Anti-abortion forces mount seemingly secular arguments which must be exposed as faith in hiding. … Read the rest

According to a UK study, nearly all churchgoers admit to practising superstitious behaviour.… Read the rest

Chatting about whether you think what you think you think. … Read the rest

Doesn’t matter what they are though.… Read the rest

Hurtful failure to burn offensively blasphemous book hurtful and offensive.… Read the rest

In his new theory the clue to the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness is attacked head-on. … Read the rest

It costs money. Rich people have more money, dominate tv ads. Not good.… Read the rest

Spinoza’s reaction to religious intolerance was to try to think his way out of all sectarian thinking.… Read the rest

Will publicly back California’s research into disease treatment despite Bush’s strong opposition.… Read the rest

‘I would like to remove my name from the list of scientists who dispute global warming.’… Read the rest

Including Why Truth Matters. … Read the rest

Man who described himself as a Muslim American angry with Israel killed Pamela Waechter.… Read the rest

‘A purposeful, hateful act, as far as we know, by an individual acting on his own,’ mayor said.… Read the rest

“If you want people to stop calling him ‘Jew boy,’ you tell him to give his heart to Jesus.”… Read the rest

Driving too fast and while drunk puts other people’s lives at risk, even if you are a ‘devout Catholic.’… Read the rest

Rushdie denounces Greer’s support for ‘activists’ attempting to block the film.… Read the rest

Pro-censorship twaddle rejected; protesters advised to read the book.… Read the rest

The book argues against the belief that identity is something to be ‘discovered’ rather than chosen. … Read the rest

Statement on the Mumbai blasts, condemnation of violence in Gujarat, more.… Read the rest

‘The powerful school of communitarian thinking also hallows exactly one identity per human being.’… Read the rest