Author: Adam Lee

The Case for a Creator, Chapter 10 Science is hard work. Normally, to make any significant contribution to human knowledge, a scientist really has to get their hands dirty – experiments in the lab, research in the field, long days and longer nights, and the meticulous testing of hypotheses. But J.P. Moreland must be an…

Hi everyone, As of today, I’m back from my honeymoon and ready to take the reins once again. My special thanks to Ritchie, SuperHappyJen, Teleprompter and Thumpalumpacus for taking over administrative duties while I was away. It looks as if Daylight Atheism has been thriving without me, so much so that I didn’t even feel…

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn and Garriott v. Winn and will decide the constitutionality of a program that diverts tax money into private-school scholarships. This program allows donors a dollar-for-dollar reduction in state income taxes. The reduction is good for contributions of up to $1,000 if…

Hemant’s note: Brittany Meyer is a guest-blogger who will be writing exclusively about law-related issues. You can read her bio here. … Church and State cases are often very difficult, legally and constitutionally, and the “right” answer is always elusive. It’s almost impossible to completely comply with the establishment clause, “congress shall make no law…

By Ebonmuse Before my flight leaves, I’m just dropping by to post a quick note: the newest (June/July 2010) issue of Free Inquiry magazine contains an original article by me, “Diplomats and Rabble-Rousers”. The article discusses my views on the New Atheist movement and those who criticize it, pointing out that our accommodationist opponents are…

Editor’s Note: Back in March, I wrote an essay encouraging atheists to join the Foundation Beyond Belief, a new charitable group doing good for human beings and the world in the name of freethought. I also offered to write a front-page post interviewing anyone who agreed to join the Foundation as a result of hearing…

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m getting married tomorrow and will be away on my honeymoon for the following two weeks. I have a few posts written which I’ll schedule for publication, and I may check in from time to time, but it’s likely I’ll be absent most days. However, Daylight Atheism won’t…

Despite endless reiterations of how atheists find justification for morality, we all routinely hear from apologists who claim that without believing in God, we can have no basis for ethical behavior. That’s one thing, but today I want to discuss a far stranger and more disturbing variant of this argument. Regardless of whether we agree…

In a previous post, “An Unserious Response to the Theist’s Guide“, I poked fun at a religious apologist – apparently a Jewish rabbi – who made a set of obviously insincere demands for what evidence he would require to become an atheist. So much for that. But our friend the rabbi also thinks that he…

Editor’s Note: Back in March, I wrote an essay encouraging atheists to join the Foundation Beyond Belief, a new charitable group doing good for human beings and the world in the name of freethought. I also offered to write a front-page post interviewing anyone who agreed to join the Foundation as a result of hearing…