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Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali with a Greek Orthodox fresco of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.

The New Political Christianity

Western civilisation has not succeeded because its liberal and secular principles are Christian; it has succeeded because Western Christians have accepted its liberal and secular values.

Adam Wakeling

30 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

Vishnu and Lakshmi (left), meeting Shiva, Parvati, and Ganesha (right), mounted on elephants.

A Different Way of Doing Atheism

Indian philosophical traditions such as Nāstika and Nirīśvaravāda offer the West’s angry ‘neo-atheists’ a more nuanced model for channelling their religious disbelief.

Kushal Mehra

12 Jun 2024 · 8 min read

A young boy builds a church out of toy bricks. Artwork by Megan Gafford.

The Religious Instinct in a Godless World

The religious urge is born into nearly every child. And when we do not inherit a belief system, we build our own temples.

Megan Gafford

9 May 2024 · 12 min read

Imagine There’s No Svarga: Rediscovering Cārvāka, India’s 2,700-Year-Old Atheistic Tradition

The Cārvākas considered only matter—that which could be sensed—to be real.

Kushal Mehra

1 May 2022 · 8 min read

PODCAST 86: Dr Michael Shermer on His New Book Giving the Devil His Due

Science writer, author and Skeptic editor-in-chief Michael Shermer talks to Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. They talk about a range of free speech issues, including hate speech, Holocaust denial, the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks.

Quillette / Michael Shermer / Toby Young

9 Apr 2020 · 1 min read

Why We Shouldn't Bet on Having Free Will—A Reply to William Edwards

It makes no more sense to believe in a numinous “will” that subverts the laws of physics than to accept a god for which there’s no evidence. Any reforms of society should begin by accepting the unalterable truths of nature.

Jerry A. Coyne

17 Jul 2019 · 6 min read

Bearing Witness: My Journey Out of Mormonism

Integrity requires each of us to bear witness with honest hearts.

Spencer Case

13 May 2019 · 15 min read

Is Secular Humanism a Religion?

In terms of moral rules, secular humanism is indistinguishable from a religion.

John Staddon

11 Apr 2019 · 6 min read

"Liberals Have Compromised on Their Own Values": An Interview with Ali A. Rizvi

Europeans challenged their own religion during the Enlightenment, and we’re all benefiting from their efforts today. But when non-Europeans want to do the same, it’s ‘Islamophobia’?

Maarten Boudry / Ali A. Rizvi

28 Jul 2018 · 17 min read