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An act of god?

Acts of God . . . even the phrase, common in contracts and insurance policies, implies that natural disasters and accidents are caused by supernatural agency. Ron Steelman thinks it’s time for a change.

June 6, 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More

Suicide bombers: The baffling Islamic cult of death

May 24, 2011 3 Comments

Osama bin Laden achieved a remarkable feat: He mobilized the power of religion to spur devout young men to kill themselves in order to murder defenseless strangers. Grotesquely, the suicide-killers felt they were performing holy acts that would please God and assure them martyr rewards in paradise.

It is time for the AFA to take responsibility for Fischer’s bigotry

April 18, 2011 1 Comment

Three times in the last two months, the American Family Association has been forced to remove posts written by Brian Fischer in an effort to distance itself from his unmitigated bigotry. Is the AFA responsible for what its spokesman says?

Cast your vote in our poll, here at Secular News Daily.

Religion, belief, and women’s rights: Mental acrobatics at the Jimmy Carter Center

April 8, 2011 5 Comments

What do some of the most scholarly religious minds have to say about ending religious abuse of women worldwide? William Hamby found out at the Human Rights Defenders Initiative Policy Forum on Religion, Belief, and Women’s Rights.

Send Pastor Terry Jones to Afghanistan to Burn a Quran

April 4, 2011 12 Comments

I have the perfect solution for Pastor Terry Jones! Let’s give him a ride to downtown Kabul in Afghanistan, and give him a Quran and a book of matches. Then we’ll see just how committed to Christ and the Bible he really is!

Separate but unequal: Ontario’s “Separate Schools” violate church-state separation

March 28, 2011 5 Comments

Ontario, Canada’s taxpayer-funded Roman Catholic “Separate School System” is a national embarrassment.

King hearings: What if they were on Christian radicalism?

March 14, 2011 1 Comment

Suppose it were shown that extremist Christian groups were growing among the larger faiths of peace-loving Americans, and that they had succeeded in radicalizing adherents to violence.
Who among us wouldn’t think it appropriate that Congress hold hearings to try to identify the source of the problem and do something about it?

From Hawking’s “Grand Design” to Atkins’ “On Being”, theological opinions abound

February 27, 2011 1 Comment

The theological and philosophical debate about Stephen Hawking’s “Grand Design” will likely be repeated upon the release of Peter Atkins’ “On Being”. Let’s discuss them now!

A human response to Christchurch quake

February 23, 2011 No Comment

The death toll in the Christchurch, NZ quake is rising. Here’s how you can help the rescue efforts.

An atheist’s response to Rabbi Adam Jacobs

February 18, 2011 8 Comments

The Huffington Post recently published an “Open Letter to the Atheist Community” from the Rabbi Adam Jacobs, awash in the patronizing attitudes and misunderstandings common to god experts. An atheist responds.