Nicholas Kristof argues that evangelical aid organizations are increasingly doing the hard work overseas and do not proselytize as much as is commonly thought.  He says that the secular are overly “snooty” towards evangelicals.

(16) comments | Read the full article.

Article highlights atheist books found in the home of a person suspected of arson attacks on churches.

(7) comments | Read the full article.

The Church of England’s ruling council has passed a motion calling on Church leaders to emphasise the compatibility of belief in both God and science.

(11) comments | Read the full article.

A secular campaign group has lodged a formal complaint against Cherie Blair for allegedly sparing a violent criminal from jail because he believed in God. The wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair, and a current judge who sits under the name Cherie Booth QC, said that she would suspend Shamso Miah’s prison sentence because he was a “religious man.”

(4) comments | Read the full article.

Atheist convention in Melbourne forced to smaller venues because of lack of government support.

(2) comments | Read the full article.

N.Y. Times columnist attacks Richard Dawkins for saying that Pat Robertson’s views on Haiti represent orthodox Christianity.

(9) comments | Read the full article.

Nancy Graham Holm defends murder over free speach.  “Publishing Kurt Westergaard’s cartoon was an aggressive act born of Denmark’s reluctance to respect religious belief”

(15) comments | Read the full article.

Brit Hume joins others leaders in giving Tiger Woods religious advice.

(13) comments | Read the full article.

Jimmy Carter argues that religion can be the foundation for more equality between the sexes.

(12) comments | Read the full article.

Bill O’Reilly grumbles about atheists being overly open about their non-belief during the holiday season, and accuses atheists of being jealous of religions’ holidays.

(19) comments | Read the full article.

Over the years I’ve found that ill-tempered guardians of scientific truth can’t abide speculative thinking. And as the renowned Richard Dawkins has proved, they are also very annoyed by a nuisance named God.

(17) comments | Read the full article.

Just a few years ago, it seemed curious that an omniscient, omnipotent God wouldn’t smite tormentors like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris. They all published best-selling books excoriating religion and practically inviting lightning bolts.

(10) comments | Read the full article.

I am not whining (in fact I am rather proud) when I point out that a rather loud group of my fellow atheists, generally today known as the “new atheists”, loathe and detest my thinking. Richard Dawkins has likened me to the pusillanimous appeaser at Munich, Neville Chamberlain. Jerry Coyne, author of Why Evolution is True, says (echoing Orwell) that only someone with pretensions to the intelligentsia could believe the silly things I believe. And energetic blogger PZ Myers refers to me as a “clueless gobshite” because I confessed to seeing why true believers might find the Kentucky Creationist Museum convincing. I will spare you what my fellow philosopher Dan Dennett has to say about me.

(22) comments | Read the full article.

British Council poll finds UK adults overtake Americans in wanting science teaching in schools to include intelligent design

(16) comments | Read the full article.

Karen Armstrong attempts to defend religion against what she considers common critiques.  Instead she ends up making excuses for the problems religion creates while shifting the blame onto “overly aggressive secularization” and “so-called new atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens.”  

(17) comments | Read the full article.

Richards Dawkins bravely subjects himself to an interview with Bill O’Reilly, which O’Reilly then calls a debate.

O’Reilly starts off “I believe in creative design. I believe in evolution, but I think it was overseen by a higher power, because as we just stated and you acknowledged, you guys still haven’t figured out how it all began.”  And it goes downhill from there.

(22) comments | Read the full article.

Riyadh: A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced a man to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes for boasting about his premarital sexual conquests on a TV talk show.

(7) comments | Read the full article.

Jon McNaughton Painting Shows Crippled Kids, Soldiers With Jesus; Lefty Journalists, Professors With Satan

(6) comments | Read the full article.

Lo and behold, the Bible has gotten too liberal, according to a group of conservatives. And it needs a little editing.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/05/conservative-bible-projec_n_310037.html

(8) comments | Read the full article.

Pakistani soldiers have been seen beating civilian prisoners, including the parents of Taliban suspects, in a ten minute video posted on Facebook.

(1) comments | Read the full article.