When in Doubt, Google “Who Created God?”
For all our complaining about the religious right’s inappropriate influence in politics and religious conservatives’ attempts to tear down the church-state wall, the secular... Read More
Religion is No Silver Bullet for Gun Violence: The Armor of Light Film Review
A humanist and an anti-abortion activist walk into a bar…Sounds like the start of a joke, but Abigail Disney’s documentary, The Armor of Light,... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: I’ll Miss You When You’re in Hell
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Ethical Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Ethical Dilemma). All... Read More
The Comics Section: Why God Exists, Miracle Babies, Noah’s Ark
New comics by Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils!
Let’s JAM: Believers and Nonbelievers Find Common Ground
“Common ground” is a term that gets used a lot and certainly has positive connotations. Of course, what underlies the attempt to find common... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Senator Orrin Hatch Butchers History
Congress, as usual, is stuck. Despite Republican promises that once they won control of both houses they’d push through all sorts of laws, they’re... Read More
The Democratic Presidential Debate: No Appeals to Faith
Can we all agree that modern debates are horrible? While in the past they might have been events that focused on policies and ideas,... Read More
The Humanist Hour #172: The History of Humanism & a Primer on Ethics, with Michael Werner
Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett interviews Michael Werner about the history of humanism and discuss... Read More
Sounds Nothing Like Humanism: MRAs and Mass Shootings
American Humanist Association President Rebecca Hale has a catchy saying to succinctly explain humanism to people who may be sympathetic to the lifestance but... Read More
A Humanist Alternative to Religious Confirmation
The prospects of secular humanists who hold to positive, progressive, nontheistic worldviews are on the rise as the idea of being good without a... Read More
