New York City Atheists

Why single out the religious form of tribalism?

Ever since Pastor Wiley Drake declared not once, but three times, on national radio that he was praying for the death of President Obama, he has been trying to clarify.

The theocratic repression in Iran is a reminder that there can be no freedom without secular government. Secular government is the basis of both liberty and democracy. It is important to emphasize this, because of the tendency to portray the struggle in Iran in terms of a global conflict between democracy and dictatorship.

I like the message: Simple, straight-forward, unoffensive. It targets people who are already atheists but may not know there are others like them out there.

The growing controversy over military chaplains using the armed forces to spread the Word.

The Church of Scientology is in the midst of a multi-million dollar media campaign that includes running ads on news sites, satellite dish networks, 37 cable stations, and even Wired.com — a blitz that seems to have not so much won new friends or influenced people as stir up more animosity towards the group many consider nothing more than a greedy cult.

A critical review of Dinesh D'Souza's presentation on "The New Atheism," which he gave on May 30 at the Eagle Christian Church.

During Richard Dawkins' American tour in March 2009, he gave a talk titled "The Purpose of Purpose". Josh Timonem travelled with Richard to these cities and filmed the talks, which he edited together here. The content of the talk remains intact, while the editing moves between the different locations and Richard's Keynote presentation.

A blog post about the misguided notion that in some areas faith can give us genuine answers to questions before which science is impotent.

American United for Separation of Church and State today praised a federal appeals court for striking down a government display of the Ten Commandments in Haskell County, Okla.