One of the most commonly held debates between non-believers is that of whether someone is agnostic or atheist. The problem is that both terms have, in addition to their various, actual definitions, a number of associations that go along with them, and this generally injects confusion into the discussions. What I wanted to do then was build a…

My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God’s truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter.…

Moderate Christians love to talk about how Jesus fixed the Old Testament, or, in other words, obsoleted the horribly offensive parts about slavery, keeping women in their place, killing gays, etc. In fact, he did no such thing. I’ll be doing two things here: Show you that Jesus fully supported everything in the Old Testament Show you exactly…

Perhaps the most overlooked negative outcome of massive (as opposed to healthy trickle) Mexican immigration is the degree to which it raises the number of Catholics here. We don’t need any more anti-choice, anti(gay)marriage influence in the country, and that’s precisely what Catholicism brings. [ 2010-05-26: Edited to include “gay” in the marriage comment. ]

First, watch the talk. Believe me–it’s worth it. Now, I think the talk is brilliant, and I think he makes a strong point that would stand strongly in almost any other time and place. But we are here instead. I feel that the biggest problem logic has is not having enough moderates on its side to fight against…

Harris makes a great series of points here about why it’s important to keep religion in the realm of conversation. Such a clear thinker.

I just had a possibly interesting idea: what is it that makes it possible for religious people to look at a image on TV of starving people dying in Africa and say, Well, that’s what happens when you reject Christ… ? I believe one answer might be the belief in supernatural free will, i.e. the free will given…

What follows is an excellent piece from Reddit on why leaving a religion can be so incredibly difficult. Here is the original thread, which is followed by some excellent discussion. Here is the post in its entirety, written by Ancient09 of Reddit, for those who don’t like to follow links. — It is generally common for atheists to…

I have debated here at great length the degree of benefit or harm offered to society by religion. My position is that religion–even in its so-called moderate forms–causes more harm to modern society than it offers in return. My argument, in summary, is that religion is the direct cause of significant anti-intellectual sentiment in this country, and that…