Rosa Rubicondior

Within religious circles, one man's cult is another man's mainstream religion, but a few things seem to characteris...

These are my top five reasons why there is such a massive increase in agnosticism and outright disbelief in gods at present. You may of c...

A great deal of Creationism depends on people misunderstanding simple words, which is why the most lucrative market for those who peddle cre...

If you're wondering why religious people love rituals, the answer can be found in an experiment involving birds - pigeons to be exact. ...

Massacre of the Innocence , Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565 One of the great lies religious people tell is that religion is a force for pe...

This is interesting. There seem to be three different accounts of the impregnation of Mary and the birth of Jesus; two Christian ones in the...

Hong Xiuquan An interesting BBC Radio 4 program a couple of days ago on the "Taiping Rebellion" in Southern China, 1850-1864 ....

Interesting Huffington Post poll out today. More Believe In Space Aliens Than In God According To U.K. Survey . Some of the reason given f...

Excellent news today from Reading Crown Court where a Christian couple have been ordered to pay compensation to a gay couple whom they had d...

Are you disabled in any way? Do you have even the smallest blemish? A mole or a birthmark maybe? Do you know anyone who is? A frie...

You have to pity Creationists. If only they would (or should that be 'could'?) think things through! I blame the leaders of this ...

This is the second and last blog dealing with Christopher Hitchens' book "The Missionary Position: Mother Theresa in Theory and Pra...

Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu Fake Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta Reading Christopher Hitchins' book, The Mission...

So the final list of candidates is now complete, albeit with one late entry which was too good to be left out. Vote by commenting below. ...

From a true-believing Christian's point of view, reading and learning about anything but the Bible is to be avoided. The problem is, it...

If you're a humanist and/or an atheist you'll have no doubt at all: abolition of slavery was one of the great social advan...

Bible warning sticker. It's a constant source of amazement and amusement how so many people claim to be Christians whils...

For some reason, good Christian women seem to be abandoning their faith in droves. In fact, it's hard nowadays to find a...

Firstly, religion isn't possession. That idea comes from old superstitions which had demons everywhere, taking over people's bodies ...

I have to take issue here with an unjustified criticism of Christian fundamentalism. As regular readers will know, I am always scrupulously...

This should be an easy one for Christians and Muslims who both believe in a Hell where Satan lives and gets our souls to torture for eternit...

You have to pity religious people who get their religion from a book. Consider the following statements: All the evidence for [favourite...

In just about every way that matters in everyday life, religious people behave just the way Atheists do. To watch them, you would be hard-pr...

Some pieces of writing are so powerful, so right, so full of air-punchingly 'YES!' . I warn you now not to read Christopher Hitch...

If there is a scientist who religious apologists love to claim agreed with them it's Albert Einstein. Not only has Einstein become, in t...

Of course, all 'Intelligent Design' arguments are simple variations on the argument from ignorance and incredulity. Basically, the a...

One of the most dishonest and yet probably the most frequent arguments religions use in support of their own particular creator god is the a...

Blue mussel ( Mytlius edulis ) Here's a nice example of evolution occurring not over the millions of years that we normally expect wi...

Carl Sagan Ever wonder why we do this; why we campaign to reduce, and hopefully abolish altogether, the influence of religion...

H.L. Menchen Sep 12, 1880 – Jan 29, 1956 How are the mighty fallen! No one mourns for dead gods. Once mighty, omniscient, omnipotent, ...

What a ridiculous story the tale of the biblical flood and Noah's Ark is. It beggars belief that grown adults can believe such patently ...