Video Summaries of Religious History by Jason Sylvester
Jason Sylvester, host of the AAI Podcast, has a YouTube channel dedicated to the history of religion. Based on writings for a book, in progress, on how the world became…
The Metastability of Faith by Daniel Mocsny
Quick summary: atheism is easier than religious faith, and people are lazy, so why does anybody bother with the hard option? Why don’t human brains seek a kind of lowest-energy…
Upcoming Virgin Birth/Miracles Debate, December 21st by John W. Loftus
In this debate I’m going to focus on the alleged miracle of the virgin birthed incarnate god. Dr. Slade, of the Global Center for Religious Research, will focus on Mary’s…
A Big Item on God’s To-Do List: Kill as Many People as Possible by David Madison
Yet the church gets away with “God is love” Those who have been assured since childhood that God is Love—and have been coached to pray to their loving father well into adulthood—seem immune…
How Old Masters (and Mistresses) defy time by
Paintings by Hals, Rubens and Gentileschi show how art that is hundreds of years old can still speak to us about joy, love and survival Read More New Humanist Articles and…
Q&A: “Navalny never wanted to be known as a dissident” by
David M. Herszenhorn talks to us about Alexey Navalny’s complex views on Ukraine, his brief flirtation with far-right nationalism and how he became a reluctant Russian dissident Read More New Humanist…
The Magic Self-Authenticating New Testament, Robert Conner by David Madison
It can be asserted with little fear of contradiction that every literate adult the world over has a mental image of Jesus of Nazareth. After all, Christianity is the largest…
Signs of life beyond Earth? by
An exoplanet called K2-18b is sparking excitement Read More New Humanist Articles and Posts
David Eller, “Is Religion Compatible with Science?” An Excerpt from Chapter 11 in “The End Of Christianity” by John W. Loftus
IS RELIGION COMPATIBLE WITH SCIENCE? by Dr. David Eller (pp. 257-278). [This is a 4000 word excerpt out of 8600 words. Get the book!] In most of the squabbles…
August Berkshire in Response to Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Conversion’ by August Berkshire
As you have probably heard by now, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former Muslim, former atheist, is now calling herself a Christian. Her critique of radical Islam is accurate. She was brutalized…