A Parable

Now we need to be vigilant for another threat against our nation, coming not from overseas terrorists, but from those within who would change the basic structure of our country, modifying it to reflect one narrow religious view.

"This is a war between Believers and Unbelievers." -- Osama bin Ladin. "As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities." -- Voltaire.

A short story about the arrival of the evolution chapter at a high school biology class. Along with the teaching of evolution comes the seemingly inevitable conflict with evolution and Creation.

Although even some encyclopedias shy away from unpleasant disclosures about the history of Mormonism, the truth (free from niceties) is presented here.

Dr. Eller attended the gathering at the Colorado Muslim Society Islamic Center on September 21, 2001. There were hundreds of people of every race and religion (and at least one person of no religion) present to show their support. But support of what exactly?

Is it wise to trade your freedom of thought for grandiose promises of heaven and barbaric threats of hell?

My step-daughter works for Planned Parenthood. She asked me to tell my readers about Christian terrorism right here in the United States.

The following op-ed was published by Newsday. A shorter version was also published by "The Oregonian" and possibly other papers, which will sometimes edit a piece they get from another source for reasons of space.

In defense of agnosticism: not just a weak-kneed, on-the-fence version of atheism.

Admittedly (and unashamedly) bitter poem about the "miraculous" cross found in the ruins of the World Trade Center.

A short diatribe against the pseudo-spiritual backlash of September 11th.

Dr. Jordan explores the various roots and conflicts that sustain endless hatred and violence in the region of Palestine and Israel, and proposes that there is only one solution, one that neither side appears mature enough to accept.

Praise for Tony Blair's recognition of nonbelievers.

A short story about a secular student's disclosed faithlessness to his family.

Hurben offers some of this thoughts following the terrorist attack of Sep. 11.

These are neither ideal nor normal of times and so I feel the need to speak.

It's been over two years, but it's not too late: VHS copies of the debate between lawyer Edward Tabash and renowned apologist William Lane Craig are now available at the Secular Web. Debaters, aspiring debaters and fans of theism-atheism debates everywhere will definitely want a copy!

Vuletic reminds us not to villify Arabs or Muslims generally for the actions of fundamentalists.

The Internet Infidels mourn the dead and call for a blood drive as a symbolic gesture: in contrast with those criminals, we give blood rather than spill it.

We have raised tens of thousands of dollars toward the purchase of a new Content Management System that will vastly improve the look and feel, and the utility, of the Secular Web. It will also allow us to get so much more done. It will be a blessing to our all-volunteer team. But we were ten thousand dollars short of our goal. Our patrons all helped out and made up that shortfall!

Here we are, only a few months left of what is officially the first year of the new millennium.

The American public is being held hostage by religion -- by those who consider using fertilized human eggs for research to be wrong, even when the eggs are excess from fertility treatments.

Since popular religious apologists are in the job of saving souls, it is understandable that they use whatever tools are available to them to persuade their audiences. Torture having become unfashionable with the rise of humanism (religious and nonreligious alike), popular religious apologists now turn to the next best thing--arguments which play upon the audience's desires. One can still effectively terrorize without displaying the thumbscrews.

Internationally renowned philosopher and atheist Antony Flew dispells those rumors all over the net that he has abandoned atheism and become a believer in God. We also republish his famous 1950 essay "Theology and Falsification" with a new preface by Flew. [Editor's note: This article no longer represents Flew's current position. For the most recent information, see Antony Flew Considers God...Sort Of.]

Here is a poem, of sorts, that extols the virtues of the one god I believe in.

How would the religious community react if Congress was to pass legislation requiring churches and other houses of worship to comply with the same laws that they want to apply to the public?

We are shocked by the conviction for blasphemy, and the award of the death penalty, to Dr. Yunis Shaikh on 18 August 2001 in Pakistan. Read about it and take action now!