One of my favorite lines in a movie: ‘Mission Commander Swanbeck: Mr. Hunt, this isn’t mission difficult, it’s mission impossible. “Difficult” should be a walk in the park for you.’ Better yet, watch the clip! It came to mind recently as I debated with a very devout believer of the Mormon faith.

Millions of Americans believe that Christ will not come again until Israel wipes out its competitors and there is widespread war in the Middle East. Some of these folks want to start a hu...

Franklin Mayor Bob Scott swears in for his second term with a 'book' he thinks is more fitting for the job at hand

Freedom From Religion Foundation co-president Dan Barker defends his claim that the bible calls for the death of nonbelievers.

Here are some things I learned when I posted on Facebook an article about the rising abuse of innocent Muslims in America for no valid reason but an irrational fear of Islam.

Atheists think they can convince people to abandon their beliefs using logic and reason, but these tools cannot dent the largest obstacle of all… fear

Some people feel that threats of hell and general condescension are some form of holy kindness. I’m not in the business of deconverting people. I appreciate a lot of things about religion, and I have a lot of issues with the new atheist movement itself.

Hegel said 'God does not offer himself up for observation'. Many of us seem to think that claims about gods, and other supernatural phenomena, are claims about what lie behind a sort of cosmic curtain or veil. On this side of the veil lies the empirically observable realm, the realm, we are told, that is the proper province of the empirical sciences. But there is a further realm beyond the veil - a realm of non-natural or supernatural beings and forces.

That shift is part of a broad pattern across the South: Churches are losing their grip on a region where they could long set community standards with a pulpit-pounding sermon or, more subtly, a sideward glance toward someone walking into a liquor store.

If you had the opportunity to make a lot of money and be madly revered by throngs of people, just by telling a few fibs, would you do it? Because you can, and it’s pretty easy. Vikram Gandhi set out to prove it with his documentary film, Kumaré, and even he was amazed at how easy it was.

The earliest Christians’ prediction of an imminent eschaton—a prediction made even by the historical Jesus himself, if the New Testament indeed accurately records his sentiments here—is, in short, a problem for modern Christians.

In discussions about the character and actions ascribed to a god, we're asked to evaluate and reach a conclusion - often encouraged to "choose god". Why then, when we offer an honest evaluation, do we sometimes hear, "Who are you to question God?"

Is Christian Terrorism about to expand its frontier?

The logic of his position is that the Supreme Court should get out of the business of enforcing the Constitution altogether, for enforcing it overrides legislation, which is the product of elected officials, and hence of democracy. The model he appears to be embracing is that of the traditional British Constitution; until recently, Parliament was deemed to be Britain’s “supreme court.” It could overrule judicial decisions, but courts could not invalidate parliamentary legislation.

Nepotism happens when a person in a position of power or privilege rewards a relative with another position of power simply because they are related. As long as there have been human beings, there has been nepotism.

Did the Bible predict modern science better than ancient scientists did? Funny to ask. Because naive Muslims have been making the same embarrassing claim for the Koran. Over a decade ago I published an article showing how silly conservative Muslim apologists were for claiming the Koran miraculously predicted scientific facts...

In Ezekiel 16: 49-50, Scripture says, “Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.”

Many Americans have watched the presidential debates that have taken place so far as the election approaches and the media doubles down on political programming. But one debate, that of the role of religion in public life and the health of religious identity in America, has also attracted attention. Recently, a study by Pew Research […]

Members of the Satanic Temple find it easier than Christians to follow some of the teachings of Jesus.

Mr. Deity turns his all-knowingness back on