Author: Adam Lee

In the New Testament book of Hebrews, there’s an exhortation to believers reminding them to show hospitality to their guests: “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” —Hebrews 13:2 The implication is interesting: that Christians should be hospitable to visitors, not simply because they are fellow human beings who…

Friends, fellow Americans, we never knew how bad things got during the George W. Bush era. And yes, I say that with full knowledge of what it implies. True, we saw the results of Bush’s policies: a catastrophic terrorist attack on American soil, a staggeringly mismanaged quagmire of war, torture and degradation of prisoners, the…

The Case for a Creator, Chapter 2 Before embarking on his interviews, Strobel makes a statement about his investigative strategy: In selecting these experts, I sought doctorate-level professors who have unquestioned expertise, are able to communicate in accessible language, and refuse to limit themselves only to the politically correct world of naturalism or materialism. After…

While some freethinkers have made contributions to science, the arts or the humanities, others are best known for exemplifying a sea change in human history – showing, by their lives, that one age was passing and another would soon dawn. Just so is today’s post on the life of an American freethinker who has the…

Hello Ebon, To approach your larger question, what are the real reasons people believe or disbelieve, I’ve offered a bulletized list for anyone who’s interested in pursuing this question: Some people do not believe in God for a variety of honestly considered reasons. Some people resent the Christian church’s involvement in politics, usually the Christian…

This past Thursday was the “National Day of Prayer”, another symptom of the ongoing infiltration of religion into America’s originally secular government. The National Day of Prayer was first established in the 1950s, another spasm of the reflexive Christianism of that paranoid era. Predictably, it was soon hijacked by right-wing ideologues who use it to…

The Case for a Creator, Chapter 2 In the second chapter, Strobel spends some time telling us how he only became an atheist because he was thereby freed from “having to abide by those pesky rules of ethics and morality” [p.25]. I’ve already addressed this point, but I’ll add that this claim casts further doubt…

Although there’s been plenty of good news for atheists in recent weeks, stories that showcase our growing influence and assertiveness, this is no time for us to become complacent. We still have significant work to do to shore up the foundations of our movement, as this Times op-ed by Charles M. Blow explains: …a study…

Americablog’s John Aravosis is up in arms over the news that the Mormon church reportedly staged a “posthumous baptism” ceremony last year for President Barack Obama’s deceased mother: What else to call the Mormon’s laughable statement today that their posthumous baptism last year of President Obama’s mother was a “rare” mistake that might have been…

It’s consistently been part of the anti-choice strategy to treat unborn fetuses as separate, autonomous people, even well before the point of viability. For instance, the anti-abortion website Abort73.com says: It is illegal to execute a pregnant woman on death row because the fetus living inside her is a distinct human being who cannot be…