Fantastic Sam Harris Quote

Sam Harris – Great Quote

I challenge anyone here to think of a question upon which we once had a scientific answer, however inadequate, but for which now the best answer is a religious one.” – Sam Harris

After pondering that, now think of it the other way around.

Doesn’t it become obvious [...]

There are atheists in foxholes

photo: Algerina Perna, Baltimore Sun

“The Army may not think atheism is a faith, but in fact atheist chaplains could help an atheist service member just as a Christian or Jewish chaplain can fortify believers. Army Capt. Ryan Jean, an intelligence officer at Ft. Meade, Md., is an atheist who [...]

Higher Intelligence is Associated with Atheism and Liberal Political Ideology

Once again, I’m just the messenger here… but in a nutshell…

The more intelligent you are, the more likely you are to be a liberal, and an atheist.  Oh, and you are also more likely to be faithful to your wife.  And I do mean “wife” and not “spouse”, as this part is only [...]

Response to Fun with Religion – Atheism, Skepticism, and Faith

I normally don’t reply to comments to the controversial stuff on my blog for a number of reasons:

hardly anyone reads my blog, it almost never accomplishes anything useful, it takes me an awfully long time to come up with a reasonable response.

However, considering the nature and thoughtfulness of the comments received regarding [...]

Thank God for Atheists. Wait! What?

I stumbled across a lot of excellent news from USA Today, and in particular, the American Religious Identification Survey 2008.

Atheists and the other unaffiliated make up 15% of the American population.  That’s 34 million of us.  And now for the really good news.  Atheists are the fastest growing “religious” group in America.  Finally [...]