Robert Green's June 20 letter, “Moral people turn away from religion,” illustrates the intellectual bankruptcy that characterizes secular humanism. He asserts that “there are secular guides to ...

While I agree with the sentiment expressed in the Feb. 7 letter by Charles Kunce (" 'Bickering' is actually healthy debate"), healthy debates have merit and meaning only when both sides are making ...

It is a modern conceit that if we do not identify the unprovable first principles in our life, we have no religion. Religion, says this conceit, is something that others have. We have truth. All of us ...

Because it can be difficult to define one’s worldview, I want to explore a particular term: non-denominational. In any context when you don’t know the exact terminology, it’s tricky figuring out how ...

Few people realize it, but secular humanism – the progressive crusade to improve life for all – may be the chief driving force of western civilization. Humanism means helping people, and secular means ...

About 20 years ago, there seemed to be a prevailing consensus (maybe more of a prevailing hope) that America was slowly becoming a more secular society. That’s not to say that religion wasn’t a very ...

A few months ago, a group called Humanists International updated their "defining statement of World Humanism." Though they explicitly state that the statement "is not a creed," it is -- and it serves ...

The invention of the telescope was more important than that of the steam engine, the transistor, the internet, or artificial intelligence. The telescope changed humankind’s understanding of the world.