Opinion Archives - Atheists for Liberty

The Surreal Ecumenism of the Modern TradCat

December 3, 2024 by Ian Golan in Opinion

The Catholic Church is headed for a schism. Conflict within that institution is nothing new of course, but at the current moment, its future path is rather uncertain. The two factions at hand are the “traditionalists” and the “liberal modernists”, and they both spiral down their echo chambers, losing contact with the other half of […]

Why Did Nancy Pelosi Mention Faith When Talking About VP Harris?

August 22, 2024 by Emma Muniz in Opinion

As a nation, we are approaching a time that is sure to be turbulent. Before we know it, the lines will be swirling around the corners of designated voting locations. The tone being set is one that we have never seen before, with the rapidly advancing power of AI and former President Trump posting artificially […]

Atheists Who Don’t Want to Call Themselves Atheists

August 19, 2024 by Roling Kaloti in Opinion

I remember a couple months ago when Michael Shermer, a historian of science and an Atheists for Liberty advisory board member, tweeted an article written by Kate Cohen titled, “America doesn’t need more God. It needs more atheists,” which he directly quoted by stating: “Say it: ‘I’m an atheist.’ […]

Dionysus Doesn’t Belong in the Olympics

August 6, 2024 by Jeremy Greenberg in Opinion

By now, pretty much every political commentator on the planet has written about the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Opinions from every side of the political aisle have been written about almost every element of the segments in question. Christians are, quite understandably, upset at the most infamous of the scenes, accusing the […]

Finding Community as an Atheist

July 31, 2024 by Emma Muniz in Opinion

About a week after my rather uneventful seventeenth birthday, I tumbled into my apartment. Having just come home from a strenuous day at school, I was exhausted. The fact that I had not slept well the night before and had not had a genuine positive interaction with anyone my age certainly did not make me […]

Negative World: Why Christians Are Retreating from American Cities

July 23, 2024 by Peter Clarke in Opinion

Politically-engaged Christians in America aren’t thrilled with the way things have been going. They finally seem to grasp how badly they’re losing in the culture. And they’re getting desperate. This desperation was the focus of a recent article in The New York Times, “Why a New Conservative Brain Trust Is Resettling Across America.” According to […]

Secular Alternatives to the 10 Commandments: A Response to Louisiana’s Law Requiring the 10 Commandments in All Classrooms

June 20, 2024 by Peter Clarke in Opinion

Today, the governor of Louisiana signed a law requiring classrooms in the state to display the Ten Commandments. According to the Republican governor, Jeff Landry, “If you want to respect the rule of law, you gotta start from the original law given which was Moses. … He got his commandments from God.” Apparently, Governor Landry […]

The True Impact of Cancel Culture: Don’t Underestimate the Chilling Effect on Speech

June 18, 2024 by Reggie Peralta in Opinion

Cancel culture is far from the greatest threat to liberty today. We live in a time when the “possibility of Armageddon” is the highest it’s ever been since the Cuban missile crisis. However, the actual harms from cancel culture shouldn’t be underestimated. For example, cancel culture results in a chilling effect across the culture that […]

God the Omniwriter? – The Biblical Argument for God That Does Not Materialize

June 5, 2024 by Ian Golan in Opinion

There’s a modern Christian custom to include a reference to a Bible verse in Twitter bios, Instagram descriptions, and even Tinder profiles. Whenever I encounter this, for whatever reason, I feel compelled to check the actual passage. I open an online Bible and enter the numerical code into the search engine. I want to know: […]

From Seminary to Atheism: A Whirlwind Journey Out of Orthodox Judaism

May 30, 2024 by Serina Vadella in Opinion

“I was steeped in contradiction. Never before had I felt the suffocation that I was living someone else’s life, that I was living by someone else’s values.” Growing up, I attended Chabad Sunday school, celebrated the major holidays, and was part of Jewish Teen groups. Despite my orthodox education, I was raised in a reformed […]

Richard Dawkins Says He’s a Cultural Christian: This Isn’t News

May 9, 2024 by Roling Kaloti in Opinion

On March 31 this year, Richard Dawkins appeared in an interview with Rachel Johnson on LBC, where he made headlines after identifying himself as a cultural Christian. After stating he was “slightly horrified” to hear about when Oxford Street in London began promoting Ramadan instead of Easter, he explained his belief that England is a […]

Ron Lindsay on Wokeism as a Religion

April 30, 2024 by Peter Clarke in Opinion

I recently interviewed philosopher Ron Lindsay about his new book, Against the New Politics of Identity. During the interview, I asked Ron about the claim that the new leftist idiology, or wokeism, is a religion. His response, lightly edited for clarity, is below: Ron Lindsay: I’m a little reluctant to embrace that because, just for […]

Logical Atheism: Neither Materialism nor Spiritualism

April 23, 2024 by Sheldon Richman in Opinion

I’ve been an atheist for over 50 years. It took one lecture to convince me. I don’t just disbelieve in the existence of the supernatural. I believe in the nonexistence of the supernatural. The natural universe is it. How do I know? (That’s always the appropriate question but with the caveat below). The wrong answer […]

Adam the Ape – Book Review

April 16, 2024 by Autumn Berend in Opinion

If you want primate power and thought-provoking storytelling, Adam the Ape is your best bet. You’ll wonder who the real animals are after reading Wolfgang Wambach’s children’s book, which is filled with compelling characters, ethical dilemmas, and a bond between a boy and a chimp. In Adam the Ape, Wolfgang Wambach explores themes of animal […]

Free Markets vs. Special-Interest-Pandering Politicians

April 9, 2024 by Sheldon Richman in Opinion

Trump promises to slam a 100-percent tariff on imported cars made in Chinese-owned factories in Mexico. He announced this not to a group of prospective car buyers but to a group of car makers. So what else is new? Car buyers, who outnumber the well-organized car makers but are not themselves organized, would have to pay more […]

Jesus Was a Psy-Op: A Book Review of ‘Creating Christ’

March 26, 2024 by Jeremy Greenberg in Opinion

The origins of Christianity are shrouded in time, hidden and obscured. However, through decades of painstaking research and careful study, researchers are able to uncover illuminating details. The 2018 book Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity, by James S. Valliant and Warren Fahy, argues that Christianity was not a natural, organic development from the […]

A Response to Bret Weinstein on the ‘Mistake’ of New Atheism

March 6, 2024 by Roling Kaloti in Opinion

Recently, the biologist Bret Weinstein appeared on the Rubin Report to discuss his views on western civilization and how bad things have gotten with far left identity politics. The whole conversation is about an hour long, but I want to focus on one specific clip: “The New Atheists Made a Massive Mistake We’re Still Paying […]

Atheism’s Four Horsemen—an Honest Look at Where They Are Now

February 20, 2024 by Peter Clarke in Opinion

The online publication Evolution News, which advocates for intelligent design and a religious worldview, recently published an article titled, “Atheism’s Four Horsemen—Where Are They Now?” I can’t say I recommend clicking on the article. If you do, it’s a safe bet you’ll regret it. Rather than attempting to answer the question posed by the headline, […]

Exploring Atheism as a Transhumanist

February 9, 2024 by Zoltan Istvan in Opinion

The following is the introduction to Zoltan Istvan’s nonfiction book of essays: The Theistcideist: A Transhumanist Explores Spirituality, Religion, and Atheism. For years I’ve called myself an atheist, but naturally I am not one. Anyone that thinks they know for sure whether God exists or doesn’t exist is taking an irrational stance in not […]

Is Atheism High Status?

January 30, 2024 by Peter Clarke in Opinion

The “high status” discourse online is a treasure-trove of amusing quips and vapid analyses. If you want to signal your status, avoid Zoom backgrounds. If you’re low status but want to feel high status, join X. As for getting the blue check on X, that could be either a high-status symbol or total cringe. Choose […]