Christopher Hitchens’ 2010 article calling for the prosecution of the Catholic priests who abused children, and the men who covered it up.

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The following is James Randi’s address to congressional representatives in Washington, D.C. on March 18th, 1999.

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Salman Rushdie’s 1999 essay to the six billionth living person.

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Sam Harris’ 2008 article on why the controversy about an anti-Islam film should teach us that we need more criticism of Islam, not less.

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Over two decades after the fatwa issued on Salman Rushdie, violence continues, and Muslim fundamentalists have gained a new advantage: media self-censorship.

Why Romney needs to talk about his faith.

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Text and video of Carl Sagan’s famous ‘Pale Blue Dot’ speech.

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

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Sam Harris demonstrates how religious faith is a “perpetual motion machine of wishful thinking” in this 2007 article.

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What do people mean when they refer to a “militant atheist”? Is there really such a thing?

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Results from the largest study on intercessory prayer performed at Harvard in 2006 show that prayer bestows no benefit on patients, and patients who knew that others were praying for them fared worse.

In a provocative essay from December 2010, writer and comedian Ricky Gervais explains why he remains an avowed atheist.

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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.

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The finding that religion scarcely influences moral intuition undermines the idea that a godless society will be immoral, says Philip Ball. Whether it ‘explains’ religion is another matter.

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In an excerpt from his 2007 book ‘God is Not Great’, Christopher Hitchens recounts the “embarrassing” beginnings of Mormonism.

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Earlier this year, Andrew Zak Williams asked public figures why they believe in God. Now it’s the turn of the atheists – from A C Grayling to P Z Myers – to explain why they don’t.

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In this excerpt from his 1995 book, The Demon Haunted World, Carl Sagan offers his famous analogy of claims for the existence of a god.

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New York Times science writer Natalie Angier’s 2004 essay about scientists trying to accommodate religion.

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Richard Dawkins called him a “compliant quisling” for accepting the Templeton Prize. Here, Martin Rees explains his decision.

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Are there people who believe only somewhat that there are no supernatural entities in the universe - or only part of a god?

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