Author: Adam Lee

Later Author’s Note [2019]: If you like dystopian fiction, may I suggest my new novel Commonwealth? * * * [Editor’s Note: The day after after publishing my article on the abuse of standing, I found a message with a strange attachment in my inbox, sent through an anonymous remailer. This attachment presented itself as a…

In what’s becoming a depressingly predictable trend, there’s bad news on the church-state front: the Freedom from Religion Foundation’s legal victory over the National Day of Prayer has been tossed out by a federal appeals court. A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit dismissed the lawsuit, finding that the FFRF lacks standing and ordering that…

The Language of God, Chapter 10 By B.J. Marshall In this chapter, Collins tackles the claim that BioLogos damages both science and religion. Collins disagrees in a way that fails so epically that it almost makes the previous sections of this book seem prescient. For the atheist scientist, BioLogos seems to be another “God of…

Last month, I announced that I’ve officially joined the speakers’ bureau of the Secular Student Alliance. This month, I’m very proud to announce that I’ve wrangled my first speaking invitation – and in my home city and at my alma mater, no less. If you live in New York City, come out and see me…

After all the heavy stuff we debated on the site this week, I figure it’s time for a change of pace. And since it’s the weekend, let’s celebrate with something to lighten the heart and lift the spirit. This is an open thread for you to tell us about something cool and interesting you’ve come…

I’m an atheist, in part, because I’m a moral person. When I first read the books that are called holy, what I found were countless passages that are abhorrent to the conscience: God drowning the planet in a global flood, massacring the innocent firstborn of Egypt, ordering Abraham to murder his son as a test…

Over the past few months, we’ve seen amazing and inspiring demonstrations of people power erupting across the Middle East, toppling dictatorships that have been in place for decades. It’s far too soon to say what form of government will emerge from these movements – whether they’ll give rise to true democracies, or whether new dictatorships…

A while back, I wrote a post about professional Christian apologists who defend genocide as a moral and holy act. As revolting as this is, it’s unsurprising on one level: these people have devoted their careers to defending Christianity, and as such, their living depends on not admitting any flaws whatsoever in Christian doctrine. If…

The Language of God, Chapter 10 By B.J. Marshall After formally laying out his premisses and his conclusions, Collins muses why Theistic Evolution (TE) hasn’t caught on. He surmises that it simply isn’t widely known that one can mix science and religion harmoniously, that the position is in effect invisible in the harmony it creates…

It’s not every day that I get awesome letters like the one I posted last Saturday, but this makes two weeks in a row now. If this keeps up, I may have to make it a regular feature! This letter is from a commenter who’s posted here in the past as 5acos(phi/2). Although it’s from…