| 单词 | atheist |
| 例句 | Maybe if I weren't an atheist, God wouldn't have punished me by having one of the most popular girls in school walk into Photo Drive-Up at the very moment my picture was being taken. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The marquee in front of the church is advertising a Saturday night “tent revival,” which sounds like the perfect entertainment for an atheist out on her own. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds—some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, and even atheists! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was held in a huge church, which seemed strange considering Kerry was an outspoken atheist, but that part I could understand. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But Bimbi put the atheist philosophy in a framework, so to speak. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z My father had been a Lutheran in Wisconsin, but they were out of style in New England, so he had become a lapsed Lutheran and then, my mother said, a bitter atheist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z To be an atheist is to maintain God. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Not that all his preaching will get him anywhere, seeing as I’m an atheist. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z While not an atheist, Maman had never in her life given a thought to religion. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z While at the heart of Beethoven’s symphony lies a vision of a better civilisation led by a benign deity, Berlioz, a life-long atheist, attempts to evoke the Apocalypse and Final Judgement in sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He wasn’t an atheist, but he had begun to reject God’s role in creation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents also considered themselves atheists and raised us as such. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps struggle is all we have because the god of history is an atheist, and nothing about his world is meant to be. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. If it doesn’t include the time necessary to excuse the atheists from the room and admit the enlisted men.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Even though I’m not anymore, I used to be an atheist, which means I didn’t believe in things that couldn’t be observed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In eight to ten seconds, Shorty had turned as atheist as I had been to start with. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is indeed an atheist, is he not?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Their decision to raise us as atheists was no different from another family's decision to raise their kids Christian or Jewish. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The atheist argues ‘a priori’; the philosopher argues ‘by the Event’, in other words from experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In Paris, Vincent has done a complete turnaround from his days in The Hague as an atheist. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I began to feel like an atheist praying. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We have Christians, Muslims, and atheists among us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Her uncle and his wife were atheists, but it was still a really fun trip. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z In a great break from what he learned at 26 Markt, in a potentially cataclysmic departure from his parents’ beliefs, he tells his fellow boarders that he is an atheist. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I can well imagine an atheist’s last words: “White, white! L-L-Love! My God!”—and the deathbed leap of faith. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Now what happens if you are an atheist? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “All thinking men are atheists,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Alexander was given a reward, and he went on to become a great hunter of atheists and pagans. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He said, “Ghosts don’t care if you believe in them,” and even though I was an atheist, I knew he wasn’t right. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Or am I remembering the lines of later atheists? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A lover of men, not women, and an atheist, he used the device of space travel to criticize everything he disliked about the real world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I’m not ashamed of June, but I didn’t want Mom to find out she was an atheist. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “It’s the sort of soul-curdling voodoo,” he said, “that turned me into an atheist.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m an atheist,” Chuck said, lying simply to keep from having to hear any more of Cabot Searcy’s theories on the potential of humankind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She suspected her mother of being an atheist and only hoped she wouldn’t bum in hell for eternity as Lourdes and the nuns said. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the first place, my parents are different religions, and all the children in our family are atheists. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z And I believe that when they shatter the body they shatter everything, and I knew that all of us—Christians, Muslims, atheists—lived in this fear of this truth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z No atonement for God, or novelists, even if they are atheists. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t even believe there are atheists in foxholes,” the colonel mocked, and nudged the chaplain in the ribs familiarly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We use the word ‘Epicurean’ to mean someone who seeks physical pleasure but, in the Renaissance, Epicureans were materialists and atheists and consequently unable to acknowledge any good other than physical pleasure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’m probably just as good an atheist as you are,” she speculated boastfully. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It wasn’t as deliberate as deciding, at age six, to become an atheist, but more like an imperceptible sloughing of layers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Many eighteenth-century atheists, such as d’Holbach and Diderot, were to take their inspiration from Descartes’ mechanism and turn it into a systematic materialism with no room for God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Just because you’re an atheist, that doesn’t mean you wouldn’t love for things to have reasons for why they are. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In the first place, I'm sort of an atheist. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Go on, Chaplain, tell him. Are there atheists in foxholes?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Plus, even though the Bible supposedly says that all atheists will go to Hell, I don’t believe it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I’m an atheist who is a theist,” he chuckles. Come Sunday: how one of America's biggest preachers became a pariah 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z There is not a single member of Congress who openly identifies as an atheist. One nation, under no god: Atheists, more than any religion, have been excluded from the election 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z He said he once played Jesus in Boston: “It was a piece of typecasting for a short Jewish atheist.” Irwin Corey, Comedian and ‘Foremost Authority,’ Dies at 102 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Some fundamental Christians, like Robertson, believe that morality is dependent on the existence of God and by rejecting God, atheists also reject morals. 'Duck Dynasty' Star Finds New Controversy in Anti-Atheist Speech 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z In Cambridge, you say you’re an atheist and everyone is like, “So what?” I’m raising my children atheist in the Bible Belt 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Those are the odds someone is an atheist. Amazing Facts About Love and Marriage 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Carmello, who recently played Mother Superior in "Sister Act," finds herself playing another person of faith, an odd twist for an actress who is an atheist. Kathie Lee Gifford preaches about an evangelist 2012-10-19T12:27:10Z The next time someone tells you atheists don’t care about anyone but themselves… tell them about Eugenie Scott. and Alfred Kinsey. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z Which to an atheist, is the exact reason why a humanity uncertain of itself felt the need to create the idea of an interventionist God in the first place. Chris Brown: not the first pop star with a God complex 2013-01-29T16:15:06Z An avowed atheist, he studied the writings of Noam Chomsky and opposed the war in Iraq after serving a tour of duty there. | 'The Tillman Story': Pat Tillman, Hero and Victim, by Amir Bar-Lev 2010-08-19T21:53:00Z I want the atheist community to join me, to share their stories and learn from those of the religious. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z Ehrenreich credits her parents — lifelong Democrats and resolute atheists — for her radical politics and “all-around bad attitude.” Barbara Ehrenreich Contains Multitudes. They’re All Ticked Off. 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Thank you for not only addressing an issue relevant to thousands across America, but also providing relief through resources for atheist African-Americans looking for a sense of community. Letters: Letters on Black-Atheists Article 2011-12-03T00:12:22Z His parents “made modernity their religion,” and Mo was, “if not an atheist himself, certainly agnostic, which perhaps made him not a Muslim at all.” Books of The Times: The Right Architect With the Wrong Name 2011-08-15T22:30:12Z Riffing on the pope’s visit to New York, he gleefully proclaimed himself an atheist. Review: Buster Poindexter, a Rocker Who Wants to Be Taken Lightly 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z This time, his focal point was atheists, whom—he asserted—have no moral compass because they do not believe in God. 'Duck Dynasty' Star Finds New Controversy in Anti-Atheist Speech 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z A collection of atheists despairing for humanity – and, for a change, I wasn't one of them. Confessions of an internet troll 2012-11-09T15:00:00Z Therefore: atheists who would like to see a decline in religious influence over government should fight to establish state religions across the nation. Should atheists fight for religion in government? 2013-04-16T18:50:00Z They discussed Sarah’s reexploration of faith after being a longtime atheist, as well as the government shutdown that occurred earlier this year. Date Lab: They ‘nerded out’ over books 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The type that searches for #atheist on Twitter. Confessions of an internet troll 2012-11-09T15:00:00Z In an atheist integrity contest, she loses to Stalin by a mustache. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z And people say there are no atheists in the foxhole. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z And one of the largest pillars in this fortress is the bigoted mythology about atheists. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z As an atheist, I’ve been targeted before with bigotry, with hostility, even with hatred and threats of violence. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z I suggested to Jo—who, like Bracken, is an atheist—that they had something in common with the deeply religious. Life at One of England’s Last Tolstoyan Communes 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z She began corresponding with her uncle, an inquisitive atheist who asked her questions about her chosen lifestyle. Why Anna Duggar stays: "There's a huge martyr's mentality," a woman who left Quiverfull says 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z They live in their atheist bubble, they imagine what believers think and feel, and they don’t ever talk to us to find out!” Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z These atheists think that both faith and its absence are private matters. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z This didn’t surprise me—she’d finished Catholic school an atheist—but it bothered me. Afterlives: My Mother’s Breast Cancer, and My Own 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z But most of us don’t experience our religious — or atheist, or agnostic or “spiritual” — identities as metaphor. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z There are far too many examples to list in this article, so just consider one: the bugaboo of many new atheist figures, “identity politics.” Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Where this leaves Jews, Muslims, atheists and others who do not identify patriotism with Christianity is out of the realm of discussion. How Bruce Springsteen – and the left – can reclaim and cultivate a vocabulary of patriotism 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z “Speaking as a devout atheist, thank God in his Almighty wisdom that he made us mortal,” he says. 2010-02-11T18:40:00Z And if there is such a battle, atheists are not leading the charge. Atheists aren't fighting a "war on Christmas" — many of us even celebrate it 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z In fact, his agnosticism, as he describes it, is pretty much indistinguishable from most atheists’ atheism. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z Mr. Maher, the “Real Time” host, is a strident atheist, but he said he appreciated “Discord” for its humor and its thoughtfulness. He Puts Bill Maher on TV, and Jefferson, Dickens and Tolstoy on Stage 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z They had already heard from several people who felt relieved after sending their e-mails, like an atheist who had sent one to her church-going family, explaining her beliefs. Every Day Should Be E-Mail Debt Forgiveness Day 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Many of my fellow atheists are smug about this, which is a shame. Perspective | Gene Weingarten answers your religion questions. Heaven help us. 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z I'm an atheist and my husband's agnostic, and religion is not part of our lives. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: For nonreligious parents, family may be their saving grace 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Certainly German philosophy was distorted by madmen just as Christianity has been in the past, but atheists fool themselves if they try to differentiate the two. What Hitchens got wrong: Abolishing religion won’t fix anything 2013-12-07T12:30:00Z Yes, atheists think that morality and virtue, love and friendship, reason and grief, are physical phenomena with no supernatural component. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z I fear that some atheists are doing what I used to do in my antireligious days: engaging in monologue instead of dialogue. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z Today she describes herself as an atheist, while granting there are a lot of Christian values in her new book - values she is more at home calling "humanist." Author Lionel Shriver takes on US health system 2010-06-03T12:31:00Z Squatch atheist, Holland, is a field biologist who was educated at the University of Washington. The Mysterious Allure of Finding Bigfoot 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z I would never vote for an atheist president. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z But New, New Atheism is not just about building atheist structures; it is about pulling together a godless canon — with culture in the place of scripture. Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z An old friend invited me to spend a weekend at a country house in Surrey where Fr Raynes would be giving talks to restless agnostics and atheists. My hero: Nicholas Mosley on Fr Raymond Raynes 2012-09-28T21:55:10Z Despite attempts to tie Lennon and "Imagine" to blood-lusting atheists like Stalin and Pol Pot, the overwhelming majority of godless people seek to live ethical lives. "Imagine" at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z For someone who proudly calls himself an atheist, Coates gives us a whole lot of “Can I get an amen?” in this slim and essential volume of familial joy and rigorous struggle. Ta-Nehisi Coates' new book speaks resolutely to black America (but should be read by all) 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Greig, having been brought up an atheist, converted to Christianity when she was 30, around the same time her parents became ill. Tamsin Greig: 'I always think I'll never work again' 2011-03-03T21:00:01Z In fact, for many atheists, the fact that consciousness and love and grief and such are physical products? Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z It’s not that they don’t believe in something, exactly, although I guess in the eyes of some believers, they might be something even worse than those hell-bound atheists. Motherlode: Explaining the Rapture to Kids 2011-05-20T18:21:56Z But he thinks the atheist displays are an attempt to discourage free speech. No room at the inn? Atheists see holiday displays vandalized 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z It’s like, I’m about to say that I’m an atheist who owns a gun and is a vegetarian — is he still going to like me? Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z This is upsetting, of course, and explains why atheists have become so vocal in demanding their place at the table. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z The number of atheists is also up sharply, from 14 percent to 25.1 percent. British xenophobia on the rise 2013-01-03T21:17:00Z Before working on the film, he was “pantheist, agnostic, occasionally atheist and a little bit Jewish, but mostly confused”. Andrew Garfield: ‘I never compromised who I was’ 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z It was my first experience with the atheist movement, and for at least a moment I thought it might be my last. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z Bill Maher, ardent atheist and fierce satirist, is just kidding about, well, everything. Bill Maher’s “dirty secret”: He’s deeply religious and prays with Ann Coulter 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z And now, try to imagine a judge in this country denying or limiting custody to a parent, explicitly and specifically because she’s an atheist. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z If atheists are perceived to “own” secularism, its approval ratings will plummet even further. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z The anti-establishment publication, which says its cartoonists are atheists who are interested in satirising all religions, claimed it was publishing a profile to learn more about the prophet. Muhammad cartoons: magazine to publish illustrated biography of prophet 2012-12-30T15:54:02Z “He learns to be kind and generous and altruistic without expectation of reward, ” said Mr. Minchin, an outspoken atheist. Tim Minchin Puts Emotion on Broadway. Just Don’t Call Him Sentimental. 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Rebirths, as Cummings recognized with the scorn of an unembarrassed atheist, can last a long time and require a great many deaths. An American Poet Shaped by the Futility and Sadism of War 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Entertaining and highly educated though they are, most atheist TV characters are not people you would want around your kids. Where are all the normal atheists? From smug Bill Maher to icy Sherlock, TV’s non-believers always let me down 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Another writer refers to him as a “lukewarm” atheist and notes that Holyoake “was sympathetic to religion.” Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z Topics: , , , It likely doesn’t matter much to the atheists of the world that — of all people — Pope Francis is on their side. Pope Francis: Atheists are all right! 2013-05-23T14:20:00Z The next time someone tells you atheists have no reason to work for the greater good… tell them about Alan Turing and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z At first, Atheist TV will be limited, offering interviews with leading atheists, film from atheist conventions and other content from the Richard Dawkins Foundation and like-minded organizations. Atheist TV Has Its Premiere, on Roku and Online 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z For Aslam, a "secular atheist", one advantage of growing up in Pakistan is an extended family. Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z I understand why some atheists might want to write “god” instead of “God.” I get it – you’re an atheist. You should still capitalize “God” 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z I propose here a credo for atheists – concrete responses to faith-based affronts, to religious presumption, to what Hitchens called “clerical bullying.” 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z And he's tenacious about his beliefs: an ardent atheist, a fervent supporter of animal rights. Ricky Gervais 2010-07-17T23:08:00Z “We were convinced that it would be better for our kids not to have an education than to be educated to become humanists or atheists and to reject God,” Garrison says. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z Despite two of the three party leaders being professed atheists, the secular tendency in this country still flatters to deceive. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z But that didn’t mean that I sprang into the world as a militant atheist. The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Having entered prison as an atheist with a moral-relativist bent, Genis next took up the problem of good and evil, scouring Pascal, Rousseau, Schopenhauer, “Crime and Punishment,” and Knut Hamsun’s “Hunger.” Prison Is a Great Place to Get Reading Done 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z As an atheist, I confess that this is one of these facts that makes me uncomfortable because it suggests a degree of order to the universe that seems somehow ... planned. Are brown-eyed people losers, and other burning questions 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z You could say, ‘Well, I guess I’m an atheist, because only atheism will save my science, aesthetics, and politics.’ The Sage of Yale Law 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Only 14 percent are atheists, the same percentage as Protestants. This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z On air, the actor also discussed why atheists are so “angry.” Kevin Sorbo: Atheists are “filled with anger and hatred” because they secretly know God exists 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Surely we are prepared for some atheists in Congress, though. One nation, under no god: Atheists, more than any religion, have been excluded from the election 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z “We wanted to something serious but not preachy. And not necessarily religious either—this will be for religious people and atheists, because they’re subjects that affect everybody.” Cannes 2014: With 'Prophet,' Salma Hayek seeks to realize a vision 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z As I mentioned, I am indeed an atheist. Atheists aren't fighting a "war on Christmas" — many of us even celebrate it 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z I think you can't be an atheist and have had ice cream, because ice cream or sex, those to me are proof that there's a higher power. Comedian Jeff Garlin isn't afraid of political correctness 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Did any new atheist leaders complain about this tweet? From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Until recently calling oneself an atheist was an act of defiance. 7 different types of non-believers 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “I was an atheist by third grade,” she told me, though there is a Haitian goddess she prays to, for President Obama. Linda Ronstadt’s Borderland 2013-12-27T17:32:15Z No. My parents were sort of evangelical atheists. ‘The New Pope’ Looks a Lot Like John Malkovich 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Because I am atheist, I look at these things with sarcasm. The Russian Tom Clancy Is on the Front Lines for Real 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The hypocritical part is that I happen to be an atheist with unshakably strong godless convictions. Don’t trust the Godless 2012-07-01T15:00:00Z Some were self-declared orthodox, and others described themselves as cultural or even atheist Jews – but all were certain that they were Jewish. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z So the next time someone tells you atheists have no morality… tell them about Andrei Sakharov. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z I'm an atheist myself, but arguing with the religious is infuriating, draining and it actually hurts my head. Confessions of an internet troll 2012-11-09T15:00:00Z The jihad in Afghanistan in the 1980s was regarded, uncontroversially, as a defensive war to protect a Muslim country against the atheist Soviet communist invader. Men of war 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z For a guy who purportedly came to be an atheist through his intellect, Harris routinely fails to demonstrate the faintest capacity to reason. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z Will François, an atheist, resist, or flee the new regime or compromise with it? Irrepressible 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Sidney’s detective partner, Geordie Keating, is an avowed atheist who nevertheless respects Sidney’s acute understanding of human nature. Sidney Chambers is again on the case 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Boden is an atheist who doesn't like football so he's opted instead for the pub-singing option and A Folk Song a Day podcasts. Jon Boden's big singalong 2010-07-28T21:15:00Z Still, here it goes: I trust religious people more than I trust atheists. Don’t trust the Godless 2012-07-01T15:00:00Z “The Good Wife” has quietly, implicitly explored the role that this moral faith plays in our attempts to be good, even for an atheist like Alicia. What Was “The Good Wife” Really About? 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z They point to research from 2006 that found three-quarters of American atheists were once believers. Do atheists secretly believe in God? 2013-04-27T12:00:00Z A cricket columnist in Mumbai, an atheist, worries as he watches “young women in all black follow the young men in all white.” Review: ‘Selection Day’ Presents India as Seen Through the Wickets 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z BBC1 To mark Rosh Hashanah, chief rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks meets four prominent atheists. America: The Story of the US 2010-09-06T05:45:00Z When headlines began to suggest we might finally get our first atheist congressman, a Democratic candidate in Maryland named Jamie Raskin, he too felt compelled to plainly reject any claims of atheism. One nation, under no god: Atheists, more than any religion, have been excluded from the election 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z But even the greatest atheist would like to believe there is something after death, Emilia says. Coast of Utopia 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z I’m an atheist and loved the film because it didn’t compromise. 'Blade Runner 2049 is a roaring achievement': readers on the best films of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z If "American Idol" is to faith what faith is to believing in God, then I went from agnostic to atheist in no short order. "American Idol" recap: Crystal Bowersox saves 2010-04-21T13:22:00Z The success of “His Dark Materials” made Pullman one of Britain’s prominent atheists. Philip Pullman’s ‘Daemon Voices’ Casts an Entrancing Spell 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z While he loves the Tissot panel, he admitted, “I’m a raging atheist,” distancing himself from its religious message. Duane Michals Searches the Morgan and Finds Himself 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The atheist movement is not just small, but it is also among the least popular groups in the United States. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z Even the most radical atheists buy gifts for Christmas Eve and eat chocolates for Easter. Europe is not a secular paradise — and Americans should be careful when embracing this myth 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z As a philosopher — someone who cares deeply about intellectual honesty, verifiable evidence, critical thinking and moral thoughtfulness — I now find myself in direct opposition with many new atheist leaders. From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Once upon a time, I might’ve joined the groups of atheists decrying attempts to build intentional bridges of respect and collaboration between atheists and the religious. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z Sitting in class the day after my botched attempt at seeking secular community, I realized that I felt more at home with my religious colleagues than with the atheists from the day before. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z One, even this strident atheist, might go so far as to call it Christlike. Bye, Fred Phelps! Thanks for everything! 2014-03-21T14:35:00Z Mr. Maher commented that he did admire Mr. Reed’s courage in being willing to come debate the Bible with an atheist on TV. Bill Maher: Christian faith in God is the ‘purposeful suspension of critical thinking’ 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The oncologic pathologist Ali A. Rizvi is in the unenviable position of being in the two religious groups that are, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center study, ranked lowest by Americans: atheists and Muslims. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Two Books About Muslim Identity 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Locke didn’t see atheists or Roman Catholics quite deserving of the full measure of tolerance, but it is out of flawed beginnings that larger ideas develop. Exhibition Review: Folger Library Traces London’s Rise 2012-06-28T22:04:46Z She was Catholic and from the Midwest; I’m sort of the quintessential California atheist. The case for doing nothing: It's an intentional strategy, not a luxury or a cop-out 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z After all, I knew of the popular atheist discourse on the subject, which cast the religious not only as incorrect about metaphysical realities but as standing in the way of social and intellectual progress. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z Religious Knowledge Survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, atheists, on average, are better informed about religion and religious believers than believers are. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z His version of the Almighty, he added, "loves welcoming atheists to heaven with a smug grin on his face". Gervais blogs on divine new role 2011-07-22T11:02:32Z Many atheists — I’m one of them — look at the fact that consciousness is a physical construct, and are filled with wonder and awe. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z As an atheist, he taught me to question. My father’s double life 2014-03-24T23:07:00Z Yet some of us — mostly white men like myself — persisted in our conviction that, overall, the new atheist movement was still a force for good in the world. From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Compared to the atheists, the believers reported feeling more uncomfortable reciting the God dares. Do atheists secretly believe in God? 2013-04-27T12:00:00Z The problem is that Rand proclaimed at every opportunity that she was a militant atheist who felt nothing but contempt for Christianity as a religion of weaklings possessing a slave mentality. GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z An atheist state was financing the rescue of religious buildings. At Arles Festival, 7 Promising Photographers to Watch 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Now that atheists are organizing and making their presence known more than ever before, the ranks of religious leaders who no longer believe and want to come out is only likely to keep growing. 5 religious leaders who became outspoken atheists 2013-03-27T12:44:00Z In this story, Jeanne is an atheist, yet she agrees to see a rabbi, seemingly to placate her oldest sister. This Week in Fiction: Allegra Goodman 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z In French and Dutch periodicals, scandalized opponents breathlessly covered these developments, quick to denounce atheists and materialists. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Aslan, however, moved with facility among conservative Christians and liberal atheists, scattering data points and sound bites as he emerged as one of the most prominent Muslim-Americans in mainstream media. The Contradictions of Reza Aslan’s “Believer” 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z A self-styled Prince of Darkness, an atheist who fears he is “irretrievably consigned to perdition,” Jack gives off a raffish existential allure. Marilynne Robinson’s New Book Explores Love in Segregated America 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z I find that even atheists tend to perk up when discussing the possibilities and freedoms a more open, forgiving spirituality might bring to their lives. Is Any Topic Off Limits When You Write for Teenagers? Maybe Just One 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z The Muslim Student Union’s cup received the most donations, so the atheists attended mosque. Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z Almost immediately, I was bombarded on social media by atheist fans of the two men who were incensed that I would pontificate about a community to which I did not belong. Reza Aslan: Sam Harris and “New Atheists” aren’t new, aren’t even atheists 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Like many atheists, Niels seems unable to stop invoking a God whose existence he is supposed not to credit. The New Atheism 2011-08-26T21:55:10Z I’ve read and talked with a lot of believers — and with a lot of atheists who used to believe. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z Scared for their friends who are gay, and transgender, and black and Muslim and atheist and Jewish. What I will tell my daughters about Hillary Clinton’s loss and Donald Trump’s victory 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The acrimony between Mr. Say, 44, and the government surfaced last year when the pianist, who identifies himself as an atheist, was charged with insulting Islam and offending Muslims in postings on Twitter. Turkish Pianist Strikes Back Against ‘Censorship’ 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But his fans among the unreligious and the atheists were also happy just to relish the poetry of his lyrics and the idiosyncrasy of his voice. Country singer Kristofferson looks to end of road 2012-11-21T13:27:47Z I was a shop steward on the docks, I joined the Communist party at 25 and I became an atheist. The Spirit of '45: 'The poverty was dreadful' 2013-03-02T21:17:20Z We listened to people like Rush Limbaugh, who told us that America was in the clutches of evil liberal feminist atheists.” Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z But atheists have matched them bone for bone, especially the bones of their rationalist philosophers. Dust to dust 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ Pope Francis: Atheists are all right! 2013-05-23T14:20:00Z Mr. Burnett, 59, is a self-contained, acerbic, existential atheist with an earring, while Mr. Evans, 63, is an outgoing, verbose, practicing Christian with the gray beard of a philosopher. Want to Find Fulfillment at Last? Think Like a Designer 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Hitchens, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, is author of the best-selling atheist manifesto "God is Not Great." 'Hitch-22': the unvarnished, unapologetic Christopher Hitchens tells all 2010-06-22T00:12:00Z It’s about time those ruthless atheists were taken to task! Starbucks doesn’t hate Jesus: The malignant narcissism of the new “war on Christmas” crusaders gets the backlash it deserves 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Irish atheist friends, who have learned from experience not to believe a word that emanates from the Catholic hierarchy, tell me that they smell a whiff of Protestant prejudice in British condemnations of Catholic backwardness. The shameful history of silence on child abuse 2012-10-06T23:06:33Z In fact, a bus company in Pennsylvania recently rejected an ad from an atheist organization — an ad that literally had nothing on it but the URL of the organization, and the word, “Atheists.” Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z It is assumed that all blacks are believers; therefore, blacks admitting to be atheist are almost nonexistent. Letters: Letters on Black-Atheists Article 2011-12-03T00:12:22Z "My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn't understand to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me," she said. Anne Rice 'quits being a Christian' 2010-07-30T13:23:00Z As PZ Myers put it, atheists have the potential to be a progressive air force, shaking up the political landscape and changing the nature of culture-war issues that have long been mired in deadlock. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z He plays a hard-bitten 90-year-old atheist in the movie, which also stars Mr. Lynch. Harry Dean Stanton, Character Actor Who Became a Star, Dies at 91 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Even atheists or secular people can admit that the King James Version of the Bible is a beautifully written book and a nice piece of literature. The age of atheism: “If God exists, why is anybody unhappy?” 2014-02-15T15:45:00Z But believers still believe, in the same way that no one would become an atheist merely because a church spire fell down. Simon Hoggart's week: a stalking horse from the same stable 2013-02-01T15:39:43Z I’m that atheist guy—the guy with the atheist shirt and/or jacket and/or baseball cap in the airport or at a street fair. I am the Fox News atheist: “Some call me a militant atheist. Others call me a dick. I am neither” 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z She writes about the limitations of support groups, where she learns that “there are no atheists among the Stage IV cancer patients. … Except for me.” Writers Recount Stories of Grief and Joy in Illustrated Panels 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Like atheists themselves, these congregations are freewheeling, diverse and democratic, answering to no higher authority, so it’s dangerous to generalize too narrowly. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z The next time someone tells you atheists can’t change the world for the better… tell them about Rosalind Franklin and Thomas Edison. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z I was very interested in my faith throughout high school and had many arguments about faith with my Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and atheist friends. Rev. Paul Scalia, son of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, on faith and doubt 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z ‘I’m pretty much an atheist,’ I hear myself explaining, trying to inject the regretful tone that will tell them both that they are wasting their time and that I do not wish to be impolite. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z So while we wait around to fully succumb to drought, crop failure, and famine, here’s a list of the five most awful atheists. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z It is no wonder that many in the organized atheist community follow suit, lumping all religious believers together and shaming them as a uniformly condemnable bloc. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z I used to believe that homosexuals, atheists, immigrants, liberals and anyone who wasn’t white like us, were out to take away our rights as good, god-fearing Americans. How I escaped being a right-wing extremist 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z In His infinite wisdom, He’ll want to keep this hilarious old atheist nearby. James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z "In the 16th century, to be an atheist was to declare yourself an enemy of God," Hill says. Faustus doctored as Marlowe gets a monster-inspired makeover 2013-02-28T12:47:03Z Gifty’s colleagues are confirmed atheists, as unlikely to consider the action of sin and God as they would the influence of time travel and elves. Review | Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ is a book of blazing brilliance 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z It is possible be a positive atheist about the Christian God, for example, while maintaining a stance of negative atheism or even uncertainty on the question of a more abstract deity like a “prime mover.” 7 different types of non-believers 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “My mother is very devout,” said Mr. Adams, 30, a Washington resident who has published an atheist children’s book, “Aching and Praying,” but who in high school considered becoming a Baptist preacher. African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z He said he was an atheist, and she said her Christian faith was important to her. They Believed in Each Other 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Some serious bits, too, not least when Ms Lumley, playing a lifelong atheist, suddenly realises, and with a certain horror, that everything she has ever believed might not be true. Rewind TV: The Village; Jonathan Creek; Game of Thrones – review 2013-04-06T21:45:01Z Within an hour, almost 60,000 raging liberal atheists had seen it, hundreds of whom had repackaged it and sent it off again with acid commentary of their own. READ THIS YOU STUPID IDOITS! 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Adding to the tension in the play is that the atheist Freud, suffering from cancer, will kill himself a few weeks later. Hirsch and Cavanagh team up for `Freud' 2013-01-03T13:03:09Z The EA community, so far as I can tell, not only talks about being rational but actually puts it into practice, which distinguishes it, I would argue, from the contemporary new atheist movement. Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z He insists that “Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.” Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z But the mere existence of outspoken atheists creates a space in public dialogue where people who already have doubts about religion can air those doubts. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z In a sense they are modernist icons for the only society in the world that was officially atheist. Stirring portraits of communist Albania's women recall different reality 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Couldn’t he, at the very least, have spent 10 minutes Googling the phrase, “atheist grief”? Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z As atheism becomes more mainstream, we’ll see more atheists who are not interested in joining organizations or local groups based solely on a shared atheist identity. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z George Michael is gone…I'm an atheist but 2016 is making me believe in Satan. Celebrities Mourn Singer George Michael: 'He Was Such a Brilliant Talent' 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Although some atheists — myself included — may cringe at the “w” word, Emerson reminds us to be wary of casting our neighbors in a negative light. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z So rather than labeling yourself as an atheist, it might help to think of yourself as someone with an affirmative belief system that doesn’t happen to include an unseen omniscient force. I’m a Proud Atheist. Why Shouldn’t I Tell My Religious In-Laws? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z As a lifelong atheist, from a multi generational atheist "Jewish" family, I just can't buy the "being Jewish" litany given here by either reviewer or author. How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z What is this show telling us about atheists? Perspective | ‘Magnum P.I.,’ ‘Manifest’ and the problem of reviewing fall’s dreadful new shows 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z How surprising is it that outspoken atheist activists condemn religion? Bill Maher and Sam Harris’ proof is wrong: Their argument is based on an untrustworthy poll 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The two, both atheists, don't anticipate the same sort of backlash they got when a radical Muslim group was angered after they depicted the prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. 'South Park' guys make 'really different' Broadway 2011-03-22T17:59:15Z As Freud presses Lewis, formerly an atheist, to explain his embrace of Christianity and the two men delve into psychiatric assessment, the playwright, Mr. St. Germain, plows familiar territory. ?Freud?s Last Session? Prepares to Move Closer to Broadway 2011-10-01T01:00:56Z To the humble atheist it seems clear enough – when parties to a political dispute draw their primary inspiration from their respective, partisan gods, a peaceful solution drifts further away. Ian McEwan on winning the Jerusalem prize 2011-02-24T11:30:36Z Winter is an atheist but was raised Catholic, and that fall, she says, "all I could think was, 'I wish I could pray to someone.' " Mueller’s report is done. Is there still a point in having a prayer candle with his image on it? 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z “I’m an atheist and, before, we could live together, side by side. How will we live together now?” ‘Art is my weapon’: meet the Turkish artist taking on Erdoğan 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z It’s important to remember that most atheists were once believers. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z No critique of our society, from feminists, Marxists, Christians, Jews, Muslims or atheists is too harsh for me. My BF’s BF is a cruddy lout 2012-07-23T00:00:00Z I always have the Bible that I’m reading, because I’m an atheist. What the Magician Penn Jillette Can’t Travel Without 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z I’d love to hear the atheist perspective on what makes for a good religion, or the reason why different religions support different moralities. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z “Catholics have a term for it called Ministry of Presence, which I’m sure my dad would hate because he’s such a hard-core atheist.” From 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' to 'Burnpile' at the Kirk Douglas: Lucy Alibar finds her voice 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Seeking a public intellectual of their own, some black atheists have claimed the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, interpreting his arguments against teaching intelligent design in the classroom to be an endorsement of atheism. African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z This resulted in an exodus of women from the movement who decided that the “new atheist” label was no longer for them. From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z For a better glimpse into Jillette’s intellectual compartmentalization, consider this article he wrote for CNN called “I don’t know, so I’m an atheist libertarian.” Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z I am too cynical to get on board this particular Oprah bandwagon – too British, too atheist, too sensitive to schmaltz. Is gratitude the secret of happiness? I spent a month finding out 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Though it’s attracted the most media attention, the Sunday Assembly isn’t the only atheist gathering emerging from this crystallizing secular community. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z A private school curriculum called Accelerated Christian Education includes cartoons in which the atheist characters are rude, mean and drunk; and bad things happen to them. 20 amazing quotes from atheists that prove religion isn’t necessary for a meaningful life 2014-02-11T16:36:00Z March 7 decree from the Ministry of Interior prohibited, among other things, “calling for atheist thought in any form, or calling into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based.” Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia (where just talking about atheism is illegal) 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Eventually, with moral support from the Clergy Project, she moved on to become an outspoken atheist and the executive director of Humanists of Florida. 5 religious leaders who became outspoken atheists 2013-03-27T12:44:00Z We are atheists, but at 18 our daughter starting dating a pastor’s son. Perspective | Ask Amy: Atheist parents grieve daughter’s turn toward religion 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Heavenly Blessings: The state of California will pay nearly $2 million to an atheist former parolee who went back to prison after refusing to participate in an inpatient treatment program tinged with religion. Bad performances before Congress seem contagious 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z That is surely an overstatement: when was the last time a work of art was removed from a gallery or museum in response to pressure from atheists? Art vs. Blasphemy 2012-09-18T14:57:34Z She says she is a feminist in much the same way she is an atheist: "In neither case is it something I've given a lot of thought to; it just comes through upbringing." Shappi Khorsandi: the last laugh 2011-08-10T20:30:02Z “I am an atheist, but I say that if God exists, then it would be green,” Solanas said, referring to the colored handkerchiefs carried by those who support legalizing abortion. Argentine filmmaker shines light on country's abortion battle at... 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Part of the definition of a New Atheist appears to be encouraging others to let go of faith-based beliefs and base their actions on reason and knowledge; that’s not my role in the atheist community. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z For a continuing study on religion and paranormal belief, for example, Mr. Mowen said he is finding that “atheists tend to report higher belief in the paranormal than religious folk.” Many Americans Say They Believe in Ghosts. Do You? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Yet he refuted suggestions Afterlife would be "an atheist comedy" on the grounds that such a programme would not feature God or heaven. Gervais blogs on divine new role 2011-07-22T11:02:32Z Though I am an atheist, I am not without respect for people of faith — even fanatics, who despite some shortcomings have an impressive zeal. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: For a week I recorded my dreams. Here are my political prophecies. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Assuming Rubio is not using the “royal we” reserved for monarchs and other heads of state, he is, by speaking for the rest of us, insulting the growing atheist constituency in his electorate. Marco Rubio’s real disqualification: New video outlines bizarre religious faith — and he wants to govern by it 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Given the cultural pull toward religion, less than one-half of a percent of African-Americans identify themselves as atheists, compared with 1.6 percent of the total population, according to Pew. African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z Tyson doesn’t call himself an atheist, he calls himself an agnostic, since he associates the word “atheist” with “activist atheist,” and generally resists being identified with the atheist movement or any other “ism.” Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z Johnson says, “I think the greatest value of Sunday Assembly is its appeal to people who may not call themselves atheists. Less than 3% of the population identifies as ‘atheists.’ Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z I was raised a fundamentalist and spent four decades living as one; I’m still not ready to call myself an atheist. Former Christian fundamentalist: Science robbed me of my faith 2013-09-09T00:00:00Z Now in their fifth year, the Nine Lessons are back to provide atheists, rationalists and – just as importantly – lovers of great entertainment with the perfect festive fix. This week's new live comedy 2012-12-15T00:04:02Z The former is, of course, a deeply religious message — and seemed ill suited to a gathering of atheists. Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z But this isn’t a list of inspiring atheist scientists. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z There are surveys that say people will vote for almost anyone over an atheist. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z For several Christmases running, Robin Ince has staged a festive rationalist comedy event for atheists and lovers of science. The best comedy for spring 2011 2011-04-05T19:00:04Z As one philosopher put it, being a militant atheist is like “sleeping furiously.” Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z When believers write and talk and think about atheists, and about what they imagine atheists think and feel — why don’t they bother to ask us? Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z To the atheists I spoke with, this belief is completely out of touch with reality. John Kasich bags On Harry Potter: Ohio guv thinks it’s “weird” that Daniel Radcliffe is an atheist 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Of course, since they don’t wear scarlet A’s, atheist characters are only identifiable if the producers are making a point. Where are all the normal atheists? From smug Bill Maher to icy Sherlock, TV’s non-believers always let me down 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z We can grow the movement by spreading atheism, but also by getting atheists who don’t call themselves atheists to call themselves what they are. Meet the Fox News atheist — the man Bill O’Reilly calls a fascist and Sean Hannity thinks is evil 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z An atheist is simply someone who lacks a belief in God.” African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z Organized religion may be on the decline, with more Americans than ever identifying as either atheist, agnostic or religiously unaffiliated. 8 Podcasts for the Spiritual Searcher 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The lack of nuance in conversations about “the left” or “the regressive left” is one of the most annoying things about the current new atheist narrative. Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Darren, a cynic and atheist, is in constant conflict with the ancient faiths and superstitions of his family and country. Is Love/Hate Ireland's answer to The Wire? 2013-07-24T10:28:50Z Many atheists are trying to change this, of course, and are working to make atheism more visible and harder to ignore — but there’s still a huge amount of ignoring, and of ignorance. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z If the L.G.B.T.Q. movement had saints, a Jewish homosexual atheist scientist named Franklin Kameny would have an exalted place in the pantheon. The Brilliant Astronomer Who Devised New Tactics to Fight Anti-Gay Bias 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Atheists who tar great swathes of faith with their brush as just as intolerant as evangelicals who diminish the authenticity of atheists. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Honorable mention: United States. At first blush, claiming the United States is a good place for atheists seems preposterous. Eight of the best countries to be an atheist 2012-08-29T14:55:00Z It leaves people of faith with little incentive to buy in and reduces secularism’s personnel to the size of the tiny American atheist movement. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z Mr. Dennett and his fellow atheists, he argues, are the ones who are misreading Darwin. Alvin Plantinga?s New Book on God and Science 2011-12-13T22:30:17Z If you’ve ever made this “discrimination against atheists is against the law” argument, I have some really bad news for you. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z The letter was a response to the paper’s editor Eugenio Scalfari, and a call to spark “a sincere and rigorous dialogue” between Christians and atheists. Pope Francis woos atheists again 2013-09-12T18:34:00Z Along these lines, the new atheist movement has flirted with misogyny for years. From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The idea of the deathbed conversion raises another question: even if an atheist were to accept a theistic worldview, why should he choose to adopt Christianity, rather than any of the world’s many other religions? The Fantasy of the Deathbed Conversion 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z For one hour we create a place where there is no Jew or Gentile, no male or female, atheists or theists, gay or straight. Christians should abandon Christianity 2013-04-21T16:00:00Z The instinct is easily triggered, even in atheists. In the hands of an angry God 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z “I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.” Can a thinking person still have faith? My skeptical, honest quest for religious answers 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z It would not have occurred to me to say, as some do, that I am a ‘committed atheist’. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Banks, a self-described “evangelical atheist” and liberal, said his science fiction often conveyed his political views. Iain Banks, Novelist of Crime and Science Fiction, Dies at 59 2013-06-12T23:53:39Z A self-proclaimed feminist and atheist who claims that women who support anti-abortion legislation can be promiscuous, too, she is the face of a modern anti-abortion campaign that understands that optics are everything. ‘Battleground’ Review: A Look at the Anti-Abortion Movement 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z And for many atheists, the fact that life is finite makes it more precious, not less. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z Pastor Troy Schmidt of Florida appeared on “Fox and Friends” on Thursday morning, where he accused a secular group of trying to turn him into an “atheist chaplain.” “Fox and Friends” guest: Secularists want to turn me into “atheist chaplain” by removing prayer in schools 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z How is an obnoxiously uncouth comic like an undressed atheist? Style Invitational Week 1467: The Year in Redo, Part 1 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Next Fall Geoffrey Nauftts' drama about two men — one devoutly religious, the other an atheist — whose long-term relationship faces an unexpected crisis. L.A. theater openings, May 8-15: 'The Day Shall Declare It' and more 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z It takes babies and adults; Christians, Buddhists and atheists; the devout and the drug dealer; plus Gary Busey and the entire former cast of Perfect Strangers. REVIEW: The Leftovers Hurts, So Good 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z What is your reaction as an atheist to what's going on? "That's where I draw the line": David Cross has words for comics who moan about cancel culture 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Yet not a single leader of the new atheist movement has publicly mentioned the factual problems with the “hoax.” From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Throughout my life, most of my friends have been fashionable atheists of the creative classes, but it was becoming clearer to me that this does not exempt anyone from the very human need for meaning. Witches of America: how I became immersed in a growing movement 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z “But this would mean all Jews, Protestants, agnostics and atheists would be fired as well,” Martin wrote. Uproar over a gay teacher fired by Indianapolis Catholic school highlights ongoing divide 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z I’ve started to notice that I’m getting strong reactions from both Christians and atheists, who both tell me that this book proves what they knew about Jesus. ArtsBeat: The Life of Jesus: Reza Aslan Talks About ‘Zealot’ 2013-08-02T20:42:32Z The American people might forgive you for being a communist or an atheist. Hey, cowboy 2010-04-25T23:06:00Z A few days ago, the Times reported that many people in Norway—atheists, Lutherans, a princess—believe in the existence of ghosts. The Tricks and Treats of Occult Photography 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z “If I convert it’s because it’s better that a believer dies than that an atheist does.” ‘Mortality,’ by Christopher Hitchens 2012-08-31T22:50:05Z And many agnostic or atheist scientists still see themselves as spiritual, according to Ecklund and Christopher Scheitle, assistant professor of sociology at West Virginia University. One of America’s top climate scientists is an evangelical Christian. She’s on a mission to persuade skeptics. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Lincoln bought into it and went through quite a long “village atheist” phase. Abraham Lincoln, bare-knuckle brawler? 2012-12-12T22:26:00Z Earth is annihilated after aliens destroy the moon, giant robots battle monsters, and in a comedy take on the biblical rapture, mortals are left behind to deal with atheists and spirits. Aliens, rapture, giant robots: Hollywood takes on the apocalypse 2013-04-19T15:27:01Z I’m an atheist and observe Christmas as a secular holiday, divorced from its Christian origins. I won’t shop on Thanksgiving 2012-11-23T01:00:00Z Banks himself was a self-declared "evangelical atheist" and a man of decided political views, often expressed with humorous exasperation and sometimes requiring ripe language. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z But just as Christians bring their own distinctive faith to the holiday, so atheists appreciate an aspect of it that remains inaccessible to believers. Why Christmas is for everyone | Julian Baggini 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z But unlike atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, he is not out to embarrass religious belief and chase its subscribers from the public square. In the hands of an angry God 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The study’s finding that believers frequently call atheists “angry” is easy to see in the real world. The ugly fiction the religious project onto atheists 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The ever-polemical atheist author Christopher Hitchens died two years ago this month, yet his incisive, erudite diatribes against religion continue to rile the faithful and spark debate. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z We have every reason to expect that this will lead to more outspoken atheists and fewer people willing to do the religious right’s bidding. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z “I’m a very committed atheist. I believe in facts.” A Séance Relies on Illusion. So Does Theater. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Critics, such as the late atheist writer Christopher Hitchens, who made a documentary called "Hell's Angel" on Mother Teresa, say the system is flawed. Mother Teresa borne to sainthood by complex, mysterious process 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Mikkelsen was raised by communist atheist parents, but says that at first he felt no obstacle to playing a man of God. Lars Mikkelsen: I found God after playing a boozy, lusty priest 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “You don’t get atheist directors to direct movies that deal with the Bible,” he told Fox News. From ‘Exodus’ to ‘God’s Not Dead 2’: The new wave of religious movies, explained 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z What form such an atheist religion should take, though, God only knows. In the hands of an angry God 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z You've been declared "the world's most outspoken atheist" in the past. Philip Pullman: a life in writing 2011-03-03T12:00:00Z Reasonable atheists, “New” and old, would not argue with this. 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z On 2013’s “Those Crazy Christians,” Paisley sings from the position of a grouchy atheist willing to admit that, “If I ever really needed help, well, you know who I’d call is those crazy Christians.” Brad Paisley’s country continues to expand its borders It’s just that I’m not committed in the way that Richard Dawkins is committed, in terms of devoting vast amounts of energy to an atheist project. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z The irony in Sanders’ case is that a Gallup poll from last year found 58 percent of Americans would vote for an atheist running for president, while only 47 percent would vote for a socialist. One nation, under no god: Atheists, more than any religion, have been excluded from the election 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Lining up on the atheist side were the prolific Oxford philosopher A.C. ArtsBeat Blog: Have a Little Faith? At NYU, The Debate Rages On 2011-11-16T20:55:51Z The circus-like atmosphere left me with my original question about evangelical atheists. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z I looked around the room, focusing on each individual face; here were people who believed in a God I had theorized away years ago, yet they felt more like kin than most atheists I knew. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z You don’t have to be an atheist to recognize that “The Shack” is terrible. Those movie nerds behind the video-store counter are back — and they’re doing podcasts 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z It’s illegal to deny atheist students in public high schools the right to organize clubs. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z Yes, the law is mostly on our side, and atheists and church-state separation advocates generally win these lawsuits. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z There are reportedly no atheists in a foxhole, but do any exist beside the grave of a beloved, devout father? ‘Like a JDate for the Dead’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z I don’t really qualify as an atheist, but I have a difficult time conceiving of any sort of personal deity and do not belong to any church. “Winter’s Tale” and America’s tortured quest for the divine 2014-02-15T17:00:00Z Woody Allen, the urbane atheist of the upper east side, is very much his own invention. Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z You’re quite famous as an atheist; the word “militant” is often used to describe your atheism. The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z On religion, she claimed to be an atheist. When Your Greatest Romance Is a Friendship 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z His work was beloved by fans of science fiction and comic writing, by atheists and environmentalists, and by nearly everyone, it seems, who found his novels at an impressionable age. Remembering Douglas Adams: Was he political? 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z But to the confusion and dismay of my atheist friends, I'm not giving up on God. The evangelical purity trap for women: “A lamb outside of your marriage bed and a tiger in it” 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z The role of religion in society is complex, and atheists aren’t necessarily more ethical than religious believers, so I take an intersectional approach to atheist activism. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Many of the points Spufford makes against Dawkins are valid, but if he is right in saying atheist polemicists caricature religious faith, so does his condescending truculence toward atheists distort their argument. An Essayist Searching for Alternate Worlds 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z I instantly reminded them that I am an atheist. Perspective | Ask Amy: Atheist should consider becoming ‘goshfather’ 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Attention is focussed, instead, on atheists who are also luminaries, like Hitchens. The Fantasy of the Deathbed Conversion 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z In the end, 59 percent of the audience voted for a world without religion, with the undecideds swinging clearly toward the atheists. ArtsBeat Blog: Have a Little Faith? At NYU, The Debate Rages On 2011-11-16T20:55:51Z “Instead he looked at the latest Harry Potter book and pondered why British actor Daniel Radcliffe is an atheist.” John Kasich bags On Harry Potter: Ohio guv thinks it’s “weird” that Daniel Radcliffe is an atheist 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Did an equal number of atheists, Jews, Muslims and Christians die? Atheists’ misguided fight over the 9/11 memorial 2014-03-07T19:35:00Z What is your greatest fear?That the atheists have got it right. Q&A: Pamela Stephenson Connolly 2012-11-09T22:59:00Z It took me from being an atheist to a believer in a spiritual center of the universe that I’m a sliver of. Neal Brennan Thinks Auteurs Can Still Make Chipotle Commercials 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z A century and change into the future, Earth has been destroyed in a war between two groups of people: the theocratic Mithraic, who worship a deity called Sol, and the technocratic atheists. ‘Raised by Wolves’ Is TV’s Wildest Hallucination 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z With zero atheists or agnostics in Congress, millions of Americans have no one in the federal government speaking to their lack of piety and desire to protect it. One nation, under no god: Atheists, more than any religion, have been excluded from the election 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z The proselytising atheists rounding on the astronomer royal, Sir Martin Rees, for accepting a £1m award from an idiosyncratic foundation fall into a similar trap. Martin Rees: Prize war 2011-04-07T23:05:06Z The son of Yiddish-speaking Jewish atheist immigrants who dedicated their lives to preserving the culture Hitler tried to destroy, Mr. Hoffman was steeped in Yiddish early on. Avi Hoffman and Suzanne Toren on ‘Death of a Salesman’ and Yiddish 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z And it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that, if believers actually found out how atheists think and feel, it would present a serious challenge to their beliefs. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z I mean atheist characters on TV shows with mass audiences. Where are all the normal atheists? From smug Bill Maher to icy Sherlock, TV’s non-believers always let me down 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z They’re atheists who treat the figure of Satan as an inspiring piece of mythology, a symbol of individual freedom and resistance to oppressive orthodoxy. Why so many Christians still literally believe in demons and Satan 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Q: I can imagine there are an infinite number of families who would like to have their stories told: Catholic parents of an atheist. How Andrew Solomon’s memoir of coming out became a completely different story 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z This is perhaps why so many atheists today ask for equal airtime alongside our religious neighbors — we want to be taken seriously, to be seen as equally ethical individuals. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z Ms. Schneider describes herself as an atheist who doesn’t believe in the occult or the supernatural but, as she said, “It’s not a queer meet cute if there’s not tarot.” ‘Jeopardy!’ Hasn’t Had a Player Like Amy Schneider 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z In places where there are few opportunities for friendship and social gathering outside a church, life as an atheist can be lonely and isolating. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z But despite the prominence of a handful of atheist intellectuals like Richard Dawkins or the late Christopher Hitchens, it’s startling to realize that outright nonbelievers remain a tiny minority, well into the 21st century. “Winter’s Tale” and America’s tortured quest for the divine 2014-02-15T17:00:00Z "There are certain people I can’t tell that I am atheist," she said. The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is on the rise 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z In fact, atheists are generally better informed about the specifics of given religions than the believers in those very religions. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z My horrified atheist parents caught me in my extracurricular worship and banned me from further immersion in Bible-bashing rock and attending church. My life is full of religion and education – but no men 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Color me disappointed for presuming an American atheist couldn’t possibly be so myopic. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z There’s Connie, a former atheist who found religion when she drove away her unwanted sleep visitors by invoking the name of Jesus, and Forrest, who made Halloween masks of the faces he saw. ‘A dark presence squats on my chest’: the waking nightmare of sleep paralysis 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z It warned God’s little lambs to avoid sour unhappy people called “atheists.” 20 amazing quotes from atheists that prove religion isn’t necessary for a meaningful life 2014-02-11T16:36:00Z Sophie, like Taubes, was born in Hungary, the granddaughter of the chief rabbi of Budapest and the daughter of an atheist psychoanalyst. A Skeptical Heroine, Unconvinced by Religion, Romance or Psychoanalysis 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z He was this defiant Christian, quasi-Jew atheist — everything at the same time. Igor Levit on Frederic Rzewski: ‘The People’s Composer’ 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z The novel’s protagonist, Sophie Blind, like Taubes, was born in Hungary, the granddaughter of the chief rabbi of Budapest and the daughter of an atheist psychoanalyst. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z On the subject of comedians making the world a better place, the Evening Standard reports that Pippa Evans and Sanderson Jones's "atheist church", the Sunday Assembly, is going global. Will Frankie Boyle go hungry for Guantánamo's detainees? 2013-07-16T14:00:59Z I quote: The new atheists proclaim their gospel with the fervour of believers: God is dead, man is free, free from the destructive illusions of religion and morality, of reason and virtue. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z But, even as an atheist, you feel a bit of a spoilsport for chalking up your belief that this is as good as it gets. The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society – review 2012-12-19T18:49:35Z The Satanic Temple says it's really an atheist organization, despite a statue depicting its leader as a tall human with a goat's head and horns and two children looking on adoringly. After-school 'Satan Club' takes new aim at archenemy: Christian clubs for kids 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Since then, Barker has become a prominent atheist leader and author, writing two books about his journey and working with the Clergy Project and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. 5 religious leaders who became outspoken atheists 2013-03-27T12:44:00Z His father was a Southern Baptist preacher who also managed a steakhouse; Zimmerman became a vegetarian atheist. Nine Shows to Catch at the New York Comedy Festival 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z He is now an atheist but still accompanies the family to church. Relationship Podcasts Reveal the Truth About Marriage 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z She is an atheist, “but then there has to be some smudging of the edges for me,” she said. When Her Mother Died, She Found Solace at a Korean Grocery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Nothing new about the first, but atheists’ zeal keeps surprising me. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z It featured 19 Finnish atheists, who participated in an expanded version of the first experiment. Do atheists secretly believe in God? 2013-04-27T12:00:00Z The fact that atheists are the minority group Americans least want their children to marry? Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z Which sucks for atheists because that’s apparently how they celebrate the holiday. 10 most absurd right-wing Christian billboards 2014-05-06T11:00:00Z But both believers and atheists have been conditioned to read only evasiveness in more complicated answers. The Book of Mormon: the Great American Bible 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z For years I’ve been watching for atheists—for people like me—on network TV. Where are all the normal atheists? From smug Bill Maher to icy Sherlock, TV’s non-believers always let me down 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Wolfe does not complain about evolution on religious grounds; in fact, he is an atheist. Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Kingdom of Speech’ Takes Aim at Darwin and Chomsky 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Though he had been a militant atheist in college, he earned a master’s in divinity from Yale. Ralph Waite, Patriarch in TV Series ‘The Waltons,’ Dies at 85 2014-02-14T06:00:50Z Now I am an atheist after having served my time in the depths of fundamentalist Christianity. Can Sobriety Be as Interesting as Addiction? A Writer Wonders 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z “I’m not just an atheist – I believe religion is dangerous. It sets morals that people can’t live up to,” he says. 'I haven’t seen a healthy version of marriage': children of divorce on the lasting impact 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z One is the argument between atheists and believers. A common thread to the Mall Galleries' needle over conceptual art 2010-09-16T14:55:00Z “They’re telling us to be atheists, when we want to say this is what we believe,” he continues. “Fox and Friends” guest: Secularists want to turn me into “atheist chaplain” by removing prayer in schools 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The biggest leap was among the “unaffiliated,” a group that includes atheists, agnostics and “nothing in particular.” Delusional, prudish, selfish, violent: This is how Americans compare to the rest of the world 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The “new atheist” movement emerged shortly after the 9/11 attacks with a best-selling book by Sam Harris called “The End of Faith.” From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The fact that only 54 percent of Americans think atheists could share their vision of society? Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z “And for a cynical old atheist to use the word ‘magical’ means something.” Handmade blankets for homeless crafted with ‘love’ come to Capitol Hill 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z He became an atheist and an embittered critic of organized religion. Alzheimer’s broke his silence 2012-10-29T00:00:00Z During this election, when it was simply proposed that Bernie Sanders may secretly be an atheist, the resulting furor forced him to roundly reject such an offensive accusation. One nation, under no god: Atheists, more than any religion, have been excluded from the election 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z For G. H. Hardy, he was an atheist who was all about rigor and proof. Matthew Brown Narrates a Scene From ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z When you look specifically at those non-Christians who are also religiously unaffiliated, such as atheists and agnostics, the numbers were even more astonishing, with 87% of "nones" saying that they do celebrate Christmas. Atheists aren't fighting a "war on Christmas" — many of us even celebrate it 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Emerging amidst a rash of new atheist literature — which considers the possibility of a more religious Atheism, and a more structured lack of faith — its time is intellectually ripe. Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z There were plenty of atheist immigrants too—Swedes and Germans, and so on. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z "This is about more to us than one atheist objecting when there is something on the wall that doesn't pertain to her." Rhode Island public school agrees to remove prayer 2012-02-17T06:53:02Z Christopher Zinovitch is just as effective as Luke’s neurotic atheist lover, Adam, who can’t abide Luke’s twisted justifications for “sinning” with him. ‘Next Fall’ a skillful blend of wit, drama and family 2013-03-15T22:54:19Z The fact that you're Muslim and an atheist, it doesn't come up that much, but there was an episode this season where it did come up. Aasif Mandvi talks "Evil," djinns and "the appeal of Trump" despite being hated by GOP leaders 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Richard Dawkins, biologist and radical atheist, doubled down on his distaste for religion in an interview with The Irish Times on Tuesday evening in advance of a talk at Trinity College Dublin. Richard Dawkins on attack: “Children need to be protected” from religious parents 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z There is also something intrinsically courageous about being an atheist. 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z I grant that the term “atheist church” sounds clunky and self-contradictory, because these areas of human interaction have historically been claimed by religion and our language doesn’t have good non-religious words for them. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z The mere act of atheists saying, “We exist” — this is enough to send many believers into fits, accusing us of being offensive, provocative, mocking, flaunting, and hateful. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z There should be no Jewish state, no Christian state, no Muslim state, no Hindu state and not even an officially atheist state. Can American Jews Be Both Liberal and Pro-Israel? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z “Give it up for Jesus Christ, always making things nice and simple for everyone,” Healy, a noted atheist, told the audience ahead of 2016’s “If I Believe You.” Review | The 1975’s show at the Anthem was an emotional roller coaster. That’s a good thing. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The show's scandalous pilot features a heady mix of sexual innuendo, Christian vs. atheist antagonism, and a raft of racial slurs. Celebrating Norman Lear, progressive architect of the Archie-verse, as he turns 100 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Social Democratic Sweden struck me even at the time as a theocracy organised around the worship of itself, and the official ideology was atheist. If we are to cope with climate change we need a new moral order 2012-08-21T07:30:01Z To say explicitly he is an atheist, he said, “would break my grandmother’s heart.” African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z The next time someone tells you atheists have no meaning in their lives… tell them about Stephen Hawking. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z Because of this, it’s not quite right to put the United States in the official list of good nations for atheists, at least not yet. Eight of the best countries to be an atheist 2012-08-29T14:55:00Z Although he grew up in an atheist household in Stanmore, north London, Kosminsky is, as he puts it "racially Jewish"; his paternal grandfather came to Britain, aged three, as a refugee from pogroms in Poland. Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine 2011-01-23T00:03:05Z The formula was developed to accommodate those branches of Christianity that believe swearing to be an offence, but it is now available to atheists and to agnostics. A Brief History of Oaths and Books 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z "Miller was an atheist, and so was I, but we both had this tremendous regard for the intellectual grounding of their theology," Morgan told the AP in 2002. Edmund S. Morgan, colonial scholar, dies at 97 2013-07-09T13:05:12Z There's the Jewish side, and then the Christian side, and then the atheist part and it's all mixed in there. Jim Gaffigan’s second act is much richer than his Hot Pockets persona 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z They were both grandsons of rabbis from Eastern Europe, and both atheists. From Michael Lewis, the Story of Two Friends Who Changed How We Think About the Way We Think 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The late communist dictator Envier Hoxha banned religion in 1967, driving Albania's Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim faithful alike underground in his drive to create what he boasted was the world's first atheist state. Pope, on trip to mainly Muslim Albania, condemns Islamist militants 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Us atheists may find similar nourishment in Daft Punk. Readers recommend: songs about repetition ? the results 2011-03-17T16:30:02Z Jones both directs and plays White, an atheist professor who has just attempted suicide. 10 Streaming Movies to Keep Your Summer Interesting 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z These words, I have come to realize, are nowhere to be found in the new atheist lexicon. From the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages: How “new atheism” slid into the alt-right 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z “What do you mean, ‘one of those atheists?’” Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z If he sounds peeved, well, it’s hard being an atheist in the United States, where plenty of people behave in decidedly un-Christian ways, but to speak ill of Christianity or other religions can be career-ending. Atheist TV Has Its Premiere, on Roku and Online 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z But according to the Pew Research Center, 1 in 5 of Americans now say they’re either atheist, agnostic, or that they simply don’t believe in anything in particular. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z On the face of it, Schuller and Johnson were a very strange match, the self-made Orange County televangelist and the smoothly moneyed New York architect who was also an atheist and gay. The Crystal Cathedral redesign: Why tasteful updates add up to architectural disappointment 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z It’s what works for about two percent of the U.S. population who currently identify as atheists, and for about 20 percent who are agnostic or unaffiliated with any particular set of beliefs. My child is not in heaven: Your religion only makes my grief harder 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z I don't think I'm anything like the world's most outspoken atheist. Philip Pullman: a life in writing 2011-03-03T12:00:00Z Re: Religious differences: In my case, I’m the religious one and my husband is the atheist. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Their beliefs differ. Can she have faith in their marriage enduring? 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z An atheist for decades, Rice returned to her childhood faith of Catholicism in 1998. Anne Rice 'quits being a Christian' 2010-07-30T13:23:00Z These unaffiliated Americans aren’t necessarily atheists; most report having some supernatural beliefs. The Leftovers: confusion and doubt mirrors my religious journey 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s illegal to make atheists swear religious oaths when they testify in court. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z Sonia’s father is North African and her mother is French, but both are atheists, and both are at a loss to understand their daughter’s susceptibility to an apocalyptic vision of Islam. A New Film About Young French Women Drawn to Jihadism 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Jamila Bey, a 35-year-old journalist, said, “To be black and atheist, in a lot of circles, is to not be black.” African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z In that exclusive interview, Hawking stated that he is an atheist. Creationist Ray Comfort attacks Stephen Hawking: “The Bible says he’s a fool” 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z And then tell me — or any other atheist — that we don’t experience discrimination. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z For an atheist, there is an analogous approach. An Affordable Sitter in a Foreign Land 2010-04-14T03:03:00Z Two recent studies show that the public believes atheists are a threat to the moral fabric of society. No God in our house: Challenges of an atheist parent 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Alongside them, I count as friends and loved ones Lutherans, and Protestants, and Quakers, and Jews, and Buddhists, and Muslims and atheists. My Steubenville 2013-03-28T00:00:00Z The video was released just days before three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, were murdered by a white atheist—a crime many suspect was motivated by anti-Muslim hatred. “Does your oppression look good on me?”: It’s time to stop playing dress-up in other people’s cultures 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z For my Jewish atheist parents, forging a secular path in 1970s Oxford, things were more complicated. How we embraced Christmas 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z I have been punished by a God I don't believe in and he has thrown me off the cross for impersonating his son, for being an atheist, and for being a disaster. Sebastian Horsley found dead at London home 2010-06-17T18:11:00Z Plus: Margaret Gray talks with Alibar and director Neel Keller about how they turned stories about her Florida Panhandle childhood and atheist father deep in Pentecostal territory into theater. Essential Arts & Culture: Arts District high-rises, culture critics on Trump and throat singing 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z He is an atheist, but hates the absolutism of some modern atheists. Weird science 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Dogs are neither theist nor atheist, sectarian nor agnostic. Sick of forced gratitude, phony traditions? Take a lesson from Rover 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z De Botton might appeal to a more scholarly crowd — but both he and Jones are after the same target audience: soulful atheists. Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z Obviously, there has also never been an atheist president. One nation, under no god: Atheists, more than any religion, have been excluded from the election 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z And in a surprise kicker, two economists report this desirable type of entrepreneurship is associated with a greater percentage of atheists and agnostics in a state’s population. Forget the Protestant work ethic: Atheists make better innovators 2014-03-03T01:00:00Z “The idea of being irreligious and even atheist is spreading because of the contradiction between what Islamists say and what they do,” he said. Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia (where just talking about atheism is illegal) 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z How did Lincoln go from being known as the village atheist to not only a man of faith, but the sort of deep faith that people could relate to? Abraham Lincoln, bare-knuckle brawler? 2012-12-12T22:26:00Z For some scientists who are also atheists, other scientists who have a religious belief are something that needs to be explained. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z This was in 2000, and Mr. Adams did not meet another black atheist in Washington until 2009, when he found the Facebook group called Black Atheists, which immediately struck a chord. African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z Science is claiming a monopoly of knowledge, and thus some scientific atheists are intent on depriving religion of any cognitive status. Jonathan Sacks on Richard Dawkins: “New atheists lack a sense of humor” 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Ferrari started a club for “the impious, heretics, apostates, blasphemous, atheists, pagans, agnostics and infidels.” León Ferrari, Provocative Argentine Conceptual Artist, Dies at 92 2013-08-01T03:33:50Z Dear Amy: Responding to the letter from “Atheistic, but Not Amoral,” for both theists and atheists, the matter of belief is not a choice. Ask Amy: Parents won’t forgive drunken rant 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z I'm an atheist, a good old North Korean style atheist. Book Talk: Jim Crace says last novel a generous gift 2013-02-14T11:14:29Z There has yet to be an openly gay or atheist Miss America. Miss America finally apologizes to Vanessa Williams — but has the pageant really become more supportive of its women? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The vampire community lives by a Bill of Ethics, and research has shown that atheists are no less moral than theists. Atheists are no less moral: The sad delusion of the Christian Evangelical movement 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z All I need to do to multiply the movement by a factor of ten is get atheists to call themselves atheists, we don’t have to change opinions about God. Meet the Fox News atheist — the man Bill O’Reilly calls a fascist and Sean Hannity thinks is evil 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z I'm half Italian, half French, three quarters Catholic, a quarter Jewish, 100% atheist. How to separate your dad from Bruce Springsteen 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z But it’s also the case that non-believers — not atheists as a group, but certain individual atheists and other non-believers — are among our most respected and beloved heroes. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z Jillette’s profoundly illogical explanation defies deconstruction: What makes me libertarian is what makes me an atheist — I don’t know. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z I recently published an article on Salon in which I criticize the “new atheist” movement. Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z It gives a history of the murderous revolutionary theocracy, including an account of the rarely discussed mass execution of imprisoned communists and atheists in 1988. Ian McEwan: By the Book 2012-12-06T15:54:37Z He left the lesson-reading to others in the congregation, his theme being the creative imagination's similarity to religious belief and how he wouldn't really trust novelists who called themselves atheists. Bath festival's reading will revive the spirit of the King James Bible 2011-02-22T18:09:34Z Well, as these findings suggest, atheists are more likely to do so. Don’t trust the Godless 2012-07-01T15:00:00Z “We need more people like Alex using their voice and intellect to define a level of coherence that is beyond the current dichotomies of left and right, spiritual or atheist.” A Pop Star Becomes a Guru 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z “Despite being an atheist or a nonbeliever, he’s the most pious and religious character in the show,” Baltz said. Tim Baltz on How B.J. Grabbed a Win in ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z As a diehard atheist I am meant to have no time for organised religion. The prophets of modern dieting want you to feel guilty about food 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z And, of course, what would outraged atheists do without the attention-seeking antics of fundamentalist believers? Chasing rainbows: why myths matter 2012-07-18T10:33:12Z Some may call it God, and others the cosmos, but even atheists come out of psychedelic therapy changed by the experience. Michael Pollan Drops Acid — and Comes Back From His Trip Convinced 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Seltzer wrote a bestseller called The Varieties of Religious Illusion, and is known as "the atheist with a soul". 36 Arguments for the Existence of God by Rebecca Goldstein 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z Her roughly 161,000 followers include former Mennonites, retired police officers, knitters, cat owners, recovering alcoholics, vegetarians, atheists and women married to women. Living the #ConventLife 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z In the first of the series, the atheist villain is knocked down by a car and converts as he is dying. Faith films challenge Hollywood at box office 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z She joked that the atheists in the audience would just have to endure for four minutes. Review: Kristin Chenoweth, That Perky Performer With the Powerhouse Pipes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Unlike her religious father, she is what she calls a “militant atheist”; she lacks the same underlying bitterness of her mother and outshines her hardworking but overlooked elder sister. In Two London Plays, Being Black Means Looking From the Outside In 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z And that fact that he was an atheist would surely make a hellfire and brimstone type’s head explode. Someone hates Roger Ebert: Westboro Baptist 2013-04-08T15:23:00Z But of course we do grieve, even the atheists. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z As an atheist, it has taken me a good deal of time to articulate what exactly angers me about Bill Maher, and I’ve finally figured it out. Bill Maher, atheist fundamentalist: Why he gives nonbelievers a bad name 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z People that followed me, if they were far right, they’re probably not atheists like me. Ricky Gervais on ‘After Life’ and Life After the Golden Globes 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Based on the best-selling book written by Lee Strobel, a former journalist at The Chicago Tribune, the movie depicts his process of going from a hard-nosed newsman and atheist to a devout Christian and minister. Forget Netflix and Chill. Try Pure Flix and Pray. 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Isaac's spiritual search leads him into the military and later to the Seattle home of an atheist uncle. Review: 'The Thin Place' at Intiman ruminates on religion, lost and found 2010-05-24T23:08:00Z In much of the world, it is literally against the law to be an atheist, and to say so, and to say anything critical of religion. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z It’s illegal for public schools to prevent students from viewing atheist Web sites, while allowing them to look at religious ones. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z Dawkins, among the best known of the “new atheists,” was 15 when he stopped believing in God. New & Noteworthy, From Missing Dad to Quitting God 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Gaylor said the banners and lighted "A" for atheist signs are in response to religious displays, which the foundation said should not be in public places such as parks or government buildings. No room at the inn? Atheists see holiday displays vandalized 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z In adult company, you might find yourself debating whether the film is a Christopher Hitchens-style atheist polemic or a more pragmatic, William Jamesian exploration of the varieties of religious experience. ‘Sausage Party’ Is an Animated Sex Comedy About Food ... and God 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z If “stupid atheists want to give me their money” that’s their business, he says, joking that he donates it all to churches. Bill Maher’s “dirty secret”: He’s deeply religious and prays with Ann Coulter 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The fact they were atheist made no difference at all. Philip Pullman on His New Trilogy and the upcoming 'His Dark Materials' TV Show 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Rebecca Hensler: First of all, there’s the realistic fear many have of living as out atheists. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z And the atheists have requested that if the cross is not removed, there be a plaque noting that “Atheists died here, too.” Atheists’ misguided fight over the 9/11 memorial 2014-03-07T19:35:00Z Next week, the first atheist TV network is launching. Here comes the all-atheist TV network 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Dear Amy: I loved your suggestions to the “Atheist Godfather,” who wondered how to be both an atheist and a godfather. Perspective | Ask Amy: Estrangement interferes with family relationships 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Darwinians, fundamentalists, atheists and believers: Pray that this cup pass from you. Review | Attention, Tom Hanks: Dan Brown’s new novel, ‘Origin,’ is ready for you 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z In the most recent Pew survey of religious belief, only 1.6 percent of responders called themselves atheists, which is almost exactly the same as the proportion of Jews or Mormons. “Winter’s Tale” and America’s tortured quest for the divine 2014-02-15T17:00:00Z In fact he is from a Jewish background, although he describes himself as an atheist. Films poke fun at Jews, Muslims, suicide bombers 2010-04-09T11:19:00Z He closed out the program by declaring, “Thank you to God for making me an atheist.” Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z A 2012 poll by WIN-Gallup International of about 500 Saudis found that 5 percent described themselves as “convinced atheist.” This was well below the global average of 13 percent. Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia (where just talking about atheism is illegal) 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z At the outset, he identifies himself as an atheist who, after adolescence, left behind his own religious upbringing, and draws upon his experience as an anthropologist living among hunter-gatherers in Botswana. Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Ejiofor: I think it would be a transition from atheist to agnostic. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Craig Zobel Talk 'Z for Zachariah' 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z But I’ve learned recently that just as surely as you can be an atheist for a year, you can be a part-time vegan. Confessions of a part-time vegan: How changing my diet changed my life 2014-01-27T15:59:00Z Earlier this month, theoretical physicist and prominent atheist Lawrence Krauss accepted the American Humanist Association’s “Humanist of the Year” award. Physicist Lawrence Krauss argues science (and society) outgrew religion 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Why believers should forgo this comforting certainty, which is so readily available to atheists, is a mystery to me. Barbara Ehrenreich: My search for truth as a non-believer 2014-04-12T12:15:00Z When the military took power in 1973, Chile’s most famous poet was Pablo Neruda, a Nobel Prize winner and atheist communist. Move Over, Pablo Neruda. Young Chileans Have a New Favorite Poet. 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z The band’s lyrics and arrangements were largely left alone; the Beatles may have talked a big old atheist game, but it’s not difficult to see the religiosity in their songs. Hillsong Unites Believers and Those Old Agnostics John, Paul, George and Ringo 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z It’s what works for about 2 percent of the U.S. population who currently identify as atheists, and for about 20 percent who are agnostic or unaffiliated with any particular set of beliefs. My child is not in heaven: Your religion only makes my grief harder 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z And unlike Ann, a devout Christian, Loomis is an atheist and a scientist—he’s been protected from radiation by a high-tech suit—and views their situation in practical terms. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Craig Zobel Talk 'Z for Zachariah' 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The world of religious media is full of examples of believers accusing atheists of being “angry.” The ugly fiction the religious project onto atheists 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The fact that I’m an atheist doesn’t matter. Inside Art: Judaica, Ballets Russes Art and James Turrell Works 2013-01-10T23:30:00Z Attorney Edwin F. Kagin adds that the cross “violates the First Amendment because atheists are not represented equally.” Atheists’ misguided fight over the 9/11 memorial 2014-03-07T19:35:00Z A gambler, an atheist and a closeted gay man, Almeida tries to navigate the afterlife, and is told he has “seven moons” to learn who killed him and to uncover his cache of photos. Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The church has experienced a revival since the collapse of the officially atheist Soviet Union in 1991. Russian punk rockers in jail for anti-Putin prayer 2012-03-14T12:21:16Z With “Lucky,” opening Friday, Sept. 29, Harry Dean Stanton, who died this month, landed the role of a lifetime as a 90-year-old, desert-town atheist seeking spiritual enlightenment as he confronts the void beyond. Harry Dean Stanton, and the Movies That Broke Him Free 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Herb wanted to overturn the provision in the state constitution that prohibited atheists from holding public office. Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Worried About Telling Him My Age’ 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “I’m not an atheist for the same reason I’m not a theist,” he wrote last summer. George Jonas, Whose Book Was the Basis of the Film ‘Munich,’ Dies at 80 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Just 60 percent of Americans identify as religious, last he heard, while the ranks of atheists swell. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z You’ve written to an atheist, Norwegian/British feminist asking what to do about your arranged marriage. I’m unsure about the fiancee my parents found me | Mariella Frostrup 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z The mystery is handled competently if a bit perfunctorily, with a typical gallery of suspects including an immigrant Iranian pizza maker, a fervent atheist and a skeevy businessman pushing a shopping-mall project. Here’s the Latest in Nordic TV, Noir and Otherwise 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The atheist may lie down with the believer, the encyclopedia with the poem. Ian McEwan: when faith in fiction falters – and how it is restored 2013-02-16T08:30:12Z I'm an atheist, but I have this weird ethnic mix. United front: breasts without the airbrush 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z When she was twelve, Taylor’s other grandmother—“the Buddhist, Canadian one, not the atheist libertarian one”—took her to visit a New Age healer. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z It's merely a series of sung questions: "Is there a heaven for atheists when we watch the Christians at the moment when they realize there is no heaven?" Boundless talent in 'Sky's the Limit' 2011-07-18T22:25:00Z The judge ruled that if Christian materials — bibles and other literature — were allowed to be disseminated, atheist literature should be allowed as well. Satanic Temple hands out activity books to schools in response to judicial ruling 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Because he’s broaching one of the no-no topics, religion: The old atheist appears to be looking, one last time, for God. A rich ‘Freud’s Last Session’ at Theater J Dogs had their own channel before atheists did. Atheist TV Has Its Premiere, on Roku and Online 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z There are no atheists in foxholes, the old saying goes. Alvin Plantinga?s New Book on God and Science 2011-12-13T22:30:17Z “It’s about a friend of mine who told me he was an atheist, and when I asked him why, he told me the story of losing his little brother when he was 8,” DeMent says. Iris DeMent interview: After 16 years, the songs start to flow again 2013-02-07T04:22:00Z On the contrary, polls show that only a small fraction of atheists in the U.S. share such extreme opposition to religious faith. Reza Aslan: Sam Harris and “New Atheists” aren’t new, aren’t even atheists 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z And one of the short stories that I did, that is in the Best American Short Stories, is called The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore, and it is in a way my atheist tract. Q&A: Harlan Ellison 2013-06-14T15:00:16Z Indeed, aside from occasionally referencing that Louis is an atheist while Rachel believes in an afterlife, it doesn't even bother adding payoffs to the philosophical questions it sets up. "Pet Sematary" stinks like a rotting corpse: Stay away and watch the original 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z This may seem odd, or counterintuitive, because I count myself as an atheist who would seem predisposed to find the suffering and passion “Silence” depicts silly, if not altogether pointless. An atheist’s guide to Scorsese’s “Silence”: You don’t need faith to be astonished by the faithful 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z "I’m an atheist, but I support people’s rights to practice what they believe peacefully." American Airlines apologizes to passenger booted over 'Hail Satan' T-shirt 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z In the prologue, he describes himself as someone “not at all sure he has ever had a single ‘spiritually significant’ experience,” a pretty straitened admission even for an avowed atheist. A Strait-Laced Writer Explores Psychedelics, and Leaves the Door of Perception Ajar 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z As a loyalty program atheist, I can’t recommend any of them. The most frequently asked travel questions answered 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Reached by phone at his home in Annapolis, Maryland, Manseau spoke with Salon about 18th-century atheists, Puritan anti-vaxxers and whether the United States would be better described as a Hindu nation. “The same rhetoric you hear from religious anti-vaxxers today are the arguments made against Cotton Mather”: Peter Manseau 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Black atheists, then, find they are a minority within a minority. African-American Atheists 2011-11-25T23:54:27Z At heart the book is a portrait of two marriages — one to a devout woman who embraces the work of the church, the other to a woman who is an atheist and activist. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z One of my biggest complaints about the new atheist community concerns its lack, generally speaking, of curiosity. Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Transit companies will sometimes stop accepting any religious or controversial ads entirely, rather than let atheists advertise with them. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z For an atheist like Lucky, the stakes are so much higher. ‘Lucky’ director John Carroll Lynch on life, death — and Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z If all of a sudden I become the atheist, as far as they know, I’m going to forge reports and lie about inspections, and cheat people out of money.” ‘The Unbelieving’ Review: Life After Faith 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Extreme theists and extreme atheists insist on locking people into one fixed identity. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z What’s more, many atheists look at the idea that we create our own meaning, not as a loss of meaning, but as a gain. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z How low in the hierarchy are American atheists? Atheist TV Has Its Premiere, on Roku and Online 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Then there’s the piece by an atheist named Loren Miller titled “Is god good?” I get it – you’re an atheist. You should still capitalize “God” 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z His father, an atheist communist, initially thought he was mad. Cuba libre: exploring the island by campervan 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters. 'Duck Dynasty' Star Finds New Controversy in Anti-Atheist Speech 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Mettle compares it to a religion, which makes her an atheist. Crab-picking is a treat, if you don’t mind slicing open your fingers while eviscerating a stinking carcass 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z When she was about 14 her father, a biochemist and clinical psychologist, declared that he was an atheist. Nicole Kidman: ‘To hear women being believed makes me cry’ 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The fact that only 54 percent of Americans would vote for an atheist for president — a lower number than any other group? Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z “I have a religious temperament,” Ms. Bourgeois, a professed atheist, said about the emotional and spiritual energy that she poured into her work. Louise Bourgeois, Influentual Sculptor, Dies at 98 2010-05-31T21:24:00Z So, the question then arises: Why do atheists and other non-Christians want to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, whom they don't believe is divine? Atheists aren't fighting a "war on Christmas" — many of us even celebrate it 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z My own anecdote: My wife and I were off at an atheist conference in another town, and we were at a restaurant for dinner. Don’t trust the religious 2012-07-02T18:20:00Z He has called for a “peaceful coexistence” with atheists and said that “Doing good is not a matter of faith” — a statement that had Vatican officials hilariously scrambling to walk back the remarks. Time’s fitting choice: The “people’s pope” as Person of the Year 2013-12-11T15:51:00Z Rebecca Vitsmun was interviewed last Tuesday after the tornado destroyed her home – and "became a sensation", according to this CNN report, when she told reporter Wolf Blitzer: "I'm actually an atheist." Lena Dunham lashes out against porn 2013-05-28T14:16:33Z They are not particularly religious; I am an atheist. Grandma, What Do You Mean There’s No God? 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z “I’m a devout atheist,” said the retailer and society fixture Lauren Santo Domingo. The Scene Inside the Met Gala 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z I'm an atheist, and have been at least my whole adult life. How Donald Trump ruined Christmas: I won't celebrate this year, and he's why 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z And because he couldn’t offer a bulletproof response to the atheists he encountered, he joined them. This Life: He never imagined being a priest. But then he felt the call — and it terrified him. 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Thiel, describing himself as a “political atheist,” said that people should spend less time trying to change the system than simply creating things outside it. Peter Thiel and David Graeber Debate Technology’s Future 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z To give just one appalling example: It is — or it should be — illegal to deny custody to atheist parents, purely and explicitly on the basis of their atheism. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z On the other side of that, a lot of people then say, "Now I reject that, and now I'm an atheist, and I believe in nothing." What comedian Pete Holmes knows about the self and love, and self love 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z She is a communist and atheist and one day goes to confession, purely and simply to pick a quarrel with the priest – and this is Morin, an excellent performance from Jean-Paul Belmondo. Amour star Emmanuelle Riva: cinematic icon in two different eras | Peter Bradshaw 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Ravasi is a Bible expert who represents the Roman Catholic Church to the worlds of art, culture, science and even to atheists and says he is a firm believer in the power of contemporary culture. Vatican's 'culture minister' tweets Lou Reed song 2013-10-28T17:39:33Z My husband is agnostic, I am atheist and we do not say grace. Carolyn Hax: Atheist daughter-in-law seeks a blessing to request ‘No prayers’ 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z To give just one example of many: In Indonesia, atheist Alexander Aan was beaten by a mob, arrested, convicted, and sentenced to over two years in prison — for stating his atheism on Facebook. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z But over the years I've received similar responses – and worse, including death threats – from Muslims, Catholics, US Republicans, US Democrats, Serbs, atheists and the obese, as well as from supporters of Israel. Scarfe's Netanyahu cartoon was offensive? Hurrah 2013-01-29T18:30:02Z The stereotype of the angry atheist, much like the stereotype of the angry feminist, is widespread, used by believers to stigmatize and discredit atheists. The ugly fiction the religious project onto atheists 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Promises, covenants and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon or sanctity for an atheist.” In the hands of an angry God 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z As the revolution was starting to happen — both my parents were atheist; they were socially very left — they’re like, “Well, we’ll go back.” Marjan Neshat on Her ‘Kind of Miraculous Season’ Onstage 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Johnson has since put that famous Mormon work ethic to the task of helping other ex-Mormon atheists find community and support, creating a club called Atheists of Utah Valley. 5 religious leaders who became outspoken atheists 2013-03-27T12:44:00Z Individual atheists change across the course of a lifetime. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z The challenge of engaged religious diversity — of intersecting religious difference — is one that atheists know perhaps more intimately than most. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z Q: If God didn’t create the universe, how do you atheists think it began? Perspective | Gene Weingarten answers your religion questions. Heaven help us. 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Strong support for science is, in part, what characterizes and shapes the worldview of many religiously unaffiliated, especially atheists. Coronavirus and Easter: Can churches get Christians to return to the pews after the pandemic? 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, they launched the Sunday Assembly, an atheist church service led by comedians. Edinburgh festival 2013: our critics' picks 2013-07-15T05:59:01Z “But it’s not unique — a lot of people went through it. I’m not special. I’m certainly an atheist, a convinced atheist. I’m alive because the Ukrainian who was shooting at me was probably drunk. “ He Gave David Lynch His Start. Now, at 82, He’s a New Director. 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z He is, like Gervais, also an outspoken atheist, and he gets several chances to best believers in verbal combat. Review: Ricky Gervais’s ‘After Life’ Is the Tearjerking of a Clown 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z But the greater willingness to privately admit to being atheist reflects a general disillusionment with religion and what one Saudi called “a growing notion” that religion is being misused by authorities to control the population. Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia (where just talking about atheism is illegal) 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z And I looked around and said, ‘Who said that? I’m an atheist!’ Jane Fonda: ‘I'm very rarely afraid. Maybe emotional intimacy scares me’ 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z But he also had an atheist phase earlier in life. Abraham Lincoln, bare-knuckle brawler? 2012-12-12T22:26:00Z “I think people think ‘atheist’ means you’re this angry militant who runs into churches and says, ‘All of you are going to die, stop this!’” he continued. Ricky Gervais slams those who oppose death with dignity rights: “It disgusts me” 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z So when our cranky hero, a lifelong atheist, declares that there is no soul, it seems an extraordinary line to give an actor who spent his entire career proving otherwise. Review: A Cranky Loner Faces Mortality in ‘Lucky’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The mere act of hearing atheist voices sends far too many believers into a rage. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z Like Simmons, Mandisa Thomas is a Black atheist — an identity that can be challenging in the many African American communities where churches are a powerful force. The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is on the rise 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z I’m an atheist who works at a church and a woman who works in a tech department. A Fantastic, Fantastical Book for the New, Cool Woman in My Life 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z My mam is a Catholic but my dad is an atheist academic, a sort of angry sociologist, so I had the two, the rational versus the irrational. Q&A: Lauren Laverne 2011-02-27T00:04:05Z Leaving my Loyola class the day after my first atheist event, I stepped out into the cool, windy Chicago afternoon and thought back to my conversation with the man who had called me a “faitheist.” Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z Reading Iñárritu’s comments is like reading an atheist on the subject of religion. Advice for Robert Downey, Jr. 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z If they did so, they would see that a good atheist Christmas looks a lot like a good Christian one. Why Christmas is for everyone | Julian Baggini 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z "Somebody tell me why Gully and Gaza fight," pleads Mavado on a new track called Starlight, to which the obvious answer is: the fact you called Kartel a skin-bleaching atheist probably didn't help. Jamaica split by dancehall feud 2010-04-11T18:00:00Z That didn’t last, and Kim later banned pretty much all religion — though he became something of a god himself, quite a trick for an atheist. What to Read if You Want to Know More About North Korea 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z In tone and viewpoint, this is the anti-Faust, an atheist’s Faust. Randy Newman's Faust: The Devil Laughs and Cries 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Of course atheists are right that they’ve often been exiled from American public life, or treated like pariahs on the idiotic assumption that you can’t believe in morality if you don’t believe in God. “Winter’s Tale” and America’s tortured quest for the divine 2014-02-15T17:00:00Z Reading Iñárritu’s comments is like reading an atheist on the subject of religion. Advice for Robert Downey, Jr. 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z May, during a Vatican radio message, he called atheists “precious allies” and told them, “Do good: we will meet one another there.” Pope Francis woos atheists again 2013-09-12T18:34:00Z Speaking of belief, Black, who grew up in California, was raised Jewish but is now an atheist. Jack Black: 'I was getting tired of the frat-guy comedies' 2013-04-18T16:00:01Z The show is about an atheist who dies and finds himself in heaven, the Office creator wrote on his official . Gervais blogs on divine new role 2011-07-22T11:02:32Z I was like, well, how am I going to join a choir, I’m an atheist and I have a terrible voice. I want to sleep with the sexy millennial at Apple’s Genius Bar 2014-04-13T17:30:00Z In the throes of this new experience I still was an atheist. Prince’s genius changed my life: How I quit my network job — and found religion — to his funky beat 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z With the rise of the “New Atheists” and the recent atheist visibility movement, the term is losing its edge. 7 different types of non-believers 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist," Lewis wrote, "cannot be too careful of his reading. CS Lewis: A Life – review 2013-04-14T07:00:01Z Watching him headline Glastonbury in 2009, I felt like an atheist in church, albeit one in the company of several other atheists complaining about his failure to play Born in the USA. Why does Bruce Springsteen make middle-aged men behave like teenagers at their first pop show? 2012-06-21T09:34:56Z Achieving a more cooperative world will require a dramatic change in how both atheists and the religious talk about atheism and religion. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z These atheists don’t think that disbelief should be kept locked up in the closet. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z “He was expressing surprise that someone who has seen so much success would announce they were an atheist,” his aide Chris Schrimpf told me. John Kasich bags On Harry Potter: Ohio guv thinks it’s “weird” that Daniel Radcliffe is an atheist 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z I'm an atheist author and an activist for secular governance in the U.S. and elsewhere, and I celebrate Christmas every year. Atheists aren't fighting a "war on Christmas" — many of us even celebrate it 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z "But the atheist debate has raged in non-fiction in recent years and now it's moving into fiction." New Frey novel on second coming vies with British novel on same theme 2011-03-17T16:53:13Z Our world is divided into religion haters and true believers, and accurately rendered fiction could bridge the gap between the atheists and fundamentalists, to show them there is beauty in both. Why can't Hollywood get Jews right? 2010-05-27T19:45:00Z Characters that were formerly religious begin to doubt God; characters that were formerly atheists join cults just because they need something to believe. How The Leftovers became watchable: the show didn't change – the world did 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z When it comes to God I am an atheist, though with regard to Dante I'm an agnostic. Dante in Love by AN Wilson ? review 2011-07-15T08:00:01Z A one-time atheist converted to the Pentecostal faith by the first of her three husbands, McPherson began her preaching career in 1913. Kathie Lee Gifford brings 'Saving Aimee' to 5th Avenue 2011-10-06T21:07:08Z But what are the options for atheists or agnostics today? How to die well | Johannes Klabbers 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z “Those books came to me at a tremendously important time in my life,” said Chris, whose father, an atheist of Jewish lineage, had died not long before he got to work on the script. The Weitz Brothers Help Each Other Through Hollywood Hits and Misses 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z When atheists reject all these as superstitions, they are not attacking a straw man. Lourdes: realistic about religion 2010-04-07T11:00:00Z As I encourage my fellow atheists to respect and reach out to people who are religious, I am taken aback by how often I meet resistance and criticism. Toxic atheism drives people apart 2012-10-21T16:00:00Z In much of the world, the situation for atheists is far worse. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z Eight areligious scientists who changed the world Topics: , Atheism, , , Stephen Hawking It’s common knowledge — or it should be — that atheists are among the most reviled and mistrusted groups in America. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z But this time, instead of seducing the proletariat into accepting its position in a capitalist society, it lulls atheists into believing that abolishing religion would bring about utopia. What Hitchens got wrong: Abolishing religion won’t fix anything 2013-12-07T12:30:00Z The book, then, is a conversation about the common ground among atheists and bonobos. Do primates practice religion? 2013-06-04T15:43:00Z During the 18th and 19th centuries Caravaggio was everyone's whipping boy – not just an iconoclast, but a heretic and even an atheist. Prince of darkness 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z As the broader atheist community becomes larger and better organized, secularists and freethinkers have shown increasing interest in gathering together with likeminded people. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z Herewith, some common religious pronouncements and how atheists can respond to them. 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z Dawkins rightly points out that society wouldn’t tolerate the notion of atheist, humanist, or agnostic four-year-olds and that you shouldn’t teach children what to think but how to think. This is your brain on religion: Uncovering the science of belief 2014-01-04T19:00:00Z “A grumpy atheist. But I think the culture of Spiritualism is fascinating. This is a dream job for a former teenage Goth girl.” Meet the Mediums of Lily Dale 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Before atheists get too exited by this, it isn't an admission that Christians are naturally stupid, though no doubt some will choose to read it that way. Christianity: a faith for the simple 2011-01-31T13:00:01Z But whether atheist or theist, all human beings benefit from belonging to a welcoming, supportive community. Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z One of the most common questions that people asked is what atheists who value science, facts, and moral thoughtfulness should do. Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z As it turns out, I and many other atheists enjoy celebrating as much as anyone else does on December 25. Atheists aren't fighting a "war on Christmas" — many of us even celebrate it 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z The march, he argued, purported to unite all of France but in fact brought together an urban, historically atheist elite and a rural, Roman Catholic, traditionally anti-republican demographic, but not the Muslim underclass. Charlie Hebdo Award at PEN Gala Sparks More Debate 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z This has led to a ever-widening chasm between the “let’s all get along” folk and a number of prominent atheist feminists. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z An avowed atheist, he craves acceptance and belonging and bizarrely seeks it through an over-enthusiastic embracing of girlfriends' religions. How the Man Booker short-list contenders shape up 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Looking back, she sees her vampires as metaphors for outsiders to the faith, although she was an atheist when she wrote them. Anne Rice: 'I thought the church was flat-out immoral' 2010-10-24T19:59:00Z You might get some vague notion of me if I told you I’m a first-generation Thai-American, middle-class, atheist, single, childless, postgraduate, freelancing, New Englander, straight, male millennial. Why There’s No ‘Millennial’ Novel 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z I entered the theatre militantly atheist, depressed and with the belief that working in film was a superficial thing to do with one’s life. 'I barely breathed': Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Steve McQueen and more on their most memorable moments at the movies 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Well-known atheist Bill Maher clashed with the chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Ralph Reed, on his show Friday while discussing whether the Bible is the literal word of God. Bill Maher: Christian faith in God is the ‘purposeful suspension of critical thinking’ 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z I wear the word atheist in big letters. I am the Fox News atheist: “Some call me a militant atheist. Others call me a dick. I am neither” 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Secularists are not atheists This article is excerpted from "How to Be Secular," available Sept. Secularists are not atheists 2012-09-09T16:00:00Z Ryan Bell no longer believes in God, exactly. Bell is the former Seventh-Day Adventist pastor who last January made a resolution to live as an atheist, to live for a “year without God.” “A year without God”: A Seventh-Day Adventist pastor embraces atheism 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z There's a good joke about The Archers and an admirable crack at the Almighty, who is, it is pointed out, not actually an atheist. The Children's Hour; Plenty; The Heretic ? review 2011-02-13T00:06:05Z I am in the position of the hardcore atheist who has received a convincing visit from a big, deep-voiced guy who says his name is “God.” My tantric “awakening” turned me off sex 2013-03-17T01:00:00Z The number of people willing to admit to friends to being atheist or to declare themselves atheist online, usually under aliases, is certainly not big enough to be a movement or threaten the government. Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia (where just talking about atheism is illegal) 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z And I'm not saying that everybody needs to be atheist. "That's where I draw the line": David Cross has words for comics who moan about cancel culture 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z As I am an atheist, I made noises directed at no one and nothing. Thank you for killing my novel 2012-07-05T22:12:00Z In step with many millennial atheists, Figdor and Bayer are looking for principles by which to live. Humanist chaplain John Figdor: “Religion introduces moral problems that wouldn’t exist otherwise” 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z So here are eight non-believing or agnostic scientists, whose work and lives and stories can inspire anyone — atheist, religious, or other. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z The Unstoppable Secular Students The Secular Student Alliance is essentially a support network for the autonomous atheist, agnostic, and humanist student groups that choose to be its affiliates. Non-believers taking college campuses by storm 2013-02-16T13:00:00Z Odd, you might think, for an atheist, but I'm not writing my atheist message-movie here. David Baddiel on South Park 2010-04-22T12:01:00Z A year ago it was impossible that she would meet her match, until she did – and he was an outsider, a gun-hating socialist atheist Jew. House of Cards: a KKK connection isn't all Frank Underwood and Donald Trump share 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Hoxha, a hardline Stalinist, had banned religion in 1967, driving Albania's Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim faithful underground in his drive to create what he boasted was the world's first atheist state. In Albania, pope to celebrate religious revival and tolerance 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z On a regular and frequent basis, atheists are criticized — vilified, even – simply for being open about our atheism. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z "Here even the atheists are Catholic or Protestant," Scott jokes. Taxi Tours in Belfast 2011-05-26T15:50:00Z I’m an atheist now, but those influences are still there. Graciela Iturbide talks about going viral, L.A. cholos and shooting Frida Kahlo's bathroom 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z They were often critiqued for their staunch atheist and secularist views. What the media can learn from Bill Maher: 1 year after Charlie Hebdo attack, satirists still taking risks news outlets won’t 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Mary Lincoln was outraged when her husband’s former law partner, William Herndon, started noting in essays, lectures and finally a biography that the martyred president was an atheist. Bible underscores Lincoln’s belief he was to end slavery 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The bigger question that needs to be answered—and the question that inevitably gets asked whenever these groups are discussed—is, why do atheists need these gatherings? Atheist churches: A new type of secular community 2013-12-03T16:23:00Z The simulation argument is appealing, in part, because it gives atheists a way to talk about spirituality. What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation? 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z All I get out of such exchanges is the confirmation that believers will say anything to defend their faith and that some atheists have turned evangelical. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z Photograph: Geraint Lewis/Rex Features Religion and comedy are at odds this week, as we hear that London's first atheist church, established by comedians Pippa Evans and Sanderson Jones, has held its debut service. Atheism gets funny, Victor Lewis Smith accused of joke-theft – and Michael Macintyre breaks box-office records 2013-01-08T15:11:48Z Could a society of atheists be safely governed by reason alone? The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z But I have to say that, as an atheist, I really like Jesus. Alan Cumming Would Like to Play the Title Character in ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z While vast ignorance is a valid reason to be an economic libertarian, not knowing things is not a good reason to be an atheist. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z That's a benevolent example but there are plenty of malevolent atheist regimes that could serve as unpleasant examples. If we are to cope with climate change we need a new moral order 2012-08-21T07:30:01Z Pullman is an atheist, and his unflattering depiction of religious authority has drawn criticism in the past from some Christian groups. Philip Pullman’s latest book is adventure for an anxious age 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z That’s where her father, a criminal defense attorney and committed atheist, kept a pile of junk — they called it his burnpile — that towered over the house. From 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' to 'Burnpile' at the Kirk Douglas: Lucy Alibar finds her voice 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z This most recent claim, of course, is just the latest in a long line of similar claims about famous atheist conversions. The Fantasy of the Deathbed Conversion 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z On the other hand, if you aren’t comfortable working with people of other religions or atheists who don’t believe in God, you won’t be comfortable working here either.’” Fighting sex trafficking with Jesus: How the religious right’s “healing” hurts 2014-04-27T12:00:00Z Silverman told Kelly Thursday, “We think the atheists who also died on 9/11, and the Muslims and the Jews, should all have their equal presence.” Atheists’ misguided fight over the 9/11 memorial 2014-03-07T19:35:00Z Which is fewer than said they would vote for an atheist, which is 58 percent. Bernie Sanders and the mainstreaming of socialism: “The romance of big capitalism is stripped down” 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z If there are no atheists in foxholes, Game of Thrones’ battlefield is full of those who believe that gods are very much real–but distant, uncaring or actively hostile. Game of Thrones Watch: Smoke on the Water, Fire in the Sky 2012-05-28T15:20:17Z Increasingly despairing, Clive observes, "I always believed in myself but I fear I'm becoming an atheist." Review: Ethan Hawke mines noir humor in 'Clive' 2013-02-08T03:08:08Z I’m 17 years old, an atheist, and currently in my senior year of high school at a private Christian institution that uses a curriculum known as Accelerated Christian Education. Godsmacked: I’m an atheist at a hardcore Christian academy 2014-01-24T13:00:00Z Like his hero Bertrand Russell, he wants to be a moralist as well as an atheist, and he likes to call himself a "humanist", though he must know that humanism is a rather dodgy brand. The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z Fair enough in one way: atheists ought not to be offering consolation either.” ‘Mortality,’ by Christopher Hitchens 2012-08-31T22:50:05Z Today a handful of states retain provisions in their constitutions barring atheists from holding public office, but they are dead letters and may not be enforced. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z A few years later, he wrote of his sexual alienation and a youthful, brief conversion to Catholicism — Gilman was a Jewish atheist — in “Faith, Sex, Mystery: A Memoir,” out in 1987. Literary Fathers, Literary Daughters, and the Books That Bind Them 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z When you’re seated at the family dinner table and a relative suggests clasping hands, lowering heads and thanking the Lord, say “No thanks. I’m an atheist. So I’ll opt out.” 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z Q. You’re an outspoken atheist, but in your fiction, at least, you seem to have a soft spot for mythology and polytheistic religions. Salman Rushdie on His New Novel, With a Character Who Floats Just Above Ground 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z I’ve been a walking, talking atheist billboard for nearly twenty years. I am the Fox News atheist: “Some call me a militant atheist. Others call me a dick. I am neither” 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z You may have your own greatest-hits list for this public intellectual/provocateur/activist/atheist. 'Hitch-22': the unvarnished, unapologetic Christopher Hitchens tells all 2010-06-22T00:12:00Z He spends a ridiculous amount of his working day pushing high school administrations to stop throwing up illegal roadblocks to atheist students, and to let them have the clubs they’re legally allowed to have. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z If current trends continue, the crossing point, whereby atheists, agnostics, and “nones” equals the number of Christians in this country, will be in the year 2062. Atheists have their number: How the Christian right is hastening religion’s decline 2014-03-25T11:50:00Z “The results imply that atheists’ attitudes toward God are ambivalent, in that their explicit beliefs conflict with their affective response,” concludes a research team led by University of Helsinki psychologist Marjaana Lindeman. Do atheists secretly believe in God? 2013-04-27T12:00:00Z Yes, atheists think that life and morality and love and grief are all part of the physical world. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z "While I'm no atheist, I'm certainly not much of a believer," Verdi once remarked. Philharmonia/Gatti – review 2013-04-21T15:09:37Z Afterwards, I wonder why I did not simply say I am an atheist and leave it at that. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Last year in Pitman, New Jersey, someone tried to set an atheist billboard on fire. No room at the inn? Atheists see holiday displays vandalized 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z And this refusal to hear what atheists say about ourselves extends beyond the pulpit and the opinion pages. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z As it happens, James Morrow is not just an award-winning science fiction writer, he is also a committed atheist. Science fiction: ‘The Madonna and the Starship,’ by James Morrow To be accurate and appropriately less dramatic, my atheist conversion was far from immediate. My sober conversion to atheism 2013-03-03T19:00:00Z A militant atheist, like a militant Muslim, Jew, or Christian, would be someone who uses, threatens, or promotes violence; there is nothing violent in anything I do or endorse. I am the Fox News atheist: “Some call me a militant atheist. Others call me a dick. I am neither” 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z His father had been a member of the Hellfire Society, a secretive, heretical group that, among other activities, buries and cremates outcasts of various stripes, including atheists and gay people. A Bawdy Novel Considers the Tragic Absurdities of Lebanon’s Civil War 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z As one scare tactic, he proposed the CIA fly a huge cross across the Cuban night sky as sort of a Second Coming, a fake divine warning to Catholics about their atheist leader. JFK loved James Bond: How Ian Fleming's spy novels influenced the CIA 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z In the same way that firefighters are sometimes stealth arsonists and homophobes closet homosexuals, do some atheists secretly long for the certitude of religion? Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z These are fighting words to scientific atheists, but Mr. Plantinga’s game of turnabout doesn’t stop there. Alvin Plantinga?s New Book on God and Science 2011-12-13T22:30:17Z Debbie Goddard: I was an outspoken atheist activist for a decade before I ever heard the term “new atheist,” and I haven’t read the new atheist books, so I haven’t described myself as one. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z I’m a skeptic — philosophically agnostic and politically atheist, if that makes sense – and constitutionally offended by anti-science hocus-pocus. A skeptic goes to yoga 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z She's a practising Christian sporting a cross around her neck, he's a militant atheist, and they gradually become convinced that these extraterrestrials might have actually created our world. Prometheus – review 2012-06-02T23:07:09Z The last time I checked, those “within religion” who denounce religion as untrue, unfounded on fact, irrational by its nature and praying upon our fears, would in fact be atheists. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z People have the legal right to not vote for an atheist…just like they have the legal right to not vote for a woman, or an African American, or a Muslim, or a Jew. Atheists fight discrimination too 2012-08-09T18:26:00Z I am sure that the dogged old atheist would find much to admire in The Geek Manifesto. The Geek Manifesto by Mark Henderson – review 2012-05-25T10:00:01Z In the waning days, the atheists launch two robots on a probe with a cargo of human embryos, with a mission to populate the habitable planet Kepler-22b. ‘Raised by Wolves’ Is TV’s Wildest Hallucination 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Moretti is both a confirmed atheist and a confident, critically lauded filmmaker. Moretti mines his own life for Cannes papal drama 2011-05-16T10:35:09Z He donated hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations including the Nature Conservancy, the Environmental Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union and, even though he was an atheist, Roman Catholic education. Less Money Prompts Cuts at World Monuments Fund 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z I play Ben Shakir, who is an atheist, but he comes from a Muslim family. Aasif Mandvi talks "Evil," djinns and "the appeal of Trump" despite being hated by GOP leaders 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Others suggested that rather than retreating from the “new atheist” label, one should say: “I’m not going anywhere — I’m here to reform the movement.” Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z People in most countries overestimate the proportion of people who are atheist, agnostic or do not identify with a religion. Revealed: the gap between what you know about your country and the reality 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z At the same time, I also received many messages, from readers of a range of beliefs – pagans, Catholics, atheists – who were excited to see contemporary witchcraft practice depicted for a larger audience. Witches of America: how I became immersed in a growing movement 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Look at the misspelling of "atheists" – what pedant could possibly resist that bait? Confessions of an internet troll 2012-11-09T15:00:00Z In the recently released Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism, Japan ranked only below China in percentage of committed atheists, with 31% convinced there are no gods. Eight of the best countries to be an atheist 2012-08-29T14:55:00Z In his 2008 book "God Is Not Great", Hitchens put himself on a collision course with major religions with his trenchant atheist views. Writer Christopher Hitchens to undergo chemotherapy 2010-06-30T23:52:00Z Ms. Ehrenreich, an atheist and a skeptic, goes in search of what these early experiences — they mostly stopped as she grew into adulthood — meant and mean. Books of The Times: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Living With a Wild God’ 2014-04-15T13:00:01Z You know, I’m an atheist, but I get the point. ‘The New Pope’ Looks a Lot Like John Malkovich 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Scientists and science writers are some of the most militant atheists around. Richard Dawkins’ moralizing atheism: Science, self-righteousness and militant belief — and disbelief 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Stranger still was his admission that he had been to evensong in Hereford Cathedral the previous evening and had met fellow atheist Christopher Grayling as he left. The digested Hay festival 2010-05-31T13:15:00Z This isn’t because atheists engage in outright proselytizing the way religious evangelicals do. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z No one who makes any kind of threat belongs in the atheist community. 8 atheist leaders actually worth listening to 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z I want newscasters to remember that and with atheists’ definitions of their own atheism. Atheists’ petty turf war: Dueling holiday displays 2013-12-05T19:10:00Z Even the most hardline atheist will admit that Christianity got the music right. Oh come, let ye faithless have their carol service 2012-12-20T19:00:01Z It’s illegal to deny atheist organizations the right to advertise in venues where religious groups advertise regularly. 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