A.N. Wilson is an English novelist and biographer whose best known books include "Jesus: A Life" and "Paul: The Mind of the Apostle." Despite being closely identified with such religiously themed works (he also wrote a biography of C.S. Lewis),...
We'd posted here letting you know the billboards were up, but DMN staffer Holly Yan actually did some, like, reporting to get the full story. Here's her top: These clearly aren't signs from God. This week, drivers in Dallas...
A sampling of comments from our readers: "Why is permissible for Hollywood to bash some religions and leave others alone? Also, if Ron Howard is so courageous and daring, then when is he going to adapt 'The Satanic Verses' to...
As Sam Hodges reported earlier, celebrity atheist Christopher Hitchens was in Dallas this weekend to speak on a panel at the Christian Book Expo. Here's Sam's account of how that panel discussion went....
i know, that sounds like "vegan cheeseburgers." But according to Mary Jacobs at United Methodist Reporter, when a Methodist church in Minneapolis joined with Minnesota Atheists to present a Bible class for non-believers, the class drew larger-than-expected crowds. As people...
A sampling of comments from our readers: "It is encouraging to see Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus and others coming together. If every one joins, the world would be a different place." -- "Husna Zamanat," on an interfaith service in Dallas...
I suppose there's no real surprise here: Obama's shout-out in his inaugural address to Hindus, Muslims and "nonbelievers" is stirring up reaction from some of those who are sure they know God's will for America -- and that those groups...
The BBC reports that an atheist group has purchased signs on hundreds of buses in Great Britain saying ""There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." A Christian organization has complained to Britain's Advertising Standards Authority, the...
Writing on the Web site of The Times of London, British author Matthew Parris, an atheist, argues that Christian missionaries are performing invaluable social and humanitarian service in Africa. "I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes...
The New York Times has a profile of Tom Riner, the Kentucky state representative who has made it his mission to inject religion into the public arena whenever he can -- writing God into the state motto, supporting the construction...
Andrew Shaffer is an artist and entrepreneur in Iowa who sells off-the-wall Christmas cards. He has cards for atheists, cards making fun of George W. Bush, cards making fun of Barack Obama, cards that feature a dead Rudolph, cards based...
A sampling of comments from our readers: "As far as Maher goes, sure some people don't like him. That's ok. I'm not a huge fan myself. I give him this, though: No one knows. There is no 'right' answer. That's...
An atheists' group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the National Day of Prayer. Here's the story from the Associated press. The suit is by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wisc. It contends that the day of...
The HBO comedian was on with Jon Stewart to plug his new movie, Religulous -- a made-up word that comes from combining "religion" and "ridiculous." (The video below, if I've loaded it correctly, is in two parts.) In a few...
A sampling of comments from our readers: "Here's my favorite Vonnegut quote: 'I am, incidentally, Honorary President of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that totally functionless capacity. We had a...
Atheists, obviously, don't go in for baptisms. Still, reports Tim O'Brien for Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, a birth -- like a marriage or a death -- represents an important passage, and we like to wrap those in ritual and tradition....
In this essay written for the Chicago Tribune, Martha Woodroof, an author and public radio reporter, fondly remembers her late father, "who did not shake his fist at God so much as thumb his nose." She recalls the difficulties of...
Some who responded to an earlier posting about the death of George Carlin said they would keep the comedian in their prayers. Carlin would have guffawed. He was an emphatic atheist, and there's just about nothing that he would have...
Soon, many kids wil be heading off to camp -- and for many, that means a summer camp run by a religious organization. Here's an Associated Press story about a camp for young people "who are agnostic, atheist, or just...
A 23-year-old soldier has filed a lawsuit claiming he's been treated unfairly by the military because he's an avowed atheist. The lawsuit by Jeremy Hall names Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a defendant. From the Associated Press story: Known as...
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