Writing Archive
Long-form commentary, archived posts, and atheist writing brought over from the original site.
A new bill proposed by Ohio House Republicans would allow public schools to employ unlicensed chaplains. This is a dangerous attack on the separation of church and state, and it would have…
So, let’s talk about the flood. Just kidding. I hate talking about the flood myth, if for no other reason than it’s been utterly destroyed by facts and science. Didn’t happen, couldn’t…
Can Atheists Have Morality? The religious morality argument against atheists is a common one. It goes something like this: – Atheists don't believe in God. – God is the source of morality.…
The worst moment for an atheist is when he is really thankful and has no one to thank. — G. K. Chesterton (@GKCdaily) November 24, 2022 I'm Thankful I'm an Atheist! Thanksgiving…
Christmas. Christ's Mass. December 25. Yes, we all know December 25. This is the day that Sextus Julius Africanus declared was the birthday of Jesus back in the third century common era.…
“In the beginning…? You know the story. Genesis. A primeval account of creation, not just of Earth, but of the entire universe. Firmament. Day and night. The animals. Man and woman, then,…
We've all experienced it. You might have been at a grocery store, at the local high school football game and maybe, most often, in your house on your day off enjoying a…
A response to a reply on Facebook about atheists (and Zeus): Atheism is an ideology, one that was once referred to as dogmatic materialism. It isn't a faith in the sense of…
Why Pascal’s wager fails to convince atheists Pascal’s wager is a famous argument for believing in God, proposed by the 17th-century French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. The wager goes like this:…
The argument from irreducible complexity is an argument against evolution that claims that certain biological systems are too complex to have arisen through gradual, incremental changes. These systems are said to be…
