How Will Religion Evolve? - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.comSource: The New York Times
Does religion have a future? Who looks more like an evolutionary dead end: the religious American or the agnostic European? Or will both give way to some sort of compromise — people bound by new institutions that provide the social benefits of religion without belief in a tradi …
What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?Source: Esquire Magazine
This radical Christian's ministry for the poor, The Simple Way, has gotten him in some trouble with his fellow Evangelicals. We asked him to address those who don't believe.
Q & A with the Firendly Atheist from Nancy Duke ReportingSource: pkyindychi.wordpress.com
ND: How can an atheist celebrate Christmas, the holiday to recognize the birth of Baby Jesus?
HM: It's also Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, ChriFSMas, and a variety of other holidays. Take your pick.
Atheist billboard angers ChristiansSource: Fox News
The San Diego Coalition of Reason (SDCoR) is putting up a billboard along a freeway. This is a short story showing that some people are angry about the sign.
Godless Billboard Moved After ThreatsSource: wcpo.com
In the wake of multiple, significant threats, the downtown billboard that says "Don't Believe In God? You are not alone" came down early Thursday morning.
Expunging Christ: The Crucifix and the NationSource: NCRegister
The principle of the European Union's court to override Italy's constitution and laws is a disturbing sign for us here in the USA. There is a powerful lesson in precedent concerning what a nation is and how the Bible treats the nation's place in our lives.
Does God Believe in Atheists?Source:
Many of those who believe it is impossible to know if God exists may on the surface spurn Christianity, but they seem to be the ones most likely to argue with Christians at every possible opportunity.
Dawkins refuses to debate intelligent design scholarsSource: Church Executive
"I will have a discussion with somebody who has a genuinely different scientific point of view," he said when asked why he won't have a debate with Intelligent Design proponent Stephen Meyer.

1. The Attitudes of World Religions towards Sexuality: Be a Hypocrite!
Different religions have different attitudes towards sexuality.
Heaven Can WaitSource: Newsweek
A new book promises incontrovertible proof of the afterlife. That's cold comfort to those of us left behind.

I did a night dive once. With two divers we only had one flashlight to navigate under water. In my vivid imagination I pictured throngs of monsters waiting for me just outside that small circle of light.
On Faith Vs. Reason: "It's Become Bloodsport"Source: airamerica.com
With the spate of newly minted atheist authors and commentators, e.g. Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens, Newsweek's Lisa Miller and Lionel discuss why such enmity, hatred and unmitigated and unfiltered contempt are exhibited for those who happen to believe.

Over 40 years ago Time magazine published an article asking the question "Is God Dead?". In 2009 a good deal of men and women are saying yes (or no because in their view an entity that never existed in the first place cannot die).
Evangelists target spiritually cold New England Source: Yahoo! News
In a Gallup poll this year, all six New England states were in the Top 10 least religious in the country, with Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts claiming the top four spots.
Good without God - Boston Chronicle SeriesSource: thebostonchannel.com
They say they try to live a good life. But when it comes to religion, their answer is no thanks, we're good. The number of people who identify themselves as non-believers has doubled in the last two decades.
Can you be good without God?Source: msnbc.com
"New York is quite unique in America," Rafferty told the UK's Daily Express. "Will we get individual people who will complain? Yes. Will we get people scribbling on posters? Probably. But organized groups? I don't think so."
Good Without God: The Ethics of Atheism Source: Religion Dispatches
On Monday, October 26, The United Coalition of Reason launched a “Good without God” campaign to raise the visibility of local nontheistic groups in communities across the country.
Hitchens: Christianity is a fraud if it's not literally trueSource: Raw Story
Those people who claim no religious affiliation are "not all atheists by any means," Hitchens told host Gretchen Carlson. "They're just people who don't attend a church, don't have a faith. I think it's fair to call them agnostics.