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Stop trying to replace religion and instead make humanism something more

I was critical of the idea of “atheist churches” when The Sunday Assembly made its big announcement, and I remained critical until I visited one during their US tour that brought them to my...

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Yale Humanist group was wrong in trying to silence free speech rights

There was a lot of controversy this week over Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaking at Yale University. Originally Yale’s Muslim Students Association (MSA) spoke out against Hirsi Ali speaking claiming she lacked...

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Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart: 30 Second Review

The following is a 30 second review written by M Dolon Hickmon for the book Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart.  Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart (October 16th 2014, Rowman & Littlefield) might best be...

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Secularism is on the rise as more and more adults abandon church

There is good news coming from a new study from the Barna Group, as it appears less and less Americans are finding the need to attend church, even if they are religious.

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Finding a Better Santa

When I was a child growing up in a semi-conservative Christian home, Christmas was a magical time. Santa Claus was as real as God, as loving in his discernment of my deeds, and even more tangible and...

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Heretic lays down a logical and achievable path to reforming Islam

Ayaan Hirsi Ali wants you to know she was wrong. In her 2010 book Nomad, she argued that Islam could not be reformed and ultimately should no longer exist.However, she says that watching the Arab...

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Fear of Prejudice May Have Killed The Enlightenment Project

To be called racist or prejudiced in our society is among the worst slanders to be borne. It’s also the cheapest. Its power combined with its tawdriness makes it an irresistible tool for many to use...

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Caitlyn Jenner gave an amazingly powerful speech on acceptance at the ESPN...

Caitlyn Jenner received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at last night's ESPY's, ESPN's award show.She gave her acceptance speech on acceptance and respect for transgender men and women.

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Do atheists really only make up less than 1% of the prison population?

I was reading my news this morning and have been a little behind when I came across a blog post by Hemant Mehta over at the Friendly Atheist blog titled, Atheists Now Make Up 0.1% of the Federal Prison...

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The failure of interfaith accommodation: Unitarian Universalists renew ties...

We bend over backwards to accommodate their beliefs, and then they turn around and support blatant bigotry.

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Please help support the work I am doing through this site

I want to continue to expand what we can accomplish as a team and I am asking for your help to achieve those goals.

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Freethought Equality Fund donated $10,000 to a religious candidate after...

A humanist and atheist political PAC donated a great deal of money to someone whose values don't exactly line up with theirs.

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Freethought Equality Fund clarifies the endorsement of Jamie Raskin

Speckhardt said he has sat down with Raskin, and assured me that Raskin gave his word he is "most definitely a humanist as defined by the American Humanist Association."

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Yes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens still matter

Last month, Raw Story re-ran an old AlterNet piece from 2014 by Chris Hall that was somewhat rehashed for 2016 to once again claim that Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens are no...

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My humanism requires me to be a vocal anti-theist

Religion is harmful and faith is a bad means of believing in things one wishes to be true, and because of that, I must hold an anti-religious position

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