Is it important to you that a wedding have religious elements?

A letter capturing the first seeds of Christianity, and how it was initially received. Really interesting to read.

An atheist group is considering a human rights complaint after it says a billboard company refused to run its advertisements in Vancouver.

In 13 countries around the world, all of them Muslim, people who openly espouse atheism or reject the official state religion of Islam face execution under the law, according to a detailed study issued on Tuesday. And beyond the Islamic nations, even some of the West's apparently most democratic governments at best discriminate against citizens who have no belief in a god and at worst can jail them for offences dubbed blasphemy, it said.

Pope Francis reached out to atheists with a story that concluded, "Just do good, and we'll find a meeting point."

Chris Arnade: I've been reminded that life is not as rational as Richard Dawkins sees it. Perhaps atheism is an intellectual luxury for the wealthy.

An Afghan citizen has been granted asylum in the UK for religious reasons - because he is an atheist. The man fled to the UK from a conflict involving his family in Afghanistan in 2007, aged 16, and was allowed to stay in the UK until 2013. He was brought up a Muslim, but during his time in the UK became an atheist, his legal team said.

Amal Farah, a 32-year-old banking executive, is laughing about a contestant singing off-key in the last series of The X Factor. For a woman who was not allowed to listen to music when she was growing up, this is a delight. After years of turmoil, she is in control of her own life.

American Way: Atheist activists' numbers are growing in the US as they take on Big Religion, but many keep quiet for fear of alienation in one Bible-minded Virginia town

Good ol' Carl Sagan explaining the universe the way I see it.

How big is the cosmos? This is both a central question of Cosmos, the Seth MacFarlane–produced, Neil deGrasse Tyson-hosted reboot of Carl Sagan’s widely watched and beloved 1980 miniseries investigating and elucidating our knowledge about the universe, and a question of Fox’s, which is premiering the new version on all...

Best of Sam Harris Amazing Arguments And Clever Comebacks.

Columbia Law School professor Katherine Franke on the historic tension between civil rights and religious freedom

Kalei Wilson tried to start a secular high school club at her local high school in North Carolina she met backlash.

After a few episodes of Cosmos have aired, a show originally started by Carl Sagan, creationist have come out and requested for their point of view to be shown on the show.Neil deGrasse Tyson, the person who hosts the show has said no to that happening. He has made clear that Cosmos will only contain scientifically proven facts. He said he approves of the media's ethos to provide opposing views so they appear to be balanced science has no place for that.

Research suggests Americans raised in Christian households are increasingly shunning the faith of their parents

So, this bullshit happened the other day. Let's set the scene, shall we? It's like 10am on a weekday during spring break, so I'm home with my 5 year old boy and 11 year old stepdaughter who are currently arguing about wether or not the dining room table is out of bounds. I'm still in…

Welcome to Saturday on Godless Mom, where we cover funny stuff our kids have said in relation to religion. A quick disclaimer: If you haven't picked up on it yet, I live for sarcasm, so some of these posts may not be appropriate to actually say to your little ones, but we sure can laugh…

New research has shown a correlation between the rise of the Internet and the decline of Americans claiming religious affiliation.

In the short amount of time I've had this blog, I think the entire christicle population of the world has either asked where I get my morality from or insinuated that without the Bible, I could not possibly have any. Annnnnd.... breath, 2, 3, 4, breath, 2, 3, 4... This is my favourite topic, because…