Christopher Hitchens’ take on Easter from a 2006 Slate article.

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Peter Gomes, a minister and theologian at Harvard who came out of the closet in 1991, pushed a campaign to rebut literal and fundamentalist interpretations of the Bible.

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Jeff Dee and Matt Dillahunty on the Austin, TX television call-in show respond to the fundamentalist caller with a withering analysis of his arguments for biblical literalism.

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The pope’s attack on atheists and secularists was disgraceful and redolent of the sound of stones hurled within a glass house.

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The arrest of Christian extremists in the Midwest shows that the US has more to worry about than simply homegrown jihadists.

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During the “Protest the Pope” rally in London on Sep. 18, 2010, Richard Dawkins condemned Pope Ratzinger for wrongly calling Hitler an atheist and blaming the Holocaust on atheism.

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This morning there was a knock at my door. When I answered the door I found a well-groomed, nicely dressed couple. The man spoke first.

John: “Hi! I’m John, and this is Mary.”

Mary: “Hi! We’re here to invite you to come kiss Hank’s ass with us.”

Me: “Pardon me?! What are you talking about? Who’s Hank, and why would I want to kiss his ass?”

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Chris Tse presenting his poem at the Poetry Slam Vancouver. He was the 1st place winner on the 21st of December 2009.

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New York Times obituary for Oral Roberts, the Pentecostal evangelist whose televised faith-healing ministry attracted millions of followers worldwide. He was the patriarch of the “prosperity gospel,” a theology that promotes the idea that Christians who pray and donate with sufficient fervency will be rewarded with health, wealth and happiness.

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A personal account of the “evidence” that the religous argue is proof of a personal God.

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Orator and defender of agnosticism Robert Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899), tells the truth about the Bible as he knew it in 1894.

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The shocking scale of sexual and physical abuse in educational institutions in Ireland run by the Catholic church was revealed today in a report describing how thousands of boys and girls were raped, abused and exploited by the religious brothers and nuns who were supposed to look after them.

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A missionary goes to Brazil in the 80’s to translate the new testament into the language of the Piraha Indians ends up realizing the folly in his goal. The happy content people did not need to be saved, and instead led him towards his own atheism.

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Richard Dawkins answers an audience question.  Despite the title appearing in the YouTube embed, there is no cruelty in his reply.  He is, in fact, quite respectful, but also quite informative and reasonable.

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In previous posts I’ve mentioned a few things that the Bible and Quran agree on. But I thought it might be useful to make a list and include them all here.

A Plea For Tolerance In The Face Of New Dogmas

Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?

Introductory note: Russell delivered this lecture on March 6, 1927 to the National Secular Society, South London Branch, at Battersea Town Hall. Published in pamphlet form in that same year, the essay subsequently achieved new fame with Paul Edwards’ edition of Russell’s book, Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays ... (1957).