By not taxing churches, the government is prevented from directly interfering with how churches operate. By the same token, those churches are also prevented from directly interfering with how the government operates in that they cannot endorse any...

I read a lot of material written by religious theists -- mostly Christians -- about atheists and atheism. I see a lot of different myths, misconceptions, mistakes, and even outright lies. Too many to count, in fact. One characteristic which I see that...

Almost every atheist who debates the existence of gods with theists will, at some point, be presented with some sort of argument from popularity: lots of people do now or have in the past believed in higher powers, so doesn't that prove that gods exist...

The link between parapsychology and religion helps explain people’s incredible will to believe psychic claims. These beliefs are very often critic-proof - no matter what sorts of critiques are offered, people will continue to believe. It doesn’t matter...

A number of Christians treat Thanksgiving as a religious and even Christian holiday. They can be so convinced that Thanksgiving is religious and dedicated to thanking God that it may seem odd to them that atheists would do anything on the day. The...