By Victor Tanner Is “Atheist” a strong enough word for skeptical thinkers? It really only denotes a non-belief in gods and, as we all know, there are many more wacky things out there. What’s stranger than believing that an invisible friend is watching over your every move? Or than believing Read more
By Nick Wallin During the first weekend in June, the new directors of the University of Minnesota student group CASH (Campus Atheists, Skeptics, and Humanists) attended the annual conference of the American Humanist Association in Tempe, Arizona. The weekend was divided into multiple breakout sessions during which participants could choose Read more
By Eric Jayne Like it or not, Christian music is undoubtedly popular. Among my daughter’s peer group “Jesus Take the Wheel,” by Carrie Underwood, is a very popular song that her friends sing when they get together. During my own adolescence I was an unwilling participant in an evangelical youth Read more
By Vic Tanner Believe every word it says, or dismiss it all as bunk, there is no question that the Judeo-Christian Bible is one of the most controversial and perplexing books ever compiled. Conservative Christians commonly claim that all events in it are factual, yet any attempt to study the Read more
By Matthew Richardson When I first met my new friend from Sierra Leone, we quickly got on to the subject of religion. To make a point, he asked me to touch to my nose. I looked at him without moving. Insistently, he said again, “Point to your nose!” So, I Read more