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Believers See Jesus On Power Pole


September 1, 2010

Video: MSNBC.com

Believers see vines growing on a power pole as a sign from God.

(4) comments |

U.S. was born a Christian nation

By Robert Knight
August 29, 2010

Print: CNN

Robert Knight claims that the founding fathers were heavily influenced by Christianity in writing the Constitution and laws of the United States of America.

(7) comments | Read the full article.

Faithful to a God-hating ideology to the bitter end

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
August 18, 2010

Print: World Tribune

Radio talkshow host Jeff Kuhner takes potshots at Christopher Hitchens.

(27) comments | Read the full article.

On Dawkins’s Atheism: A Response

By GARY GUTTING
August 13, 2010

Print: New York Times

Gutting tries to back up his assertion that Richard Dawkins’s assertions in The God Delusion are “demonstrably false”.

(13) comments | Read the full article.

Philosophy and Faith

By GARY GUTTING
August 2, 2010

Print: New York Times

Jesuit professor argues that since neither science nor religion can prove its case, there is common ground between religion and science.

(22) comments | Read the full article.

Harris, Hitchens, Dawkins, Dennett: Evangelical atheists?

By Reza Aslan
July 18, 2010

Print: Washington Post

Author Reza Aslan attacks New Atheism and claims the mantle of science for himself.

(15) comments | Read the full article.

An Agnostic Manifesto

By Ron Rosenbaum
June 29, 2010

Print: Slate

A truly embarrassing attack on the “New Atheism.”

(90) comments | Read the full article.

17 websites blocked for blasphemous content


June 25, 2010

Print: The International News (Pakistan)

Lahore High Court has ordered 17 websites blocked for carrying blasphemous content.

(2) comments | Read the full article.

Rebuilding ‘team America’

Katherine Tyler Scott
June 24, 2010

Print: Washington Post

This opinion piece carried by the Washington Post says that General McChrystal’s downfall was caused by a “functional atheism” which gave him megalomania and infected his team.

(11) comments | Read the full article.

Veiled Threat: The many problems with France’s proposed burqa ban

By Wajahat Ali
May 26, 2010

Print: Slate

France’s proposed ban on the burqa infringes on Muslim women’s rights.

(6) comments | Read the full article.

Many Faiths, One Truth

By TENZIN GYATSO, THE 14TH DALAI LAMA
May 25, 2010

Print: The New York Times

The Dalai Lama offers a profoundly simple-minded or highly disingenuous assessment of the world’s religious landscape.

(33) comments | Read the full article.

Atheists, it’s time to play well with others

By KARL W. GIBERSON
May 24, 2010

Print: USA Today

Op-Ed piece argues that the New Atheists aren’t tolerant enough.

(6) comments | Read the full article.

The Making of a Terrorist

By ROBERT WRIGHT
May 12, 2010

Print: The New York Times

Robert Wright discovers (again!) that Islam is not a problem.

(12) comments | Read the full article.

Salute to atheism on National Day of Prayer

By Dave Berg
May 5, 2010

Print: The Washington Times

Sarcastic praise of Freedom from Religion Foundation, which recently won a ruling the National Day of Prayer, an annual proclamation by the president asking Americans to pray, is a violation of the First Amendment.

(7) comments | Read the full article.

The Media And Obama Handle Christianity Poorly – According To One Atheist

by Steve Krakauer
May 4, 2010

Print: Media-ite

Conservative commentator and supposed atheist S.E. Cupp criticizes the “liberal media” for attacks on Christianity.

(9) comments | Read the full article.

‘Safer’ not to defrock paedophile priests, says Catholic Church official

Peter Hutchison
April 16, 2010

Print: Telegraph

A senior Catholic Church official has threatened controversy by saying that it would be safer not to “defrock” priests who had been convicted of sexually abusing children.

(18) comments | Read the full article.

U.S. Bishops Quietly Reinstate Accused Priests

by BARBARA BRADLEY HAGERTY
April 1, 2010

Print: NPR

A watchdog group has identified about a dozen clergy who have been accused, arrested or sued for abuse and returned to ministry. The process for investigating priests is secret, and often the diocese says nothing about the charges against a priest when it returns him to ministry.

(6) comments | Read the full article.

The New Philistinism

By Edward Feser
March 25, 2010

Print: The American

This article in The American, a publication of the American Enterprise Institute, argues that Dawkins and other New Atheists haven’t studied the works of religious apologists closely enough to legitimately criticize them.

(13) comments | Read the full article.

Faith, Charity, and the Atheist

By Miguel A. Guanipa
March 21, 2010

Print: American Thinker

Article criticizes “Non-Believers Giving Aid,” Richard Dawkins’s efforts to promote secular giving, as grounded in a “self-serving ethos”.

(6) comments | Read the full article.

Christian Philosopher Explores Causes of Atheism

By Lillian Kwon
March 19, 2010

Print: The Christian Post

Christian philosopher examines the causes of atheism and concludes that it is due to moral weakness.

(30) comments | Read the full article.

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