The pledge of allegiance has socialist origins. Shouldn't that disturb the Christian Coalition?

Seger describes how he handled the Pledge of Allegiance as a nonbelieving student at his school.

The public debate about Newdow v. U.S. Congress is of very low quality. Politicians, the media, columnists, and the public all seem to either have severe misunderstandings of the issues involved, or worse, appear to deliberately twist the facts. Until the public debate becomes more rational, we cannot hope to have anything good come out of it.

A brief response to Mr. Derbyshire's recent article in National Review, "March of the Godless" (the article can be found at .

A response to Michael Novak's recent opinion piece in the National Review.

A thoughtful and fascinating look at the recent Pledge decision from the point of view of a Canadian who hopes that the people and the courts of the United States will do what they know is right: uphold their own laws on this matter.

Now I sit me down in school where organized prayer's against the rule...

Blowhards frequently repeat the biblical quotation that only a fool denies the existence of God. But is the quote really talking about atheists?

Is freedom of religion assured to those in the public schools that have no religion?

Every theory and belief should stand up to the light of logic and reason.

Jeffery Jay Lowder weighs in on the court ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance violates the Establishment Clause for including "under God" in it.

A short taste of the long-standing argument between religionists and evolutionists, where it has been, and where it is going. As Edis puts it, "Today, more than a century after Darwin convinced biologists that life had evolved, we still see a raging controversy over creation and evolution. Together with this, we have a large range of ideas about what evolution means for religion."

Cal Thomas's April Fool's Day rant on Atheism is laughably bad, and quite possibly contains more logical fallacies per square inch than any paper in the history of published literature.

Has the Old Testament God of fiery hail and miracles been reduced to a modern God of coincidences?

The United States Supreme Court upholds a non-key provision of the Children's On-Line Protection Act (COPA), but sends it back to lower courts for consideration of other challenges. Meanwhile, the latest censorship attempt by Congress, the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), was struck down by a special 3-judge trial court. Next stop: the Supreme Court. Still, free speech advocates must worry at this continuous stream of censorship laws, all merely awaiting a change in the current majority favoring continued free speech on the Internet.

Peshawar, Pakistan, there’s no place like it anywhere else, that’s for damned sure. (Short story)

Tired of worshipping a distant God? Try creating God instead.

An open letter to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) leadership concerning their recent official ban of gays and nonbelievers.

The recent expos ay of Priestly pedophiles debunks yet another of religion's myths. That myth being that religion discourages bad people from doing evil things.

An examination of selected writings and exegeses of five major world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism) shows that they are all inherently misogynic. An analysis of such misogyny reveals several psychological processes underlying it, including psychodynamic, social psychological, and family-therapy oriented ones.

A short story about a team of archaeologists in the future who use time travel technology to visit the crucifixion of Jesus. Their mission: to observe what happens, and to prove – once and for all – whether the Christian religion is true or not.

James Still returns after three years to the CRSC Wedge Strategy to assess how things stand.

Imagine you are walking home one night and you encounter a group of ten men in a dark alley...

Colorado school board member maneuvers to get creationism into his district.

AU's Lynn Challenges Rep. Ball's Claim That 'Country Runs On Judeo-Christian Ethic That Comes From Bible'