As a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) expatriate, upon returning to the United States, I took off a 22K gold bracelet and laid it on top of my purse. I left both on a bench in... Read More

Did man fall from grace in his pursuit of knowledge? Were we created by Gods to live        as their domesticated pets,              to occupy a special place?... Read More

For decades, conservatives and far-right adherents have cried that “radical leftists” and the “anti-Christian left” are censoring their freedom of expression. Many still believe this even when a Republican presidential administration is in power. And now... Read More

“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”  —Carl Sagan I. The Impulse Is Real Something in human beings will not leave mystery alone. It has never left mystery... Read More

Everything you believe about what's right and what's wrong may have nothing to do with moral truth and everything to do with what helped your ancestors survive. The evolutionary debunking argument against moral realism–the view... Read More

“Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation. Civilization, like intelligence, may serve well, serve adequately, or fail to... Read More

Religious violence is often presented as a distinct, more dangerous category of violence—one that flows from absolutist beliefs, irrational passions and primordial hatreds. Humanists have sometimes accepted this framing, opposing themselves to “religious fanaticism” in... Read More