The HUMANIST Interview with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Author and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s new novel, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction (Pantheon, 2010), follows the past... Read More
Confessions of a Prayer-Struck Atheist
Is it ever intellectually honest for an atheist to pray? Indeed, can an atheist claim, without manifest absurdity, to have a relationship with God?... Read More
Star Trek Made Me an Atheist
Growing up, my parents were very strict. On Friday nights I had to be in bed by 10 pm. My mother would tuck me... Read More
Living Without God: New Directions for Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, and the Undecided
In the introduction to Living Without God, Ronald Aronson assumes a problem that many religious skeptics would quickly dismiss as not their problem. And... Read More
The Reason “Everything Happens for a Reason”
The following is an excerpt from Living Without God: New Directions for Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, and the Undecided by Ronald Aronson (Counterpoint Press, 2008)... Read More
Cry If You Want To—Cases of Mistaken Atheism Still Offensive
If someone threw a party in your honor, would you go? Now, before you say yes and then ask where, when, and if you... Read More
Humanist Network News #35: Andy Rooney on Atheism
In this month's audio podcast we've got celebrities and the media on the brain. First we interview 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney about his... Read More
Ripping into the Bible
ON THE MORNING of December 7, 2007, Christopher Campbell walked into his English Honors class at Parker High School, prepared to tear out pages... Read More
The Post-Theological Umbrella
Surely one of the biggest barriers keeping humanism from being a more prominent force in the United States is its nontheistic character. Two relevant... Read More
Belief and a Change of Fortune
In February 2007 famed British athlete and born-again Christian Jonathan Edwards resigned from Songs of Praise, BBC television's flagship religious program. The reason? According... Read More