Ilya Somin is a law professor at George Mason University who recently wrote several blog entries on prejudice against atheists, especially in the law: Somin later massaged these posts into a more formal article, “The Final Prejudice,” that was published in The Legal Times, but that article is not available online. Thanks to Eddie Tabash … Hostility to Atheists

A Christianity Today article describes, in part, how seven-year old Becky’s mother helped her to overcome her uncertainty about the existence of God: An idea I’d heard several months earlier came to mind. “Let’s make construction paper flowers and write a prayer request on each one. We’ll pray every day for the requests. When God … Sometimes (unless you ask for something trivial) the answer is “No.”

In light of Rabbi Gellman’s recent editorial about “angry atheists,” here’s a piece of good news. The LA Times recently reported on a high-profile counter-example: Julia Sweeney, a “smiling atheist.” (Thanks to Eddie Tabash for pointing out this article to me.) For more information, see Julia’s blog.

Here is an interesting article on the Founding Fathers’ intent for the separation of church and state, focusing on the practices of the Post Office: http://atheism.about.com/b/a/242048.htm/ I’d never seen some of these points before. Thanks to Bill Schultz for pointing this out to me.

World Magazine recently blogged about the “shrinking liberal family.” Although I usually disagree with the viewpoint expressed by that magazine, this is one issue where I find myself in agreement with them. In fact, it is something I have been saying for years. I don’t claim to have hard statistical evidence, but it has always … The Shrinking Secular Family

Philosopher of religion Mark Vuletic now has his own blog.

I recently read a web-exclusive commentary on Newsweek magazine’s website by Rabbi Marc Gellman entitled, “Trying to Understand Angry Atheists.” The article’s sub-title asked the question, “Why do nonbelievers seem to be threatened by the idea of God?” Gellman begins his article with the following words: I think I need to understand atheists better. I … Are Atheists Angry or Threatened by God?

Just when you thought Christianity’s penchant for the bizarre had exhausted itself comes news from UPI that a group calling itself “Pray Live” organized a D.C. prayer rally to lower gasoline prices. According to the story “various Christian clergy from around the country” met last Thursday and prayed to resolve the energy crisis. I wonder … Prayer Rally to Lower Gas Prices

There is something that each of us does not understand. Rabbi Gellman just can’t understand why atheists “are often so angry” and I just can’t understand why theists prefer to promulgate this tired canard at every opportunity. Gellman might as well have added how he can’t understand why blacks sing and dance all the time … Yet Another “Angry Atheist” Stereotype