Secular Author Says, 'I Miss God'

"I don't believe in God, but I miss him."

This is the opening line from a book titled Nothing to Be Afraid Of by the award-winning British ...

Researchers Identify 'The Perception of Incongruity'

In 1949, researchers asked a group of students at Ivy League schools to perform a simple task: identify playing cards. There were just two catches. First, ...

Scientist Guesses Jesus Walked on Patch of Ice

Did Jesus really walk on water? Or maybe he just surfed on a patch of ice. That's the conclusion of a 2006 scientific article published in everyone's ...

Comedian Louis C.K. Says Atheism Is Illogical

On an episode of Saturday Night Live, the comedian Louis C.K. shared his beliefs about the impossibility of atheism:

I'm not religious. I don't ...

Filmmaker Blocks Out Encounter with Christianity

Paul Verhoeven, a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and film producer (Robocop, Total Recall, Show Girls), was once asked about his short but intense ...

Room for Doubt Makes Trusting Possible

As long as you have faith, you will have doubts. I sometimes use the following illustration when I'm speaking. I tell the audience that I have a twenty-dollar ...

God Is not a "Loveless Dictator in the Sky"

Theologian Michael Reeves notes that many people in our culture who have rejected God may be reacting against a certain sort of God—what he calls ...

MLK Jr. and Nietzsche Respond to Injustice

Some people try to deal with the problem of senseless suffering by abandoning belief in God. But that leaves some big questions: If there is no God, why ...

Everyone Has Some Kind of 'Faith'

John Lennox, a professor of mathematics at Oxford University, argues that everyone has "faith" in something—even atheists. Lennox notes ...

Journey to Unbelief Often Involves Trauma

The Christian scholar Larry Taunton launched a nationwide campaign to interview college students who are members of Secular Student Alliances—the ...