An interview with me is appearing today on the “Think Atheist” radio show. They tell me that “The show will air at 5PM Pacific/8PM Eastern but then be available to stream from our archive immediately after it concludes.”

I’m not always comfortable being publicly identified as an atheist. The label is accurate enough; I don’t think that any God or other supernatural entities exist. But the word “atheist” has other connotations as well, and I don’t always want to take them on board or fight against them. For example, in a piece in … Being identified as an atheist

John Loftus’ latest anthology, The End of Christianity has been printed by Prometheus and is now being distributed. I have an essay in the book titled “Hell: Christianity’s Most Damnable Doctrine.” (BTW, John and Victor Reppert are having a knock-down-drag-out squabble on their respective blogs–Debunking Christianity and Dangerous Idea–about what John calls ‘the outsider test … Unabashedly Self-Promoting Blurb

We usually debate weighty issues on SO, but I thought I would offer something a bit lighter. For fun I am writing a memoir (I was inspired by Bill Bryson’s Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid) of growing up in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia in the ’50’s and early 60’s. These are my … Religious Reminiscences

I’m going to make two objections to standard justifications of the correct answer to the Monty Hall problem. The conclusion to an unsound argument can still be true, so if I’m successful at showing that there is a problem with the reasoning supporting the accepted answer to the problem, this will not show that the … The Monty Hall Problem – Part 3

These probability tree diagrams represent a standard line of reasoning in support of the ‘correct’ answer to the Monty Hall problem.

A student I ran into recently told me that I, along with his roommate, was the reason he became an atheist. Apparently when in a questioning period, he went to a panel discussion on campus where I represented a godless infidel perspective, and this helped tip the balance. Now, I don’t want to exaggerate my … Changing minds

This post is off topic, but there are math and logic buffs out there who might enjoy a discussion of the Monty Hall problem, and I’m hoping to get some feedback on some thoughts I have about a standard solution to the problem. Fig Leaf JustificationAtheists and Naturalists are a minority group. Most people in … The Monty Hall Problem – Part 1

One consistent theme in my writing about science and religion is that there is an awful lot of randomness in the world, and that supernatural beliefs typically deny this randomness. Here’s a discussion of some recent psychological research that connects nicely. Religiosity is often associated with an inability to accept randomness. I should probably add … Religion as an inability to handle randomness