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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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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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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Frans de Waal examines how the behavior of primates sheds light on the origins of the sense of right and wrong in human beings.

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Sam Harris elaborates on his theory of scientific morality, in a rebuttal to a critique by physicist Sean Carroll.

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Congress loves abstinence-only programs so much it has thrown big bucks at them. The public? It’s got better ideas.

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Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can—and should—be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.

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Ingersoll describes in detail why he does not find the Bible to be a moral guide.  He illustrates his point with examples from various books and teachings within the Old and New Testaments.

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Penn Jillete discusses the lack of evidence for God and the richness of life based on reality rather than the supernatural.

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A short explanation on why morality does not derive from scriptures and a comic pictoral montage.

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The author discusses misconceptions about Atheism, including that “Atheism is a Denial of God That Requires Faith,” “Atheists Lead Meaningless Lives of Despair Without Love or Beauty,” “Atheists Worship Satan, Themselves, Money, or Some Other God,” and more.

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Adam Carolla discusses being an atheist.

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What would happen if all atheists left America?

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Kris Hartung argues that atheists should abandon talk of God all together and take a different approach. He argues the talk of God legitimizes the concept further and creates an “either or” scenario that is hurting the chances of progress.

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What can humanist parents use in the battle against religious indoctrination? Danny Postel investigates.

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A harsh critique of god from a master of the written word and fellow atheist.

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In this writing, the British Philosopher Mill recounts his childhood education at the hands of his father James Mill, also a philosopher and historian.

Richard Dawkins interviews Daniel Dennett for BBC TV series “The Genius of Charles Darwin”

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BBC special on secularism.