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# politics    

why an unhip church is also not the answer

While priests are looking how to get more butts in pews they're willing to consider anything to explain dropping church attendance. Anything except people losing faith.
why an unhip church is also not the answer

# politics    

when there are already enough people on a warpath

Atheists will not outshout religious zealots because the zealots will drag them down to a reality and fact-free screaming match and beat them with experience.
when there are already enough people on a warpath

# politics    

the still fuzzy future of organized skepticism

Skeptical groups and bloggers seem to have split into two camps. One wants to teach and promote science. The other has very different priorities.
the still fuzzy future of organized skepticism

# politics    

how to approach a problem with mind wide shut

A group of Christians illustrates everything wrong with one-sided interfaith dialogue in their conclusions after conducting a survey of atheists.
how to approach a problem with mind wide shut

# politics    

skeptical blogging ain't what it used to be…

What used to be known as skeptical blogging has lost the skepticism and gained a lot of tabloid style drama and cultural think pieces.
skeptical blogging ain't what it used to be…

# politics    

when things just keep going downhill…

With trolls running people offline and blog feuds reaching a fever pitch, the skeptical blogosphere is spiraling out of control.
when things just keep going downhill…

# science    

drama and politics, now with less science!

Celebrity skeptics collapse in on themselves in a multi-blog feud that has absolutely nothing to do with science and education.
drama and politics, now with less science!

# politics    

why atheism continues its steady rise

Religious fundamentalists are deeply offended that people no longer fear them and feel free to criticize their worst habits.
why atheism continues its steady rise

# politics    

and so the world loses a titan of journalism…

R.I.P. Christopher Hitchens, 04.13.1949 - 12.15.2011
and so the world loses a titan of journalism…

# oddities    

so how do you sway the unbelievers?

What does it take to sway an atheist? Skeptical bloggers weigh in...
so how do you sway the unbelievers?

# tech    

kurzweil is an influential atheist? really? how?

Ray Kurzweil is an atheist by the colloquial definition of the term. But when it comes to the spirit of the term, instead of the letter, I would hesitate to agree.
kurzweil is an influential atheist? really? how?

# tech    

why we shouldn't mix kurzweil with atheism

When you start with a deeply flawed premise and advance a deeply flawed argument, you'll come to a deeply flawed conclusion.
why we shouldn't mix kurzweil with atheism

# politics    

skeptic groups try to exorcise their atheists

Newly minted atheists are joining skeptical groups and those groups are not happy about it...
skeptic groups try to exorcise their atheists

# politics    

a simple atheist wish list for the real world

What do most atheists actually want? Surprisingly for many theists, it's not the abolition of faith...
a simple atheist wish list for the real world

# politics    

woe be to theologically unschooled heathens?

For appearance of factual correctness, insult both sides of argument regardless of facts, rinse, repeat, sell book.
woe be to theologically unschooled heathens?

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