Humanism

I remember when I first left my Christian faith and became an atheist. It was...

Christianity immortalized the seeds of its own deconstruction by putting them in the mouth of its...

A religion editor for a national publication wrote me recently with a couple of questions...

When I was still a Christian, I would often bristle whenever someone tried to analyze my...

A friend wrote me a couple of days ago and posed a question every formerly religious...

In case you weren't aware, there is a thing called the "atheist movement," and it...

This summer I've been trying to work my way through outlining a book I've been...

Not every development in human evolution serves to perpetuate the species. Not every variation benefits us...

This past weekend I got an email from a Presbyterian pastor (PCUSA) asking some really...

I'm gonna level with you. I've been struggling lately. Most days I do my best...

How do you measure the worth of a man? I know you're supposed to say...

If you follow this blog you’ve undoubtedly noticed a break in the content, first slowing...

I used to think I was a relationship expert. Boy, was I wrong. I was...

"Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. Here...

My friend and Patheos colleague, Amber Barnhill, was approached by a student from a local Bible college...

“If Jesus had a ‘sh*t list,’ you wouldn’t find people on it. You’d find attitudes...

Last week I wrote a piece about the traces of nascent humanism in the teachings...

I've said before that I'm not much of a fan of Jesus. If the reports of...

This month, Patheos is hosting a cross-channel discussion about the spirituality of sex, asking people...

Despite what many atheists would say, a lot of problems within Christian and other religious...

I find it difficult to write when I've got "too much" on my mind, and...

This morning I saw a man on his morning jog stopping to pick up a...

A year ago today, CBS Sunday Morning aired their segment on the Openly Secular campaign and...

Earlier this week I wrote a piece explaining how the Christian message teaches self-hatred because...

One of the great joys of living in the Bible Belt is that you can...

Two-thirds of the way through a book entitled The Reason for God, Tim Keller openly...

February 2nd is upon us, which means it's time once again to talk about one of my...

Abrahamic faiths have never been very big on celebrating the human body. While some religions...

As an atheist who lives in a highly religious community, it should come as no...

I simply cannot take seriously a book which misrepresents my own views as consistently as...