Confessions of a Lonely Atheist

Natalie Angier writes for the New York Times. Here she describes how it feels to be an island of atheism in a sea of religiosity.

She also pulls together an interesting analysis of the statistics of professed faith, and discovers that (as usual) the public is less than scrupulously honest about what exactly they believe, more than likely a result of not actually knowing. A telling quote in the article "Survey data point to an overwhelming belief in God, but when you go down a couple of layers, it can be pretty vacuous," says Cromartie. "It's striking how many people say they're Christian but don't know who gave the Sermon on the Mount."

Confessions of a Lonely Atheist

Let's avoid an age of narrow-casting

Excellent piece by David Attenborough in the Times today. Although it's bound to be classified in the "well, he would say that, wouldn't he" box, I do happen to agree with him.

Thank God Preston's on-side, he must be thinking :-)

Let's avoid an age of narrow-casting | David Attenborough - Times Online