Atheism News

Profile No doubt a sizeable majority of Americans believe in the concept of a Creator or, at least, are not opposed to the concept and see nothing wrong with teaching school children about the idea.

After eight years in the Bush wilderness -- and an even longer period of ostracism by the Washington political establishment -- a rising demographic of like-minded Americans and a new president are guiding us back to our roots as a secular nation.

Critics of atheism and contemporary atheists complain about the tone of so-called 'New Atheism' and insist that it can only have negative effects for atheists in society - as if atheists used to be the subjects of universal adulation and praise.

My atheism didn't last long. I give up. Richard Dawkins' lazy approach to his subject material goes well beyond intellectual neglect, pushing into the realm of willful malpractice.

Latest >> Impressed with Liam Byrne's comments in the Guardian today on giving power back to ppl.

X Close In The Evolution of God , Robert Wright takes on fellow nonbelievers Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, and argues that religion may be nonsense - but it helps mankind.

Francis Collins is a popular figure among liberal Christians today. Many regard Francis Collins as an excellent authority on how science and religion, but especially evolution and religion, can be reconciled.

This is a refrain I'm hearing a lot from religious apologists - " atheism is a religion.

Prominent atheist Richard Dawkins is helping to turn the time-honored tradition of summer Bible camp on its reverent and respectful head by supporting the launch of a camp for godless heathens , reports U.K. newspaper Times Online.

An atheist group is running ads on two dozen New York City buses to raise "atheist pride'' among nonbelievers.

A few points regarding The Webster School "religious song" controversy: Many, many people have written to The Record expressing outrage at the parents who are suing the school over the song, "In God We Still Trust." Some letters are pretty amusing , and contain common themes.

Much has been said about how atheism has over the years has reached a level of unprecedented prominence .

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 17:57 by John Sinteur in category: Pastafarian News -- Bwinwright then claims to know the key to winning any argument with any atheist.

Back in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI chose to make atheism a central topic in his second encyclical.

That theists and open-minded agnostics and atheists on the pro-Darwinist side of this debate are finally engaging the same fundamentalist atheist dogma that intelligent design proponents have engaged for several decades is a good sign.

Re "Atheists meaner than in the past" [Letters, June 8]: We're not mad at your general "god" idol.

Last week, as I saw hundreds of TRU graduates gleefully receiving their degrees and diplomas, the questionable relationship between knowledge and wisdom surfaced to my mind.

Atheists are the most despised and distrusted minority in the United States. Americans are more prejudiced and bigoted against atheists than any other group.

Friday June 12, 2009 There are a lot of misunderstandings about who atheists are, what they believe, and what they don't believe.

The idea of an atheist attending church services seems contradictory - doesn't that require belief in God? Isn't freedom on Sunday morning one of the benefits of atheism? Although most atheists don't count themselves as part of religions which require regular attendance at churches or other houses of worship, you can still find some who do... Read ...