The Israeli Attack Upon Gaza in Pictures

Courtesy of Glenn Greenwald are two pictures that perfectly sum up the recent attacks by Israel upon Gaza.

Israel's Brutal Attack Upon Gaza

Glenn Greenwald has written a very good piece about the recent attacks upon the Gaza strip by Israeli forces. It mainly focuses on the US...

Q&A with Arizona Atheist

I've given a few interviews over the years. Some of them have even been with hostile interviewers which seemed to turn a bit into a...

Is Anarchy “Natural?”

Some critics of anarchism take the following line of argument. They argue that if anarchism was a viable form of organization we would see d...

Statism Contrasted with Theism

I happened to come across an interesting video that in many ways mirrors my views about the similarities between theism and statism. A few y...

Fellow Atheists: Why Don't You Believe in God?

FELLOW ATHEISTS:Many atheists have told their de-conversion stories on their websites and blogs and I've even written about mine right h...

Dumping Religion During Adolescence

While I’m finishing up my review of Vox Day’s The Irrational Atheist, I was compelled to write about an argument I’ve read on Vox’s blog and...

Will Religion Die Out Once We Become Immortal?

This idea was proposed to me about four years ago by my friend and weight training coach Bob Clapp (you can also view his blog here). He of...

Michael Shermer On “The Pattern Behind Self-Deception”

Michael Shermer's excellent talk from TED 2010 about how our natural ability to detect patterns can sometimes go horribly wrong, which ...

Why I Have No Religious Beliefs - Updated & Expanded

About three years ago I wrote a post of the same name summing up my reasons for becoming an atheist. In this updated post I'm going to t...

Proof that the Religious Don't Think

I read an interesting study that concluded that when devout theists listened to someone they believed was trustworthy parts of the brain tha...

Does Religion Cause Sex Crimes?

From the blog Epiphenom the author, Tom Rees, wrote an interesting post about the devoutly religious and sex crimes.Should we entrust childr...

Morality Research Sheds Light on the Origins of Religion

From Science Daily, here is an interesting piece on recent research by Marc Hauser and others.ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2010) — The details surr...

Funny Atheist Video Pitching Religion

Will the Bible Stop School Violence?

Many theists claim that part of the reason for the violence in schools is because 'godless liberals' have taken the bible out of sch...

A Roll of the Dice: The Origin of Life

I found this excellent blog post by Dave Deamer at scientificblogging.com about the origin of life and how it could have happened by chance ...

The "Selfish Gene" Actually Exists?

Yes, very likely, according to an article at sciencedaily.com:New Discovery Proves 'Selfish Gene' ExistsScienceDaily (June 22, 2008)...

Violence and Religion

I was browsing the sciencedaily website and found an interesting study about the relationship between religion and violence.From sciencedail...

The Subject of Communism/Atheism: A Respectful Dialogue

Back in February of 2009 I emailed one Michael Caputo, author of the MILITANT ATHEISM EXPOSED blog (http://atheismexposed.tripod.com/), abou...

Statism vs.Theism: The Similarities Are Striking

UPDATE: After thinking more about this view over the years I have written an updated post that better explains my views on this subject. It ...