Author: Adam Lee

Just a quick note: I’ve been interviewed for the latest episode of Think Atheist Radio, which is now available for download and podcasting. In the interview, we chat about the arguments against God’s existence, the basis for godless morality, the importance of the secular community – and, of course, my book. If you’ve had your…

I usually write optimistic posts. This is going to be a scary one. I apologize in advance. While I was in Columbus last month, I mentioned the furnace-like heat. Well, it wasn’t just me. In what’s becoming an annual tradition, heat records are being broken all across the country. And it’s not just hot, it’s…

I’ve noticed recently that my blogroll has been looking pretty homogeneous (Freethought Blogs has gobbled up a lot of it), and I’m always on the lookout for interesting new voices I haven’t heard from before. So, this is an open thread for the purposes of self-promotion. If you maintain a blog or other site that…

The discovery of the Higgs boson brought forth a fresh crop of high-minded religious apologists to favor us with platitudes about how science and religion can be reconciled, if only we “extremists” would stop fighting about it all the time. Here’s one of them I came across the other week, who asserts that the creation…

So, I might have mentioned that I gave a speech at the SSA conference in Columbus earlier this month. They’ve begun posting the official photos on their Facebook page, and I just might be in one or two of them. Including this one: (click to enlarge) Yes, this is officially my new favorite picture ever.…

[Author’s Note: In keeping with the tradition that whenever you have a blog post whose title is a question, the answer is always “no”…] Of all the essays I’ve written, my favorite is “A Ghost in the Machine“, presenting the evidence that our personality traits and sense of self arise from neural circuitry in the…

I had a fantastic time at the Secular Student Alliance leadership convention two weeks ago, and wrote enthusiastically of what a juggernaut of secular awesome the SSA is. Well, it seems that someone wants to slow that juggernaut, and is willing to break the law to do it. Since the convention, the SSA’s website has…

While attending the 2012 SSA convention, I had some thoughts about the future of the secular movement and what shape it will likely take in the coming years. As atheism expands and becomes organized, it’s acquiring a political affiliation and a corona of associated beliefs – generally left-leaning, socially progressive, and increasingly identifying as pro-social…

Earlier this week, the blogger Emily Dietle (Emily Has Books) put out an appeal on behalf of one of her guest authors, Christi, who’s a student on a limited income but wanted to join the Freedom from Religion Foundation: College student & blossoming blogger, @hypochristi, would like to join @FFRF. Want to help make this…

My latest article has just been posted on AlterNet, The Biggest Threats We Face From Conservative Religion. It’s a substantial excerpt from chapter 1 of my new book, and is based on (but greatly expanded from) my 2006 essay “Fossil Fuels“. In this chapter, I lay out the grave dangers that religious faith poses to…