I've often considered what attracts different people to religion and what purposes religion has served in society. Recently, I've been thinking of the converse: what makes people reject religion and the different reasons why people are either atheists or agnostics. I think there are several reasons,...

We can imagine a fish being told that he is surrounded by water, but not quite realizing what this means. We can imagine such a fish swimming north, south, east and west in search of water. If we think of this fish as a person, we can even imagine him looking up the books of fish lore, studying fish...

I feel sorry for American Christians right now. The diva Carrie Prejean is continually being trotted out by the media as some sort of admirable representative of Christian values, all while her behavior and sordid past continue to expose her as the spoiled, self serving, immature, hypocrite she is....