Author: Adam Lee

One of the first posts on Daylight Atheism, over two years ago, was “The Fallacy of Free Speech“, about a private Christian high school which sued the University of California because the UC had refused to give college credit in biology for courses which taught young-earth creationism. Well, the wheels of justice grind exceedingly slow,…

Several people have mentioned this tragic story from Wisconsin, in which an 11-year-old girl died of juvenile diabetes after her parents decided to pray for her recovery rather than seek medical help. Shockingly, the town police chief said that “there is no reason to remove” her remaining three siblings from the home. Haven’t her parents…

I recently finished watching Planet Earth, the award-winning BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough. As its title implies, Planet Earth is an effort of considerable ambition: the filmmakers set out to produce a series that would provide a survey of our world’s natural grandeur and biodiversity. To a remarkable extent, I think they…

For much of human history, information was a rare and precious commodity. In pre-literate societies, the collected wisdom of the tribe – when the rains come, when is the best time to plant crops, what plants are best for illness – was passed down in oral format, requiring much diligent work of recitation and memorization.…

Today’s edition of “Little-Known Bible Verses” is specific to the Roman Catholic denomination of Christianity. This is because, of all major Western denominations, Roman Catholicism is the only church that still requires that its clergy members remain celibate. The Catholic church to this day believes that this is a biblically supportable doctrine. But in fact,…

By now, I assume, the entire blogosphere has heard about the public-relations fiasco which the producers of the creationist film Expelled have brought upon themselves. If you haven’t, here’s a brief rundown: last week, everyone’s favorite fire-breathing atheist blogger and biology professor, P.Z. Myers, went to see an advance screening of the film. It seems…

When it comes to theist-atheist debates, one sentiment I hear frequently is that there’s no point arguing either side of the controversy, because no one’s mind is ever changed by such arguments. Last summer, in “Be Hot or Cold“, I pointed out two reviewers who both dragged out exactly this same assertion in response to…

Recently, an offended Christian left this comment on my satirical post “Footprints“: Call me close-minded, but am I the only one who looks at the whole text of Scripture, and not just the parts that deal with eternal damnation? Because, if we’re playing a game where we take the Holy Word of God out of…

Anointing the Sick The New Testament’s Book of James gives some very unusual instructions on how to treat illness: “Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall…

I’ve finished chapter 9 of my book, which is titled “Stardust” and concerns how we should handle death from an atheist viewpoint. As in the past, I’m making this chapter available to regular commenters on this site for editorial review and critique. If you fit that description and would like to review it, please let…