I don't usually do the biblical bits here, but this one tickled me: 1. Jesus calls himself the Son of man (e.g. Matthew 16:24-28): Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and...

I read so often from liberal theists, faitheists and people who want to frame science, that "aggressive" atheism is "hurting the cause" of atheism or reason or cute puppies, that it will convince nobody and turn off those we wish to convince. These...

In which I spank Gallup's shiny arse a little, and maybe USA Today's I wrote a much more detailed version of this post a couple of weeks ago, but my lameness resulted in me losing the whole damn file, and I didn't have time to rewrite... until now....

A recent Nielsen survey in Australia on religious belief puts the number who don't believe in god at 24% and not sure/don't know at 6%. The percentage of Christians is 64%, with other major faiths totalling around 5%. The numbers are not changing...

I've answered this question a lot lately. So I thought I'd put down how I am answering it - that way I can just point to a reasonable answer, instead of having to write one every time. I may polish it slightly over time, to clarify what I am getting...