My June 20 letter, in which I criticized religion for claiming a monopoly on morality, drew several responses, one as recently as September. The ones that disagreed contained more logical fallacies ...

One of the most damaging confusions in Israel’s current public debate is the assumption that religious moral seriousness and secular ethical reasoning belong to opposing worlds. Religion is often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dimitris Xygalatas, CC BY Why do people distrust atheists? A study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found ...

I have never accepted irrational religious beliefs. If something in my -- or any -- religion doesn't make sense, I don't accept it. That's why my five-volume commentary on the Torah (the first five ...

We live in a world where conversations about religion and secularity often paint an oversimplified picture. You've probably ...

In the New York Times online, “postmodern” scholar Stanley Fish argues that secularism doesn’t provide any reasons for particular course of action. By maintaining an artificial divide between public ...

Perhaps the caustic voice from Baltimore — H.L. Mencken — was a bit too cynical regarding those inscribed stone tablets. All civilizations and cultures need concepts of “good and bad” or “right and ...

THE old humanity,” writes an historian of Islam, “had been killed by the new religion.” This is what always happens. True morality, the adepts of each religion tell us, is dependent on their ...