Josh Benner

Category: Atheism

  • AA and Atheism

    I read an interesting piece on the CNN Belief Blog today about Atheism and Alcoholic’s Anonymous written by Marya Hornbacher. She does give the AA program credit for helping her attain sobriety, but she also sites that the way in which religious principles influence the organization: But if you are of an atheistic or strongly…

  • I laughed, I cried, I thought. Review of “God, No” the new book by Penn Jillette

    Penn Jillette: famous magician, outspoken libertarian, well known skeptic, ardent atheist. Last week, Jillette’s new book “God, No. Signs you may already be an atheist and other magical tales” was released. I am a big fan of Mr. Jillette and was interested to see his new book.

  • Response to Hawking on premier of “Curiosity”

    Brilliant British cosmologist Stephen Hawking was the premier of a new Discovery Channel series called “Curiosity” last night. Part of his focus was why God is not necessary for the existence of the universe.

  • Controversial billboard raise questions about morality in atheism

    I saw a link to this article on Facebook this afternoon. A nationwide atheist organization called the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has been posting billboards that focus on individual atheist’s own personal statements pertaining to how they can be moral without the belief in a higher power. The signs have been posted in a…