How have we come to the point where reason needs a rally to defend it?

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For many creationists, evangelical Christianity represents a tiny island of righteousness adrift in a sea of secular evil. An atheist author tries to better understand their objections to science.

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One may well choose to resonate with the concerns of our post-modern despisers of established religion. But surely the best way to promote any such agenda is not to deny what virtually every sane historian on the planet has come to conclude.

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Does ‘militant’ secularism exist in Britain?

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In an interview with Time magazine, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked the question: “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the universe?”

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Physicist and author Victor Stenger calls upon scientists and all thinking people to focus their attention on reducing the influence of religion.

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Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich each claim that American morality is declining.  But what do the numbers say?

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The author claims that the March 9th full-page ad in the New York Times by the Freedom from Religion Foundation represents an unfair attack against Catholics.

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Are the religious beliefs of political candidates off limits in public discourse? Lawrence Krauss doesn’t think so, at least not when candidates wear their religion on their sleeves.

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Kristy Bamu was killed because his sister thought him a witch. In Africa, Christianity has only added to the toxicity of such beliefs.

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