Author: Adam Lee

So, are there any Daylight Atheism readers in that gorgeous, godless city by the bay? This coming Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, January 14th to 17th, I’m going to be in San Francisco to see friends and do some sightseeing. And since past Daylight Atheism reader meetups in Los Angeles and St. Louis have…

I’ve written previously about the Confederate States of America and how that short-lived country was a Christian theocracy which invoked religion to justify slavery. But even today, there are still religious conservatives who try to whitewash these historical facts and erase the memory of what really led the South to try to break away from…

“When There’s a Heartbeat: Miscarriage Management in Catholic-Owned Hospitals.” American Journal of Public Health, vol.98, no.10 (October 2008). While writing my recent post about how the Catholic church ordered a hospital to let a pregnant woman die, I came across this letter from the ACLU about hospitals’ legal obligation not to deny life-saving care. And…

As you all may know, I try to make my blogroll a list of sites that I personally know, like and recommend, not just the equivalent of a telephone directory. Usually, I don’t even consider adding new sites until they’re at least a couple of months old, because I like to get a feel for…

My earlier post, “Storming the Ivory Tower“, discussed the real harm that religion is doing in the world, harm that Very Serious People overlook while tut-tutting at atheists. The natural follow-up question is how to respond. I want a soft landing as much as anyone; the question is how we get there. Will strong criticism…

A few months ago, I wrote a post about the uses of ridicule and the role it played in my own journey to atheism. I want to say some more about this subject, and a Daylight Atheism reader (thanks, Peter!) pointed me to this white paper from the Institute of World Politics that I’ll use…

Happy New Year! I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling pretty good about 2011 so far. This is an open thread. Have you made any New Year’s resolutions you’d like to tell us about?

The Language of God, Chapter 5 By B.J. Marshall In this section, Collins describes how “the study of genomes leads inexorably to the conclusion that we humans share a common ancestor with other living things” (p.133-4). There are a lot of ideas in this chapter to unpack, so I’d like to start by reviewing Collins’…

I’ve been criticizing the Roman Catholic church a lot this year, but I can’t help it: every month, they’re in the headlines again with some new outrage that I can’t let pass. And now they’ve done it again. In November 2009, a woman – three months pregnant, and already a mother of four – came…

I don’t usually write posts that are just quotes, but sometimes it’s nice to take a stroll down memory lane. Back in the day, this guy used to be one of the sharpest pro-science writers around, and I used to really love reading his stuff. I wonder whatever became of him. “At its most basic…