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Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT By Steve Paulson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/06/24/evolution_of_god/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/06/24/evolution_of_god/index.html?source=rss In an interview with something to offend everyone, Robert Wright explains why religion has given us a fickle deity By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/09/goldman_and_gods_work/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/09/goldman_and_gods_work/index.html?source=rss CEO Lloyd Blankfein defends the Goldman business model -- and warns that if his bank goes down, so does everybody By Cary Tennis Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/08/contemplative/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/08/contemplative/index.html?source=rss How does a spouse pursue a spiritual quest? By Steve Paulson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/14/jane_goodall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/14/jane_goodall/index.html?source=rss In a surprising interview, the famous primatologist talks about her mystical experiences in the jungle and her ever-increasing passion for animal rights and cleaning up the "horrendous mess" of our environment. By Gary Kamiya Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/03/jesus_interrupted/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/03/jesus_interrupted/index.html?source=rss To the author of "Jesus Interrupted," the man from Galilee was a radical Jewish prophet, not God. But in an interview, Bart Ehrman says history doesn't have to undermine Christian faith. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/28/mark_sanford_on_ayn_rands_lack_of_faith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/28/mark_sanford_on_ayn_rands_lack_of_faith/index.html?source=rss Mark Sanford's thoughts on the author of "Atlas Shrugged" are worth hearing. But why bring God into it? By Gordy Slack Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/03/25/alva_noe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/03/25/alva_noe/index.html?source=rss We have become too reductive in understanding ourselves, argues philosopher Alva Noe. Our thoughts and desires are shaped by more than neurons firing inside our heads. By Steve Paulson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2008/11/19/stuart_kauffman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2008/11/19/stuart_kauffman/index.html?source=rss We should see the ceaseless creativity of nature as sacred, argues biologist Stuart Kauffman, despite what Richard Dawkins might say. By Karl Giberson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/religion_science/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/religion_science/index.html?source=rss Piercing a Communion wafer with a nail and throwing it in the garbage, as one crusading biologist recently did, does science no favors. By Steve Paulson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/21/james_carse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/21/james_carse/index.html?source=rss The beauties of religion need to be saved from both the true believers and the trendy atheists, argues compelling religious scholar James Carse. By Vincent Rossmeier Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/01/saving_darwin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/01/saving_darwin/index.html?source=rss Of course they can, argues physicist and theologian Karl Giberson, if only many believers were more sophisticated and atheists less dogmatic. By Ann Bauer Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/22/ann_bauer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/22/ann_bauer/index.html?source=rss I was an agnostic who never took my family to church. And then, my son starting hearing the voice of God. By Cary Tennis Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/21/youth_and_illusion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/21/youth_and_illusion/index.html?source=rss I used to believe in fantastic things of the imagination; now they all seem to be dead. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/19/easter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/19/easter/index.html?source=rss 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 Gary Kamiya Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/04/trillion_dollar_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/04/trillion_dollar_war/index.html?source=rss 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 Garrison Keillor Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/12/05/nativity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/12/05/nativity/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/25/atheism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/25/atheism/index.html?source=rss 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 Garrison Keillor Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/10/24/gop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/10/24/gop/index.html?source=rss It's the I Got Mine You Get Your Own party, marching under a Christian banner. By Catherine Price Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/21/purefashion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/21/purefashion/index.html?source=rss A faith-based organization named Pure Fashion pushes clothing that will help teenage girls "maintain their dignity as children of God." By Cary Tennis Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/12/will_to_believe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/12/will_to_believe/index.html?source=rss My belief in no God, which has sustained me since high school, is starting to feel shaky. By Giles Harvey Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/05/10/hitchens_god/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/05/10/hitchens_god/index.html?source=rss 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 Alex Koppelman Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/08/hitchens_sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/08/hitchens_sharpton/index.html?source=rss The two firebrands meet to debate religion, the idea of God and Hitchens' new book. By Darcey Steinke Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/07/easter_everywhere/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/07/easter_everywhere/index.html?source=rss 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 Kevin Berger Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/08/23/shermer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/08/23/shermer/index.html?source=rss 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 Steve Paulson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/07/07/harris/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/07/07/harris/index.html?source=rss 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.