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Atheist Pastor Deemed Unsuitable for Ministry

by Becky Garrison • 4 October 2016

As reported by the Washington Post and other international media outlets, Gretta Vosper's tenure as an ordained United Church of Canada minister appears to be coming to an end. Vosper, minister for the Toronto-based West... Read More

The Humanist Challenge to the Sainthood of Mother Teresa

by Mike Kuhlenbeck • 6 September 2016

Mother Teresa is now known worldwide as “St. Teresa of Calcutta” after being canonized by the Catholic Church on September 4 in Rome. Her life can be examined in a way that was not feasible... Read More

He Was Raptured! And Other Tales of Faith-Based Defenses

by Meredith Thompson • 1 September 2016

Can the Rapture get you out of house arrest? Lyle Jeffs, a member of the Utah-based Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), was arrested last year along with ten other church leaders... Read More

If White Christian America Is Dying, Is Donald Trump Its Frankenstein?

by Merrill Miller • 12 July 2016

Since the number of religiously unaffiliated Americans (the “Nones”) has grown to almost 25 percent of the general population and over a third of the Millennial generation in the United States, the humanist movement has... Read More

Ignorance is Bliss: Why Religious People Seem Happier Than the “Nones”

by Maggie Ardiente • 20 April 2016

A new Pew Research Center study released last week that examines the relationship between religion and everyday activities brought out a number of eye-catching headlines, including “Highly Religious Volunteer More, Lie Less, and Claim to... Read More

A Liberal Rabbi Challenges Believers to “Put God Second”

by Sincere Kirabo • 23 March 2016

Prominent Rabbi Donniel Hartman is the author of a seemingly contrary new book titled Putting God Second: How To Save Religion From Itself. A few minutes into his book talk at Brookings Institute on Tuesday,... Read More

A Flood of Tax Breaks for Noah’s Ark

by Merrill Miller • 1 February 2016

Many humanists are both bemused and irritated by Ken Ham, a vocal creationist and evolution denier. Ham runs the Kentucky Creation Museum and famously debated Bill Nye (2010 Humanist of the Year) in 2014 about... Read More

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