By James Haught The ghastly Indian Ocean tsunami on the day after Christmas 2004 — one of the worst natural disasters in the history of humanity — should have an unexpected side-effect: Intelligent people increasingly may be forced to abandon the notion that an all-loving, all-powerful, fatherly, kindly, creator god controls the universe. If a deity caused the Indian… Read more »
Happy holidays, Canadian Atheist readers, whatever holidays you celebrate.
By James Haught When the West Virginia Book Festival was canceled because of the Kanawha library’s money crisis, a pang of loss was felt among lovers of writing. Then longtime Gazette staffer Susan Williams asked readers to remember special books that affected their lives. All this prodded me to ponder the amazing power of language,… Read more »
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Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 11-Dec-2021 to 17-Dec-2021.
By James Haught Religion is collapsing faster in America than in any other nation, according to a top researcher. Writing in Foreign Affairs magazine — in a report titled “Giving Up on God: The Global Decline of Religion” — Dr. Ronald Inglehart of the University of Michigan said: “The most dramatic shift away from religion has taken place among… Read more »
Here’s your Canadian Atheist Weekly Update for 27-Nov-2021 to 10-Dec-2021, a double-sized Update due to missing last week.