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"Why would you want to take away someone's faith if it gives them comfort?" If you've done a good job discussing faith/religion/god with a believer, then you'll probably hear something like this. To get to this point, you must have already disarmed all of their evidence and reasoning, or else they'd provide some more of …

One last dinner. One last time. Richard Dawkins will be in Chicago on Sunday, April 13th for an intimate dinner of lively, intelligent conversation with a small group of supporters. The next day he leaves for his home in the U.K.   This is your last chance to spend an evening with the man Prospect …

Richard Dawkins is coming to Raleigh, North Carolina on the evening of April 11, 2014, for one night only to have dinner with a small group of very special supporters.     Here is your chance to be one of the few.   Join Richard at one of  Raleigh’s great  restaurants for an intimate dinner …

What challenges do you believe atheist parents face and how would you overcome them? Let us know in the comments below. Deadline for the contest is April 15, 2014. Winners receive a copy of An Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins. Written By: RDFRS

Muhammed Syed is one of the founders of the Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA), a recently formed independent group that supports people trying to leave Islam and those who have already.  They work to provide a welcoming community and help during the difficult transition ex-Muslims face. He recently sat down with us to discuss his …

Throughout my time writing on ethics, I have always made one value very clear: there are issues in politics which it is possible to be right and wrong about. It is easy, in an environment such as this, to note examples such as the presently occupied homophobic positions of many US politicians. Most rationally inclined …

Guillermo Paz-y-Mino-C is an Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology at UMass Dartmouth, the author of Evolution Stands Faith Up: Reflections on Evolution's Wars (Science, Evolution and Creationism), and a leading public speaker in the secular community. His work on the incompatibility hypothesis 'science versus supernatural causation' has been featured in The Boston Globe, The Standard …

Quite recently I received a letter from a very religious and clearly very intelligent and well-educated young person from Pakistan asking about my personal religious views. This was my reply: Dear X, I am not going to speak here about my own religious views but about yours. It seems from what you have written that …

Hemant Mehta must be the coolest high school math teacher around, because he's also one of the most popular atheist bloggers in the secular community, and the author of The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. When he says that he won't harm a fly, he really means it. He spoke with Johnny Monsarrat for this Richard …

They are touring the country with exclusive screenings of their movie The Unbelievers that follows them across the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world – encouraging others to cast off antiquated religious and politically motivated approaches toward important current issues. The film includes interviews with celebrities and other influential …

I was once taught to believe that Jesus was the Messiah. I was once taught to believe that God is the one true god. I was once taught to believe that all things are possible only through him. I was once taught that non-Christians weren’t good people. I was once taught that only Christianity could …

First Place and winner of Richard Dawkins’ Book: Mick Shinners-Murphy- “It's okay, you're safe here…now where did the Holy Spirit touch you??” Second Place: Andrew Knight "So, tell me again about your invisible friend's Mother…" Third Place: Macropus “….19, 20. You are now deeply asleep. When you wake up, you will ask every member of …