Staff / TruthdigDec 13, 2012
At the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, governments are trying to get their hands and handcuffs on the Internet; some scientists have posited that homosexuals inherit the trait from their opposite-sex parent; meanwhile, Italy's disgraced Silvio Berlusconi prepares to run again. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 10, 2012
According to the study, " 'unbelievers' in Islamic countries face the most severe -- sometimes brutal -- treatment at the hands of the state and adherents of the official religion." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 5, 2012
The right-leaning cable channel has inundated its viewers over the years with the message that the consumerist Christian holiday is under assault by a nefarious group that includes people from other religions, atheists and liberals. Stewart calls the network out on its BS. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigNov 21, 2012
A federal judge Monday ruled that Santa Monica, Calif., may ban seasonal displays in parks and other public places, including the prominent Nativity scenes that are put up every holiday season in the city's Palisades Park. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 17, 2012
If you want to piss off an atheist, tell him or her that atheism is a religion just like any other. Michael Nugent, chairman of Atheist Ireland, attempts to clear the record on what many of those who “willfully unbelieve” really believe about faith, certainty and morality. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 14, 2012
An Indonesian civil servant was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on charges of blaspheming and violating Indonesian Internet laws when he professed his atheism on Facebook. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 9, 2012
A Gallup poll last month revealed that almost half of Americans are anti-empiricists -- that is, they trust ancient descriptions of the world they live in over scientific explanations developed through a direct experience of it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 2, 2012
The "Religion for Atheists" author tells Chris Hedges there's a lot secular society can learn from religious institutions and traditions and he argues for a "neo-religious vision of using culture as scripture." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKDec 17, 2011
Though he gives credit to Christopher Hitchens' exceptional talent, Chris Hedges remembers the newly departed writer differently from the way others might in this clip from CBC Radio. In an unflinching appraisal, Hedges recalls what Hitchens got wrong about religion, his biggest intellectual failing and what it was like to engage him in a debate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 28, 2010
Well, this is awkward. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life undertook a study in which nonbelievers correctly answered more religious knowledge questions than the devout. Mormons and Jews also scored well and, like atheists, know more about Christianity than Christians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 10, 2010
In this frank discussion with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and with Martin Amis, an ailing Christopher Hitchens stares down his own mortality and makes it clear that if he appears to embrace religion at any point (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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