What kind of all-powerful Deity needs secular law enforcement to protect it from the jests of a few comedians and other riffraff?… Read the rest

By telling her she’s old and ugly. Italian women “protest against this cretinisation of women, of democracy, of politics itself.”… Read the rest

People who make a living painstakingly creating stories from ideas tend to overvalue the importance of narrative.… Read the rest

He thinks of the obituaries he’d like to write, listing Robert Mugabe. Joseph Ratzinger. Henry Kissinger.… Read the rest

The campaign coordinator for Rand Paul who stepped on the head of a female protester is not an isolated example.… Read the rest

It was “the Vibrant Dance of Faith and Science,” but then it became War.… Read the rest

The guy who’s whipping up the monotheists to make war on atheism.… Read the rest

“being a fag doesnt give you the right to ruin the rest of our lives. If you get easily offended by being called a fag then dont tell anyone you are a fag.”… Read the rest

He wrote that he wanted gay people to commit suicide, used the terms “queer” and “fag” repeatedly, rejoiced “that [gay people] give each other AIDS and die.”… Read the rest

Once you cede power to an invisible force, you cede power to other human beings who can then claim to use those invisible forces against you.… Read the rest

Governments use these laws to legitimize crackdowns on minority groups and dissidents under the pretext of maintaining ‘social harmony.’… Read the rest

Because they can be and are used to suppress freedom of speech and freedom of religion.… Read the rest

It’s affected to spell “skeptic” with a k, for one thing, and you think you’re so clever, for another.… Read the rest

“If the government is paying out millions for homeopathy, people will think there’s something in it.”… Read the rest

“Young people are joining the rising atheist movement in increasing numbers. I have not met one yet who is an accommodationist.”… Read the rest

“Christians also must be able to forge an agreement with Muslims on how to fight atheism, materialism and relativism.”… Read the rest

“The Palestinian woman lives in a chauvinistic society, which continues to treat women as immature and incompetent beings.”… Read the rest

Know-it-all barmaid replies.… Read the rest

Our moral judgements influence our intutions about the non-moral question whether someone is acting intentionally or not. [rr]… Read the rest

Neuroscientists are catching the first glimpses of how altruistic behaviour happens in the brain. [registration required]… Read the rest