Author: Adam Lee

The Language of God, Chapter 7 By B.J. Marshall Chapter 7 covers Collins’ first option: “Atheism and Agnosticism: When Science Trumps Faith.” I expect to cover this chapter in a number of posts – probably no fewer than four. He goes into more specific detail on agnosticism later in the chapter, so we’ll save that…

My friends, I have to confess: I’m having a crisis of faith. You see, as an atheist, I’ve always maintained that if God were real, he would communicate with us clearly and directly and wouldn’t leave human beings to guess blindly at his wishes. Well, honesty leaves me no choice but to admit it: my…

(Author’s Note: The following review was solicited and is written in accordance with this site’s policy for such reviews.) Summary: An outstanding analysis of the flaws of evangelical Christianity, written from an insider’s perspective by a former believer. My only complaint is that I wish she’d provided more information about what the next step is!…

As of today, I’ve officially been doing this blogging thing for five years. Hard to believe, isn’t it? An anniversary seems like a good time to reflect on statistics, so here are some numbers. Since February 2006, Daylight Atheism has had 1,265 posts, 42,573 comments, and 7.8 million total views, representing about 1.2 million unique…

Last summer, I had a long e-mail conversation, spanning several months and thousands of words, with a thoughtful, intelligent, but strongly committed conservative Christian named Daniel who came across my site. There was one exchange we had that I found illuminating and that stuck in my mind, and I want to talk about it today.…

The United States of America is the prison capital of the world, incarcerating far more people than any other nation (including China, which has over four times our population and is a repressive dictatorship). And most atheists already know that Christian proselytizing is rampant in prisons, with programs that both skirt the Constitution and blatantly…

The Language of God, Chapter 6 By B.J. Marshall Collins begins Part III of his book, entitled “Faith in Science, Faith in God,” by trying to wrap his mind around why evolution is so difficult for some religious people to get. He recalls an experience where he was at a men’s dinner at a Protestant…

This weekend, my wife and I saw Into Eternity, a gripping documentary by the Danish filmmaker Michael Madsen. It’s well worth a wider audience, so here’s a review of it that I hope will provoke some interest. Every nuclear power plant in the world produces several tons of high-level radioactive waste each year. In total,…

I wanted to point out this comment from an ongoing discussion, because it’s such a perfect example of the kind of Christian privilege that American believers take for granted: Well, I guess you atheists are more easily offended than me. I do not see how a statue of the Ten Commandments makes anyone a second-class…

By James A. Haught [Editor’s Note: I’m proud to feature the writing of James Haught on Daylight Atheism. Mr. Haught has been an editor and columnist for the Charleston Gazette for over fifty years, as well as an eloquent and prolific freethinker and author of books like Holy Horrors. I’ve been a fan of his…