Author: Adam Lee

Our next stop was the Liberty campus bookstore. It was run by Barnes & Noble, and it looked pretty much like any other campus bookstore. I was surprised by the range of books available there, some of which I would have expected to be verboten on campus – from Neil Gaiman’s American Gods to Jeff…

Over the past year or so, I’ve become increasingly aware that, for the atheist movement to make a difference, speaking out isn’t enough. Speech is a valuable tool, but it isn’t the only tool. Almost as important is our money and our effort – the way we spend it, and the causes we support. To…

The Case for a Creator, Chapter 9 Chapter 9 of Case is about abiogenesis. It seems Strobel couldn’t find any actual molecular biologists or organic chemists who support ID and were willing to speak with him about it, so it’s back for another talk with Stephen Meyer, the philosopher already interviewed in chapter 4. With…

For this week’s Photo Sunday, a seasonally appropriate picture. There’s complexity in the world all around us, and the patterns of cracks and pits on the frozen surface of this lake, almost like the surface of an alien planet, caught my eye as a beautiful example: Frozen lake surface, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, January…

I’ve often used the terms “freethought” and “freethinker” on this blog, but I’ve never explicitly defined them. In this post, continuing my efforts at defining words that are important to the atheist movement, I want to speak briefly about how I use these terms and what I understand them to mean. As the Freedom from…

When the church service let out, my friends and I toured several other buildings on campus. We stopped by the dorms, which are strictly gender-segregated: I wonder what mindset lies behind this. Is it because the trustees of Liberty believe it’s indecent for men and women to mingle in public? Then why aren’t the classes…

Most Americans have heard of the movie critic and writer Roger Ebert. But what most people probably didn’t know – what I didn’t know – is that he hasn’t been able to eat, drink or speak since 2006. That was the year when most of his jaw had to be surgically removed, the result of…

This week’s guest contributor says: “Day three of a canoe exploration of Lows Lake and the Bog River Flow, Adirondacks. This dreamlike scene marked the end of an idyllic day of slow paddling and fishing for dinner. The world takes a breath and pauses….” Sunset, Lows Lake, Adirondack State Park. Photo credit: Jim Sabiston, Essential…

(See Part I here.) When the band finished their set, they departed and the pastor took the stage. He was relatively young, probably not much older than most members of the audience, and dressed in a plain shirt and jeans. His name, displayed on the giant screens overhead, was Johnnie Moore – a self-conscious use…

If you noticed that Daylight Atheism was quieter than usual this past weekend, you were right – I was out of town and had limited internet access. But there was a good reason for my absence: I was on a secret mission to penetrate into the very heart of the Bible Belt. Namely, I was…