Thinking

Surveys reveal the least religious, most atheistic population centers in the world.

Skeptic John Horgan identifies new theories of matter and the universe that reveal human narcissism.

People who believe in God or the supernatural don’t quite understand the physical world, claims a new study from researchers at the University of Helsinki. 

New research provides more clues about the age of the world’s most popular book.

A number of prominent world leaders are avowed atheists and there’s no reason the American President has to be religious.

A recent study demonstrates significant benefits of teaching young students philosophy.

There is a growing number of atheists in the world. There is also a growing amount of evidence pointing to the benefits of non-believing. 

Finding direct links between Buddhism and Western philosophy is a difficult task, but they do play out in strange loops.

The trouble with labeling everything a “fallacy” is that (1) not all poor reasoning is automatically fallacious, and (2) it implies that everybody would agree on everything if we could only think correctly.

Not only is religion just as bad as an infectious disease, Mr. Dawkins also says it is a form of child abuse.

Professor Luke Timothy Johnson explores the impact of paganism and early Christianity on today’s Christians.