As is clearly argued on the Conversational Atheist site: http://conversationalatheist.com/why-does-it-matter-what-people-believe/ it matters that people have faith and superstitious thinking.
Unbelievers sometimes argue to let people of faith have their delusions -- they only harm themselves. This is not true: beliefs inform their actions. And not just actions that harm themselves alone. Actions that harm society. Read More »
I recently read a 2007 study by the First Amendment Center that shows the US general population to be very misinformed about the US Constitution:
In response to this prompt:
"Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation."
38% "strongly agreed" with the statement. Read More »
How should the US government work as far as the question of religion is concerned. Well, it seems clear to me.
Let's begin with a question.
Should the US government be neutral with regard to religion?
There are only two ways of answering this question: Yes, the government should remain neutral, or No, the government should not remain neutral. Read More »
I often hear Christian arguments about how believing that Jesus died and rose from the dead is a rational thing to think. Or that there are some good reasons for thinking that it happened — and therefore, Jesus was who he said he was. Read More »
