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2007 columns

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 112. A plague on all your houses
        Sunnis and Shias in the Middle East
        June 17, 2007

 111. Victory or defeat?
        Tibetan and the Chinese occupation
        June 10, 2007

 110. A natural state
        We all were - and will be - atheists
        June 3, 2007

 109. A question of scale
        The universe and me
        May 27, 2007

 108. The mask of compassion
        The face of evil
        May 20, 2007

 107. Adults only
        Sex, drugs and religion
        May 13, 2007

 106. A conversation with ourselves
        The pointlessness of prayer
        May 6, 2007

 105. Pain and loss
        The inevitability of suffering
        April 29, 2007

 104. Seduced into religion
        Why faith persists
        April 22, 2007

 103. Ignorance is not evidence of God
        Debating God's existence (iii)
        April 15, 2007

 102. Lack of cause
       Debating God's existence (ii)
       April 8, 2007

 101. Clinging to faith
       Debating God's existence (i)
       April 1, 2007

 100. Reasons to believe
       Why God must exist
       March 25, 2007

  99. Where did Christ go?
       The Ascension
       March 18, 2007

  98. From one fantasy to another
       Anne Rice and the seven-year-old Christ
       March 4, 2007

  97. The Buddhist idyll
       Peace and quiet in Luang Prabang
       February 25, 2007

  96. Happy Reasonday!
       Socrates and March 20
       February 11, 2007

  95. An atheist's credo
       Knowledge and belief
       February 4, 2007

  94. Faith as fashion
       Following the crowd
       January 28, 2007

  93. Good news for atheists
       The Bible is not the word of God
       January 21, 2007

  92. SQUID, missing cats and the afterlife
       Morality and the death penalty
       January 14, 2007

  91. An eye for an eye
       Morality and the death penalty
       January 7, 2007

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

"As conscious beings we are fully aware that we will die, and as conscious beings we are, not surprisingly, reluctant to do so. Faced with the prospect of extinction, most of us who are healthy, active and free would prefer to live as long as possible."
How many virgins?
"How familiar are you with the names of Baruch Goldstein and Muhammad Abd al-Basset Oudeh? Both were mass murderers. Both were circumcised monotheists who spoke a Semitic language and refused to eat pig meat. And both killed for the right of their fellow-believers to occupy a piece of land smaller than New Jersey."
Why not Hawaii?
"Here we are with a couple of hours to spare and nothing better to do than translate Genesis from ancient Hebrew into modern English. That version of chapter one, verse one looks all right, but there's something missing. Let's check the original again. What's the fourth word? "Elohim" Of course; the -im ending means it's plural, like cherubim and seraphim. Let's try again. 'In the beginning, the gods created heaven and earth.' "
How many gods?
"Today belief in God is crazy, pointless and sometimes downright harmful, but that wasn't always the case. Religion helped us evolve from primates dominated by short-term instinct into human beings capable of forming sophisticated societies."
The evolution of religion
"The United States prides itself on championing freedom and in enshrining the pursuit of happiness in its constitution. It is ironic that so many Americans espouse a moral code whose impact is to restrict both freedom and happiness. America needs moral values, but values that respect and honor every citizen."
What moral values?
"Maybe Noah had some help building the Ark; he may have contracted some of the men on God's death list. 'No, no. there isn't going to be a Flood. I just want to give the wife something to look at while she's washing dishes.' "
How did the koala get to Australia?

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If God existed, he would...

  • admire the beauty of a universe that he did not create
  • recognize that eternity is meaningless
  • deny both heaven and hell
  • disown all men and women who speak in his name
  • denounce the harm caused by religious "morality"
  • help the human race to thrive without him

    If God existed, he would be an atheist.