Two weeks ago, I was watching a PBS show called Inside Nature's Giants , about a team of biologists dissecting a sperm whale that died after beaching itself on a British coast .

"When I read his works, look at his critiques of society, politics, the role of religion in the black community, I realize that I share a lot of the same values," Jules said.

On atheism: If you can't touch, smell, hear, see or taste something, it's only theory or it doesn't exist.

The Big Ideas series has for several months now explored the meaning of a number of familiar intellectual phrases, among them Marshall McLuhan 's "the medium is the message", Hannah Arendt 's "the banality of evil" and Adam Smith's "invisible hand". But none of these feels quite as big an idea as Friedrich Nietzsche's "God is dead". After centuries ... (more)

Indeed, most of the modern novelists who have placed matters of faith at the center of their work have been, like Graham Greene, C.S. Lewis, FranA§ois Mauriac and Flannery O'Connor, believers of one sort or another.

Generally speaking, I tend to agree with Bill Maher's policy views. I agree that there needs to be a wall between religion and government.

In his final New Rule of the night, Bill Maher disputed the idea thrown out by some that atheism is a religion.

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Humans are not the only species capable of recognizing and sharing feelings such as happiness or sadness, a researcher known worldwide for his observations in primate behavior said Thursday.

De Waal rejects the idea that morality is a uniquely human feature. Instead, he says that any species that relies on social cooperation by necessity develops traits such as altruism, empathy, fairness and justice.

Rarely have I seen a spectacle so disheartening as the cheerless, trash-strewn one-room flat that serves as the set for the Roundabout Theatre Company's off-Broadway revival of John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger." In this production, reviewed elsewhere in today's Journal, the only hint of beauty comes from the radio on which the play's unhappy ... (more)

As I sit through and observe the God-smathered GOP presidential primary, I look longingly at Europe, where people can have intellectual, stimulating discussions about religion, atheism and politics.

When Justin Griffith was a child growing up in Plano, Texas - a place he describes as the "oversized, goofy buckle on the Bible belt" - he would bring his bible to science class and debate his teachers on the finer points of evolution.

In the upcoming American Atheist magazine will be Becky's full article about Dominionism.

Brad Pitt has revealed in interviews both atheist and agnostic perspectives. There aren't many famous people willing to come out as an atheist or an agnostic, though it's probably easier for someone like Brad Pitt because he's unlikely to lose a job or lose family members because of it.

Life cannot be meaningless so long as we have the capacity to affect the well-being of ourselves and others. For true meaninglessness, we would need heaven.

It is time to abandon theistic religion as a baseless worldview and start viewing ourselves and others with real dignity, as beings with value in our own right and not just as the distorted shadows of a fictional creator.