On October 18, I gave an address to the Northern Virginia Ethical Society on the subject of the New Atheism and the divides within the atheist...
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Bill O'Reilly tonight brought back Richard Dawkins to argue over teaching intelligent design in science classes, absurdly confusing unrelated issues...
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Stephen Colbert took on Richard Dawkins last night for the second time, and throughout Colbert's shouting and Dawkins' laughter, the two seemed to...
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The folks who gave us the famed ARIS survey, in which the religious diversity of Americans was tallied up, have focused their attentions on the...
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The Wall Street Journal today publishes a fascinating pair of dueling essays on the possibility of the existence of God. One of the chosen scribes...
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Robert Wright, in his latest book The Evolution of God, promises up front that he will make a plausible case for the existence of some force or...
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Peace is being made in the ongoing blog-debate concerning the appearance of religious appeasement from science advocacy groups such as the National...
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PZ Myers comes not to bury the NCSE, but to praise it. And then bury it. A few days ago, biologist and author Jerry Coyne threw down the gauntlet...
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I call your attention to what I think is an essential discussion going on concerning the oft-professed compatibility between religion and science,...
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The Constitution tells us that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United...
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