3rd Jul 2007 : Why on earth do people keep saying, "There but for the grace of God …"? If matters had been very slightly different over the past weekend, the streets of London and the airport check-in area in Glasgow, Scotland, would have been strewn with charred body parts. And this would have been, according to the would-be perpetrators, because of the grace of God. Whatever our own private theology or theodicy, we might at least agree to take this vile belief seriously.

3rd Jul 2007 : On the face of it, the Bishop of Carlisle and the young man who staggered blazing from that Jeep at Glasgow Airport on Saturday afternoon don't have a lot in common. The Right Reverend Graham Dow is a grey-haired man with a twinkling smile, rarely armed with anything more lethal than a crozier.

1st Jul 2007 : 'Intelligent Design' (ID) is a new form of creationism that emerged after legal decisions in the 1980s hampered the inclusion of 'creation science' in the public school curriculum. In the 20 years since ID appeared, there has been no evidence of it being used to solve problems in biology. Although the scientific/scholarly part of ID has been a failure, the 'cultural renewal' part of ID has been a success, as supporters of ID seek 'restoration' of a theistic sensibility in American culture to replace what they consider an overemphasis on secularism. Eugenie C. Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, tackles the issue of evolution and science in the classroom.

1st Jul 2007 : The floods that have devastated swathes of the country are God's judgment on the immorality and greed of modern society, according to senior Church of England bishops.

1st Jul 2007 : We asked three writers, three scientists and two broadcasters to answer six basic scientific questions, and their answers appear to confirm the arts/science divide

1st Jul 2007 : We take our young children to science museums, then as they get older we stop. In spite of threats like global warming and avian flu, most adults have very little understanding of how the world works.

30th Jun 2007 : Children as young as six are being used by the Taliban in increasingly desperate suicide missions, coalition forces in Afghanistan claimed yesterday.

30th Jun 2007 : Chris Matthews Hardball debate featuring Christopher Hitchens author of God is not Great vs. the Reverand Al Sharpton

30th Jun 2007 : Scientists in Spain say that they have found a tooth from a distant human ancestor that is more than one million years old.

30th Jun 2007 : You can only buy this DVD from one source. Buy two. One for you and your family and one for your school. Trust me, they are superb... £12.99 for five hours of lucid wisdom and inspiring your children (and you). Please, I urge you to buy this.

30th Jun 2007 : Scientists at the institute directed by J. Craig Venter, a pioneer in sequencing the human genome, are reporting that they have successfully transplanted the genome of one species of bacteria into another, an achievement they see as a major step toward creating synthetic forms of life.

30th Jun 2007 : I had expected to be as irritated by Michael Behe's second book as by his first. I had not expected to feel sorry for him.

28th Jun 2007 : Using 25,000 neurons from the brain of a rat, scientists at the University of Florida in Gainesville have created a living "brain" that can fly a simulated high performance aircraft.

28th Jun 2007 : On the deck of the Santa Cruz in the Galapagos Islands, Richard Dawkins takes a minute to talk about Darwin and his historic visit to the Galapagos Islands.

28th Jun 2007 : Scientists exploring the western slopes of the Andes in northern Peru have found seeds of domesticated squash from almost 10,000 years ago, about twice the age of previously discovered cultivated crops in the region.

28th Jun 2007 : Some 10,000 years ago, somewhere in the Near East, an audacious wild cat crept into one of the crude villages of early human settlers, the first to domesticate wheat and barley.

28th Jun 2007 : Richard Dawkins gives an overview of sex ratio theory and sexual selection using examples found in the Galapagos. Q&A is mixed-in near the end.

28th Jun 2007 : We will never explain the cosmos by taking on faith either divinity or physical laws. True meaning is to be found within nature

28th Jun 2007 : Since its humble beginnings as a single cell, life has evolved into a spectacular array of shapes and sizes, from tiny fleas to towering Tyrannosaurus rex, from slow-soaring vultures to fast-swimming swordfish, and from modest ferns to alluring orchids. But just how such diversity of form could arise out of evolution's mess of random genetic mutations — how a functional wing could sprout where none had grown before, or how flowers could blossom in what had been a flowerless world — has remained one of the most fascinating and intractable questions in evolutionary biology.

27th Jun 2007 : Intelligent design (ID) is one of a wide range of theories of origin currently taught as part of the Religious, Moral and Philosophy Studies (RMPS) SQA course, but could be moved elsewhere as part of the review.

27th Jun 2007 : I believe that there is no God. I'm beyond atheism. Atheism is not believing in God. Not believing in God is easy -- you can't prove a negative, so there's no work to do. You can't prove that there isn't an elephant inside the trunk of my car. You sure? How about now? Maybe he was just hiding before. Check again. Did I mention that my personal heartfelt definition of the word ''elephant'' includes mystery, order, goodness, love and a spare tire?

27th Jun 2007 : Humanists in the last 10 years have watched with alarm the expansion of the pro-religion agenda of the government and so you can see why some Labour supporters of a more secular hue might be concerned about the next 10 years.

27th Jun 2007 : Rudy Park comics mentioning The God Delusion.

27th Jun 2007 : Sally brings you lively conversation, discussion, reflection and music. looking at the big religious issues of the week.

27th Jun 2007 : Today, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani spoke at Pat Robertson's Regent University. In the opening of his speech, he congratulated Robertson for the "influence" Regent has.

27th Jun 2007 : Richard Dawkins gave this lecture on Neo-Darwinism during a recent trip to the Galapagos.

27th Jun 2007 : Is Darwin due for an upgrade? There are growing calls among some evolutionary biologists for just such a revision, although they differ about what form this might take.

27th Jun 2007 : In 1950, in a letter to bishops, Pope Pius XII took up the issue of evolution. The Roman Catholic Church does not necessarily object to the study of evolution as far as it relates to physical traits, he wrote in the encyclical, Humani Generis.

27th Jun 2007 : Researchers studying Neanderthal DNA say it should be possible to construct a complete genome of the ancient hominid despite the degradation of the DNA over time.

27th Jun 2007 : A giant leap of faith took Jonathan Edwards to Olympic glory in Sydney. Then he found the foundations of his life were crumbling

26th Jun 2007 : This documentary-styled one-hour film sees Derren in America attempting to raise questions about the validity of certain religious and spiritual belief systems; belief systems that people are encouraged to base their lives upon - such as new-age faiths and mainstream Christianity. Can he get certain authority figures to endorse him as the real thing?

26th Jun 2007 : Imagine that the year is 1507, and life is difficult. Crops fail, good people suffer instantaneous and horrifying turns of bad luck, and even the children of royalty regularly die before they have taken their first steps. As it turns out, everyone understands the cause of these calamities: it is witchcraft. Not all witchcraft is at fault, of course -- there are "white" witches who use their powers to heal -- but there is no question that some witches have formed an alliance with the Devil. Happily, the Church has produced many learned and energetic men who are equal to this challenge, and each year hundreds of women are put to death for casting spells upon their innocent neighbors.

26th Jun 2007 : A city band's music concert calling for "freedom from religion" is set to rock the pious and ruffle some religious feathers on July 7.

26th Jun 2007 : CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's state-appointed Grand Mufti said on Sunday that female genital cutting was forbidden by Islam after an 11-year-old girl died while undergoing the procedure at a private medical clinic in southern Egypt.

26th Jun 2007 : Father Jonathan on Faux News talking about Atheism.... count the logical fallacies, there are plenty, writes David. I'm game we can start with the fact that atheists don't claim a God doesn't exist they claim there is insufficient evidence to believe that one does. There is also the appeal to popularity ninety percent believe so it must be true. Father Jonathan makes other terrible arguments can you identify and refute them?

26th Jun 2007 : It's impossible to satisfy "Rage Boy" and his ilk. It's stupid to try.

26th Jun 2007 : I have just finished reading a deeply disheartening book by my friend Professor Akbar Ahmed. Dr. Ahmed is the former Pakistani High Commissioner to Britain and member of the faculties of Harvard, Princeton and Cambridge, current chair of Islamic Studies at American University -- and is in the front ranks of what we Westerners call the moderate Muslims who we are counting on to win the hearts and minds of the others.

26th Jun 2007 : The government has announced that it will publish guidance for schools on how creationism and intelligent design relate to science teaching, and has reiterated that it sees no place for either on the science curriculum.

26th Jun 2007 : 4 page German spread on The God Delusion in Ullstein catalog.

26th Jun 2007 : Germany has banned the makers of Tom Cruise's new movie from filming at military sites in the country because the actor is a Scientologist.

25th Jun 2007 : Supporters of President George W Bush say it's one of his greatest achievements: encouraging religious organisations to help with the provision of basic social services.

25th Jun 2007 : (MADISON, WIS.) The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision today in Hein v. FFRF granting the executive branch the freedom to violate the separation of church and state without court review spells "imperial presidency," charges the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

25th Jun 2007 : God, Dawkins, and Paris Hilton meet on BBC Radio 4, The Now Show.

25th Jun 2007 : It's not quite "We are the world"

25th Jun 2007 : The 5-4 high court decision bars taxpayers from challenging initiative

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that ordinary taxpayers cannot challenge a White House initiative that helps religious charities get a share of federal money.

24th Jun 2007 : There's at least one thing Richard Dawkins has in common with the God he so famously (and successfully) doesn't believe in: Each of them has a reputation for being rather solemn when it comes to explaining the meaning of things.

23rd Jun 2007 : Edward Tabash gave this speech to members of the Center For Inquiry during a recent cruise in the Galapagos.

23rd Jun 2007 : In this video I deconstruct the broken watch straw man argument used by creationist / ID supporters to attack evolution. I had to pack a ton of information into this video so you WILL need to pause it periodically.

23rd Jun 2007 : I FIND, AS I GROW OLDER, THAT I AM perhaps not as up to speed with the Zeitgeist as I used to be.

23rd Jun 2007 : First Dennett, then Dawkins and now Hitchens: and of these three recent diatribes against religion, Christopher Hitchens's is the fiercest.