JAMES MORTON argues that honour killing is a form of terrorism

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Another mordant indictment of religion from Penn & Teller, this time aimed at the Vatican, has predictably raised the ire of the Catholic Church.  Be sure to watch the great video.

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If you’re looking for an image that captures the conflict between fervent Islam and basic human decency, look no further than the Malaysian city of Shah Alam, about 15 miles west of Kuala Lumpur.

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Phillip Garrido’s neighbours and clients knew him as a religious zealot who made bizarre claims about being able to to control sound with his mind but no one suspected him of one California’s oldest unsolved crimes.

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Even though the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has lobbied the federal government in favor of universal health insurance for 30 years, a growing number of bishops are now opposing President Obama’s plan.

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To be named a saint, the founder of California’s missions has to be credited with a final marvel. One possibility: an artist who is still alive after losing a third of her skull in 14 brain surgeries.

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People should have the right to believe whatever they wish. But schools must provide a safe haven from indoctrination

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Noah’s Ark farm denies allegations, saying it promotes debate between science and religion over evolution

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As of the 2009-2010 school year public schools in Texas are now required to offer a high school elective course on the literature of the Bible and history of that era.

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While many people have been loudly celebrating this year’s double commemoration of 200 years since Charles Darwin’s birth and 150 years since the publication of On the Origin of Species, another scientific anniversary has crept up relatively quietly, marking an event which arguably changed human thought and the way we see ourselves even more irrevocably.

Exactly 400 years ago today, on 25 August 1609, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new creation, a telescope – the instrument that was to bring him both scientific immortality and, more immediately, a whole lot of trouble.

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Malaysian woman sentenced to prison and caning for breaking Shariah law by drinking beer.  Although her caning is going to be delayed until after Ramadan “for compassionate reasons”, this news is significant because Malaysia had been regarded as a relatively moderate Muslim country.

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Atheists are attacking the idea that science and faith can be compatible, but confrontation won’t spread the truth of evolution

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Muslim women protest new legislation that gives women equal rights in marriage. “We have to stick to the Koran…”

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An uninspired re-hashing of NOMA (Non-Overlapping Magisteria), that attempts to use Intelligent Design to prove the existence of God.

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At Glendale’s Avenues Pregnancy Clinic, women go in for a pregnancy test and come out fearing eternal damnation

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The author decries mis-characterization of crimes such as murder and child sexual abuse as unrelated to religion when committed by churches.

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Proposal to limit homosexuals’ leadership roles defeated soundly

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Brad Pitt is interviewed by Bill Maher on Real Time.  Mr. Pitt discusses his Secularism aside from other subjects.

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How do they train themselves to be so impervious to reality?

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Valerie Tarico discusses how people change, and escape religious belief.

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