Interests, Again
Yesterday my state voted against adequately funding my children's education. I'm just heartsick this morning....
November 01, 2015
When State Representatives Try to Kill Their Own Educational System
This fall after teaching high school and middle school for 15 years, I finally turned...
October 2015
October 28, 2015
Babe: Learning About Humans from Watching a Pig
Religion isn’t the only thing that divides people. It’s not the only thing that makes...
October 26, 2015
Ole Miss Takes Down the State Flag for Good
This morning as students at the University of Mississippi (aka "Ole Miss") trudged their way...
October 23, 2015
Thirty Percent of Americans Are Really Atheists? Says Who?
A Harvard graduate student in journalism contacted me recently because he was writing a piece...
October 20, 2015
Can Atheists Learn Anything from the Religious?
Fellow atheists give me a hard time because I talk a lot about fostering constructive...
October 14, 2015
The Next Speaker of the House May Be a Disciple of Bill Gothard
This afternoon my social media spaces are blowing up with commentary about last night's much...
October 09, 2015
Why Do Intelligent, Well-Educated People Still Believe Nonsense?
Last night for the third time in as many months I found myself explaining to...
October 06, 2015
The Two Main Reasons I Left My Faith
A first-time visitor to Godless in Dixie asked me this week why I went from...
October 04, 2015
Football Team Runs Out Brandishing the Christian Flag
...in where else but Mississippi? Did you even know there is a Christian flag? Anyone...
October 01, 2015
When Your Faith Behaves Like a Predator
For the past week or so I have been battling chronic pain unlike anything I've...
September 2015
September 27, 2015
Why Abrasive Atheism Will Always Sell Better
People often approach me to tell me how much they appreciate my tone when I...
September 24, 2015
On the Sexualization of Science: A Response to Jerry Coyne
[Today's guest post is by Melissa Chen, a geneticist at MIT and the editor of...
September 22, 2015
The Christian’s Wager: Why Faith Is a Bigger Gamble Than Disbelief
I once had a conversation about death with a friend who worked in hospice care...
September 16, 2015
Blood Moons and the Gullibility of American Evangelicals
Two Sundays from now, parts of the world will get to witness yet another lunar...
September 13, 2015
Evangelical Christianity and Low Self-Esteem
Like most swimmers, I try to get in some laps almost every day, but there...
September 12, 2015
Aron Ra Interviews Godless in Dixie on the Ra-Men Podcast
This week I was a guest on The Ra Men Podcast (Episode 29) with Aron...
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