1. Belief, God Genes, and the Findings of Science
(Religion/Atheism)

...become less inclined to believe in God. In two studies in 1914 and 1933 scientists were inter alia asked the following: Do you believe in a God who communicates with people and to whom you can pray an...

2. Public schools flout national laws on religious instruction
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...in East London come to mind. The National Policy on Religion in Education encompasses the following broad principles, and any school and principal or teacher ignoring or contravenin...

3. Origin of the Specious: Race, lies and stereotypes in Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophy
(Religion/General)

...reaten websites with libel and lawsuits to ensure debate is gagged. This behaviour isn’t new: in 2000, following reports about racism and anti-Semitism in Steiner’s work, journalists from ...

4. The religious find a friend in the law
(Religion/Atheism)

... on it. A proposed advert was submitted to the ASA: it insisted, reportedly, on a qualifying adverb. And the following sentiment went up on the sides of London buses: "There's probably no God...

5. Who Started the War on Christmas?
(Religion/Atheism)

...ailer’s theory on Jewish de-assimilation. “It’s an argument,” was all he would say. Following the invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush’s re-election, and the Republican swee...

6. It's not what the papers say, it's what they don't
(Medicine/General)

...ns with severe asthma diagnoses. Those results aren't just incompatible with an increased risk of asthma following MMR vaccination, they actually support the hypothesis that MMR vaccination is ass...

7. Shofar Christian cult mobilizes in the Western Cape
(Religion/Shofar Shogood)

...t rather a 'supposed' "Christian Church" in South Africa. A bit more research revealed the following comments from people in the area who have had the misfortune on been on the recei...

8. An Atheist Manifesto
(Religion/Atheism)

...ities or he does not care to. God, therefore, is either impotent or evil. Pious readers will now execute the following pirouette: God cannot be judged by merely human standards of morality. But, of co...

9. Survey : Is science in conflict with religion?
(Religion/Evolution vs Creationism)

...ntribution. The information statement and survey, should you be prepared to complete it, can be found at the following address: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school-old/hss/disciplines/survey.html ...

10. Quackery quashed, but Rath’s legacy lives
(Medicine/General)

...lala-Msimang’s duty to promote the health of South Africans and ordered her to take appropriate action following an investigation into Rath. “It is clear from the provisions of the Nationa...

11. Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
(Religion/General)

...ords 'cult' and 'Scientology kills' during protests against the Church of Scientology. "Following advice from the Crown Prosecution Service some demonstrators were warned verbally...

12. Anti-Evolution Film Misappropriates the Holocaust
(Religion/Evolution vs Creationism)

New York, NY, April 29, 2008 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued the following statement regarding the controversial film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. The film Expelled: No In

13. Darwin's Nemesis by William Dembski
(Book reviews/Reviews)

...ch Phil Johnson and Michael Ruse (a sympathetic opponent of ID) were the main speakers. “Within a year following that symposium, Phil had gathered a band of ... converts and volunteers, mainly s...

14. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda
(Religion/General)

...ins...  On 18th April, the day Ben Stein's infamous film was released, Michael Shermer received the following letter from a Jew (referencing a past article that Shermer had written debunking ...

15. Psychic crackdown on the cards
(Paranormal/General)

...list of disclaimers must be added to the spiritualists' spiel if they are to avoid an avalanche of writs following the repeal next month of the Fraudulent Mediums Act, to be replaced by the new Co...

16. Faith healing church parents charged over toddler's death
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...ble infection. Carl and Raylene Worthington were indicted by a grand jury in Oregon's Clackamas county following the death of their 15-month-old daughter Ava in March. The toddler died of bron...

17. They prayed to cast Satan from my body
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...ribes every day as a struggle since she was thrown out of Mercy, after living there from July 2003 until the following March. She had gone into Mercy Ministries just after her 21st birthday followin...

18. More Americans leaving religious ties of their youth
(Religion/General)

...nderreported as people may check a box correlating to a faith group without actually believing its tenets or following its practices. Others think the growth of the unaffiliated (sometimes called &quo...

19. UK Measles cases jump to record high
(Science/General)

... stressed that public concerns about the safety of the jab have no foundation. MMR immunisation rates dipped following research which raised the possibility that the jab may be linked to an increased ...

20. Cutting Edge: Baby Bible Bashers
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...A award-winning director Amelia Hann uncovers the unsettling and often disturbing world of child evangelism, following pint-sized preachers Samuel Boutwell from Mississippi, crowd-pleasing Terry Durha...

21. Atheist sees image of Big Bang in Piece of Toast
(Good news/Humour)

Excitement is growing in the Northern England town of Huddlesfield following the news that a local man saw an image of the Big-Bang in a piece of toast. Atheist Donald Chapman, 36, told local newspape

22. Numerology : Your number's up
(SA Media watch/Nonsense alert)

...l flat, the stuff of which features in decor magazines are made. Before the session, Lana had requested the following details: my date of birth, my full name (I have only one first name) as it appear...

23. Irish cardinal attempts to block publication of child abuse files
(Religion/General)

...uments are understood to relate to legal advice Connell and other members of the Catholic hierarchy received following claims of widespread child sexual abuse in the Dublin diocese. Although Connell ...

24. Banned From Church
(Religion/General)

...sed the issue at the church's quarterly business meetings and began complaining that Mr. Burrick was not following the church's bylaws. "She's one of the nicest, kindest people I know...

25. Violence fear over Islam film
(Religion/General)

... launches a movie that will denounce the Koran The Dutch government is bracing itself for violent protests following the scheduled broadcast this week of a provocative anti-Muslim film by a radical ...

26. The Moral Instinct
(Religion/General)

Which of the following people would you say is the most admirable: Mother Teresa, Bill Gates or Norman Borlaug? And which do you think is the least admirable? For most people, it’s an easy quest

27. The Great Afterlife Debate: Michael Shermer v. Deepak Chopra
(Religion/General)

The following debate between Deepak Chopra and Michael Shermer came about after the widely read and referenced debate the two had last year on the virtues and value of skepticism. Deepak has a new boo

28. I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help Fashions
(Medicine/Self Help)

...ch, after all, is what makes it worth reviewing. Recovery gurus, such as John Bradshaw, have large and loyal followings; although sales of recovery and codependency books may have peaked, they are sti...

29. Lessons of Atheist Dictatorships
(Religion/Atheism)

...sh state was carved up by Protestant Prussia, Orthodox Russia and Catholic Austria. With Polish independence following World War I, the Church remained an entity separate from the state and thus becam...

30. Are the 'New Atheists' avoiding the 'real arguments'?
(Religion/Atheism)

... no idea what I'm talking about, yet I still concur with the conclusions of Dawkins and Hitchens. In the following article, I shall briefly outline the basics of Christian belief, and using his ow...