Project Reason is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. The foundation draws on the talents of prominent and creative thinkers in a wide range of disciplines to encourage critical thinking and erode the influence of dogmatism, superstition, and bigotry in our world.

Donate to Project Reason

Join the Mailing List

Sign up to receive email updates from Project Reason.

Log in

 
not a member? Join here.
Forgot your password?

Twitter and Facebook

Follow Project Reason on Twitter

The Scripture Project

Browse the Bible, Qur’an or Book of Mormon for scriptural criticism, insights and careful annotation.

Most Recently Updated Passages

Featured Project

Promote critical thinking and win in the annual Project Reason Video Contest.

Learn More

Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years

Abby Goodnough
New York Times
January 27, 2012

Excerpt:

“She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves Harry Potter and Facebook. But Jessica Ahlquist is also an outspoken atheist who has incensed this heavily Roman Catholic city with a successful lawsuit to get a prayer removed from the wall of her high school auditorium, where it has hung for 49 years. “


(4) comments
January 22
January 15
January 13
The Enemies of Reason - Slaves to Superstition
The Richard Dawkins Foundation
Aired on Channel 4 in the UK in August 2007

The Theological Differences Behind Evangelical Unease With Romney

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
New York Times
January 15, 2012

Do Mormons believe in Christianity?  Well, not really.


(8) comments
January 12
January 7
December 31

Hosannas for the Court

Wall Street Journal editors
Wall Street Journal
January 11, 2012

WSJ op-ed celebrating the Supreme Court’s ruling that religious organizations should be partially exempted from laws banning discrimination in employment.


(7) comments
December 14
Philosopher Sticks Up for God
New York Times
By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
(22) comments
December 11
Americans: Undecided About God?
New York Times
By ERIC WEINER
(8) comments
November 8
The God Test: Why Everyone Believes
The Huffington Post
By Rabbi Adam Jacobs
(58) comments

Christopher Hitchens dies; Vanity Fair writer was a religious skeptic, master of the contrarian essa

By Matt Schudel
Washington Post
December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchens, a sharp-witted provocateur who used his formidable learning, biting wit and muscular prose style to skewer what he considered high-placed hypocrites, craven lackeys of the right and left, “Islamic fascists” and religious faith of any kind, died Thursday from esophageal cancer.


(2) comments
December 7
November 6
August 4
Faith no more
New Statesman
Andrew Zak Williams
(9) comments