Essays

Foundational Essays

• All Possible Worlds (en español, Português)
  The problem of evil
• A Ghost in the Machine (στα ελληνικά, Português)
  The existence of the soul
• The Ineffable Carrot and the Infinite Stick
  An atheist’s view of morality
• Life of Wonder (en español)
  The beauty and the joy of atheism
• The Necessity of Atheism
  Reasons not to believe
• One More Burning Bush (en español)
  The argument from reasonable nonbelief
• Unmoved Mover (στα ελληνικά)
  Debunking arguments for God’s existence

Building Blocks

• 2000 Years Late
  The second coming of Jesus
• A Book of Blood
  Biblical atrocities
• A Flip of the Coin (en español)
  Pascal’s wager
• An Almighty Screwup
  The bungling of the fundamentalist Christian god
• Choking on the Camel (Português, στα ελληνικά)
  The historical evidence for Jesus
• Dating the Good News
  When were the gospels written?
• Divine Blackmail (en español)
  Free will in the theistic worldview
• Faith Alone
  What must a Christian do to be saved?
• Foundation of Sand
  Biblical contradictions
• God Is Love
  Thoughts on liberal theism
• Infinite Punishment for Finite Sins
  The doctrine of Hell
• Into the Clear Air
  How to become an atheist
• Let the Stones Speak
  Archaeology and the Old Testament
• Much Incongruity
  Contradictions in the Qur’an
• Nothing Fails Like Prayer
  Does God really listen to us?
• Pay No Attention to the Deity Behind the Curtain
  The God of the Gaps
• Red Crimes
  The bloody history of atheism
• Shadow of Turning (en español)
  Comparing the Old and New Testaments
• Sins of the Father
  The fall from Eden
• Some Mistakes of Scripture
  When the Bible gets the Bible wrong
• That Fateful Apple
  Original sin and inherent depravity
• The Argument from Locality
  The provincialism of religion
• The Big Ten
  The Ten Commandments
• The Cosmic Shell Game (en español, στα ελληνικά)
  The argument from religious confusion
• The Magic Words
  Salvation by faith alone
• The Origins of Orthodoxy
  The formation of the New Testament canon
• The Pillars of the Earth
  Is the Bible scientifically accurate?
• The Theist’s Guide to Converting Atheists (en español)
  What would convince an atheist that a religion is true?
• The Wall
  Separation of church and state
• Those Old Pearly Gates (στα ελληνικά)
  The doctrine of Heaven
• Thoughts in Captivity
  Faith versus reason in religion
• Three in One
  The doctrine of the Trinity

Meditations

• A Cosmic Accident
  Does life have ultimate purpose?
• A Modern-Day Doubting Thomas
  Three pro-skepticism Bible stories
• A Much Greater God
  A deity surpassing human imagination
• A Rational World
  The atheist outlook
• An Easter Blessing (en español)
  A tribute to this unique day
• An Essay on Christmas
  Leaving space for the sacred
• Behold, I Am Against Your Pillows
  Biblical absurdities
• Finding Beauty in the Mundane
  The simple things that matter
• God in a Coffee Stain
  An analysis of minor miracle claims
• In Awe of Everything
  An atheist’s sense of spirituality
• Let Your Love Be Genuine
  Praiseworthy passages in the Bible
• Life Is Fleeting
  An atheist parable
• Looking Ahead
  What the future holds
• Omnipresence
  Atheism in a god-soaked society
• Parting the Parthenon
  Debunking the Greek gods
• Rats in a Maze
  The meaninglessness of life under theism
• Rule the World
  An atheist’s vision for utopia
• Somewhere Out There
  Life beyond Earth
• Spiritual Fire
  An atheist’s view of love
• Stardust
  An atheist’s view of death
• Terror of the Truth
  Who’s really afraid of being wrong?
• The Apologist’s Handbook
  Mutually-contradictory religious apologetics
• The Gods
  An atheist psalm
• The New Ten Commandments
  A decalogue for the modern world
• The One True Religion
  What would it be like?
• Turning Away Anger
  The myth of the angry atheist
• Unapologetic
  A declaration of atheist pride
• Who Needs God?
  A declaration of atheist pride

Deconversion Stories

• The Prodigal Daughter, by Adele
• God, My Old Friend, by John J. Diegel
• From Faith to Reason, by James Edwards
• An Ex-Mormon Story, by Jessa Jackson
• Five Year Mistake, by Anonymous
• Lifting a Great Weight, by Matt Hollinger
• The Joys of Christianity, by Eric von Laudermann
• Getting Better All the Time, by Ben Loewen
• Freedom, by A.F. Maas
• Finding Freedom in Calculus, by Melissa Basileo
• Falling Pennies, by Vincent Rautenbach
• How the Bible Led Me Out of Christianity, by Aaron Rossetti
• I Did Not Understand, by Shelby Sherman

Apologetics Book Reviews

• The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
• Darwin’s Black Box by Michael Behe
• The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• Miracles by C.S. Lewis
• The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton
• Scaling the Secular City by J.P. Moreland

Guest Essays

• An Open Letter to Charles Walker, by Ron Garrett
• Answers to 11 Questions for Atheists, by Alex Weaver
• Religion 101 Final Exam, by Terrence Kaye
• Does the Koran Forbid the Killing of Non-Muslims?, by Archi Medes
• Is There Compulsion in Islam?, by Archi Medes

Atheists in Foxholes

• The Work Gods Are Too Busy to Tend To, by Karl E. Taylor
• Atheists in Foxholes, Bunkers, and Barfights, by Jos Flachs
• A Latent Atheist in a Foxhole, by Jody White
• A Striking Tale, by stoney
• Untitled Atheist in a Foxhole Story, by Sniperman

Evolution/Creationism

• What Evolution Is and What It Isn’t
• Naturalism In Science
• Atheism, Religion and Evolution
• Has Evolution Been Proven?
• Evolution Is Just a Theory!
• Why Evolution Isn’t Chance
• The Tornado in the Junkyard
• What Is Creationism?
• Why Creationism?
• Why You Should Fight Creationism
• Why Creationism Isn’t Science
• Why Creationism Is Harmful to Religion
• On Conspiracies and Mined Quotes
• The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Enough Already!
• What Good is Half a Wing?
• What’s Wrong with “Equal Time” Laws
• The Two Questions