Start a Church for Fun, Sex, and Profit
Recently I did a Skeptoid episode on Scientology, and followed it up with a post here on SkepticBlog to further explain my position. And this was, very much, a position piece… whereas normally with...
View ArticleWhat’s God Got to Do With It?
He may be invoked in the national motto, but God has nothing to do with why Americans are free and secure This op-ed was originally published in the Los Angeles Times, Friday November 4, 2011. The...
View ArticleE Pluribus Unum for all faiths and for none
Foreigners could be forgiven for thinking that America is fast becoming a theocracy. No fewer than three of the remaining Republican candidates (Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, and Michele Bachmann) have...
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Hypatia, Agora, and Religion vs. Science
Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through...
View ArticleShermer in Seminary School
My weekend at the New Orleans Baptist Seminary discussing God, religion, and the afterlife On Friday, April 13, 2012 in the chapel of the New Orleans Baptist Seminary I debated the Liberty University...
View ArticleAtheist Nation
Where in the world are the atheists? That is, in what part of the globe will one find the most people who do not believe in God? Answer: East Germany at 52.1%. The least? The Philippines at less than...
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A society without religion?
This past year of electoral politics has been eye-opening in the United States, with GOP presidential candidates (especially Santorum, Perry, and Bachmann) openly advocating a Christian theocracy in...
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It’s official: Texas GOP bans critical thinking
No matter what our political or religious persuasions in the skeptical community, we all hold to some basic ground rules of skepticism. We all agree that critical thinking and questioning authority is...
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The republican brain on science
A Review of The Republican Brain: The Science of Why they Deny Science—and Reality by Chris Mooney, John Wiley, New York, 327 pages. Reality has a well-known liberal bias. —Stephen Colbert...
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Thoughts on Chris Stedman’s Faitheist
I’m drinking my morning coffee as I write this, and thinking about a moving, thought-provoking book I’ve been reading for pleasure: humanist interfaith activist Chris Stedman’s Faitheist: How An...
View ArticleIn the belly of the beast
Mathematician Jason Rosenhouse hangs out with the creationists, and reveals how they think
View ArticleLosing our religion
The fastest growing group in this country is the "religiously unaffiliated"—and the cause for their increase among young people should be no surprised: the political influence of the hate-filled...
View Article“Cosmos” Reboots
The new version of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos", this time with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, has just aired. How is it?
View ArticleGimme that new-time religion!
A review of Dr. Karen Stollznow's excellent summary of America's bizarre religions, "God Bless America"
View ArticleUnpersuadable—and unscientific
A review of "The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science" by Will Storr.
View ArticleSmarter than thou?
When Neil DeGrasse Tyson appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" on July 25, it reminded us of some ugly threads of anti-intellectualism in the U.S.
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