The most common critique leveled at New Atheists is that we attack only puerile, fundamentalist forms of religion, and never engage with the “best” arguments of the faithful: those adumbrated by ...

10 Questions for Eric Reitan on Is God a Delusion?: A Reply to Religion’s Cultured Despisers (Wiley-Blackwell, December, 2008) What inspired you to write Is God a Delusion? What sparked your interest?

It ain’t over ’til it’s over. Since the beginning of philosophical speculation, there has been controversy over the existence of God or gods. Among the Pre-Socratics, Democritus denied all deity and ...

In this day and age, when the State not only supports but actively encourages almost every form of gambling, but actively and actually encourages it — and at the same time purveys the myth that the ...

Few religious-minded individuals will likely read a book titled “The God Delusion.” But perhaps they should. When he isn’t screeching about the evils of religion in tones that resemble the giddy zeal ...

A world more full of weeping than [we] can understand.” David O’Connor quotes this line from Yeats in the first sentence of his book on God and the problem of evil. His conclusion at the end of the ...

This article relates to an upcoming free "God debate" at Portland State University on April 9th at 7:30 pm. For details, see this link: http://tinyurl.com/l9s8lar . A ...

Philosophy can be defined in many ways. What is integral to the definitions is that philosophy employs arguments, rather than say an appeal to religious revelation. One can create arguments for ...