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"God talked to me today"
I was an agnostic who never took my family to church. And then, my son starting hearing the voice of God.
By Ann Bauer Mar 22, 2008
My childhood dreams are shattering as I approach adulthood
I used to believe in fantastic things of the imagination; now they all seem to be dead.
By Cary Tennis Mar 21, 2008
Thinking weaselish thoughts at Eastertide
Holy Week is a good time to ask: Do we really believe or do we just like to hang out with nice people and listen to organ music?
By Garrison Keillor Mar 19, 2008
The cold price of hot blood
A devastating new book reveals that Iraq will cost the U.S. at least $3 trillion. Will Americans check their pocketbooks the next time a president tries to sell them on a cheap, glorious war?
By Gary Kamiya Mar 4, 2008
Away in an awesome manger
The Nativity story is a cornerstone of the Christian faith but can be a big hurdle for a bunch of skeptical New York teenagers.
By Garrison Keillor Dec 5, 2007
Should I come out as an atheist?
I've been lying to my family, my friends and my religious university -- I don't believe in God! I don't! I don't!
By Cary Tennis Oct 25, 2007
What the Republican Revolution has wrought
It's the I Got Mine You Get Your Own party, marching under a Christian banner.
By Garrison Keillor Oct 24, 2007
No visible panty lines
A faith-based organization named Pure Fashion pushes clothing that will help teenage girls "maintain their dignity as children of God."
Catherine Price Aug 21, 2007
Is atheism dead?
My belief in no God, which has sustained me since high school, is starting to feel shaky.
By Cary Tennis Jul 12, 2007
God grief
Christopher Hitchens has attacked modern-day saints like Mother Teresa and Princess Di, but his new book takes aim at the most sacred cow of all: The Almighty.
By Giles Harvey May 10, 2007
Christopher Hitchens, Al Sharpton and God
The two firebrands meet to debate religion, the idea of God and Hitchens' new book.
Alex Koppelman May 8, 2007
Something to believe in
For years, I struggled to connect to my father's God. But this Easter I'm reminding myself that Jesus himself was a doubter.
By Darcey Steinke Apr 7, 2007
The joys of life without God
Skeptics Society founder Michael Shermer explains why Darwin matters, how believing in God is the same as believing in astrology, and why it doesn't take divine faith to experience something bigger than ourselves.
By Kevin Berger Aug 23, 2006
The disbeliever
Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith," on why religious moderates are worse than fundamentalists, 9/11 led us into a deranged holy war, and believers should be treated like alien-abduction kooks.
By Steve Paulson Jul 7, 2006
Going beyond God
Historian and former nun Karen Armstrong says the afterlife is a "red herring," hating religion is a pathology and that many Westerners cling to infantile ideas of God.
By Steve Paulson May 30, 2006
God at the gas pump
Tired of high gas prices? Try a little divine intervention.
Andrew Leonard Apr 28, 2006
The carpet guy
He made me angrier than I'd been in years. He lied to my face and cheated me. But my rage took me into a dark place.
By Anne Lamott Dec 5, 2005
Blame God, not me
After weeks of blaming others for the disastrous response to Katrina, Bush used the pulpit at the National Prayer Service to blame the biggest scapegoat of all: God.
By Amy Sullivan Sep 17, 2005
God doesn't take sides
How do I reconcile my faith with that of the spiritual hysterics in the White House? Easy. I don't even try.
By Anne Lamott Apr 27, 2005
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
On the theology of sports: How Pete Rose can prove the existence of God -- or not, depending on what you already believe.
Jul 18, 2003
A ham from God
On my 49th birthday, my back hurt and my soul hurt. But solace came in an unexpected form.
By Anne Lamott Apr 25, 2003
Stop the holy showboating
Listen up, jocks: God doesn't care if you score a touchdown. So do your praying in private, not in the end zone.
By Dan McGraw Sep 28, 2002
God stoppers
The 9th Circuit judges who struck down the Pledge may be the most unpopular people in America right now. There's just one catch: They're right.
By Scott Rosenberg Jun 28, 2002
Toward peace
There's prayer, and then there's the wife and money trouble and Billy Graham.
By Alan Rifkin Sep 27, 2001
Now more than ever
Witnessing hell has made me a born-again atheist.
By Lauren Sandler Sep 14, 2001
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