SEMI-TECHNICAL AND POPULAR ARTICLES
Paleoracism Prehistoric Times Fall 2020
How Giant Birds Help Disprove the Existence of a Good God Free Inquiry June/July 2018
Go Ahead, Beat Your Dog - If You're Christian Free Inquiry February/March 2018
Religion is Not the Solution to America's (or Russia's) Problems Free Inquiry August/September 2017
The Hadza: A People Without Religion Free Inquiry June/July 2017
Go Ahead, Beat Your Dog - If You're Christian Free Inquiry February/March 2018
Religion is Not the Solution to America's (or Russia's) Problems Free Inquiry August/September 2017
The Hadza: A People Without Religion Free Inquiry June/July 2017
Jesus Was No Man of Peace: The Bible Says He Was a Violent Coward Free Inquiry Feature Article October/November 2015
The Health of Nations: An Empirical Study on the Effects of Religion and Economic Policy
Skeptic 3 (19) 6/22/14
Is Atheism Increasing at the Expense of Theism?
Science and Religion Today 5/30/12
The Washington Post 'On Faith' six part atheism series -
Atheism on the Upswing in America 9/20/11
[Over 4,000 Facebook "recommends". Supplements below.]
Supplement - Who Is One of Them There Atheists? Maybe You Are and Don’t Even Know It
Supplement - Can Science Be Used to Investigate the Existence and Nature of the Gods?
Supplement - More on Why Religious Supernaturalism is Far From Universal – And Why it’s Time to
Knock Off Saying That '9 in 10 Americans Believe in God'
A 'Loving' God, a World of Suffering? 9/26/11
Supplement - Beauty, It Ain't All It's Cracked Up to Be
Supplement - It’s The Creator’s Fault if One Exists
Supplement - Challenging All Theodists
Is Religion Good For Society? 10/17/11
From Jesus' Socialism to Capitalistic Christianity 8/12/11
[Over 10,000 Facebook "recommends". Followed by the two part follow-up on OpEdNews, linked below.]
Can We Please Stop Pretending That Christianity is Anti-Socialism? Please? Part One 9/2/11
Can We Please Stop Pretending That Christianity is Anti-Socialism? Please? Part Two 9/5/11
Atheists Fed Up? Believe It! 6/16/11
Don't Dump On Us Atheists Coauthor Phil Zuckerman 4/30/11
Online edition: Why Do Americans Still Dislike Atheists? 4/29/11
[Online edition generated about 1500 comments before the article was closed plus 85,000+ Facebook
"recommendations" and 2500 "Tweets" on Twitter. One of the most widely read opinion pieces in WP's history.]
Free Inquiry 10-11/11
Expanded edition: Stop Dumping On Atheists (Or, Knock Off the Anti-Atheist Bigotry)
Periodic Natural Disasters Bad; Infectious Diseases Far, Far, Far Worse
Edge When We Cannot Predict (An Edge Special Event!) 3/25/11
Scientists Should Be Scientists
Edge World Question Center 2011
What's Really Hurting Christianity in America
The Los Angeles Times 10/27/10
The Shroud of Turin: The Great Gothic Art Fraud — Because if it's Real the
Brain of Jesus Was the Size of a Protohuman's!
The Secular Web 5/6/10
Why Belief in God is Not Innate (debate with Michael Shermer)
The Wall Street Journal 4/9/10
Why Religion Can't Work: A 2009 Research Primer
Secular Humanism Online News 1/10
Hell If I Know
Edge 1/1/10
[Included in Is the Internet Changing the Way We Think?: The Net's Impact On Our Minds and Future, ed. John
Brockman, published in 2011.]
What Makes Religion Popular - Or Not
Science and Religion Today 12/24/09
Defending Darwin's Science by Taming Social Darwinism
The Washington Post - On Faith 11/23/09
[Extended version can be accessed at www.edge.org/#paul ]
The Big Religion Questions Finally Solved
Free Inquiry 12/08 - 1/09
[A popular preview of the subjects covered in the Evolutionary Psychology Journal paper
and the Zuckerman book chapter. Cover story.]
Watch GSP's Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia lecture (82 mins) 12/2/08
The First Major Upgrade of the Human Brain and the Mind It Generates Since the Pleistocene
Edge World Question Center 1/1/09
[A quick follow on to the ultimate implications of evolving cybertechnologies I helped
present in the book Beyond Humanity, co-authored by Earl Cox.]
Is the Baylor Religion Study Reliable?
Secular Humanism 2/2/09
Reply to Rodney Stark
Secular Humanism 3/16/09
[A refutation of the potentially fraudulent claims by the Baylor University team that
religion is not declining in the US and rest of the west; also see the following….]
Expelled Expired: Creationism is Not Winning
Energygrid Magazine 5/27/08
Creationism in Decline
New Scientist 4/5/08
[A refutation of the belief that American creationism is gaining ground, the following
expansion of includes graphics.]
The Real Reason the Religious Right is Losing America
Energygrid Magazine 1/08
Foreign Policy’s Faux Pas: Why God Belief is Not Winning Here and Abroad
Free Inquiry 12/06-1/07
[Covers much of the same issues as the Edge essay with Zuckerman.]
Why the Gods Are Not Winning Co-author Phil Zuckerman
Edge 4/30/07
[A refutation of recent claims that religion is resurgent around the world and in the US,
with a discussion of causal factors behind the implosion of western faith.]
The Great Scandal: Christianity’s Role in the Rise of the Nazis
Free Inquiry Part 1, 10/03-11/03 Part 2, 12/03-1/04
Part 1 Part 2
[The result of my exploration of the theological basis of Nazism, and the support provided
to the movement by the Catholic and German Protestant churches. Cover story.]
Science and Religion Today 5/30/12
The Washington Post 'On Faith' six part atheism series -
Atheism on the Upswing in America 9/20/11
[Over 4,000 Facebook "recommends". Supplements below.]
Supplement - Who Is One of Them There Atheists? Maybe You Are and Don’t Even Know It
Supplement - Can Science Be Used to Investigate the Existence and Nature of the Gods?
Supplement - More on Why Religious Supernaturalism is Far From Universal – And Why it’s Time to
Knock Off Saying That '9 in 10 Americans Believe in God'
A 'Loving' God, a World of Suffering? 9/26/11
Supplement - Beauty, It Ain't All It's Cracked Up to Be
Supplement - It’s The Creator’s Fault if One Exists
Supplement - Challenging All Theodists
Is Religion Good For Society? 10/17/11
From Jesus' Socialism to Capitalistic Christianity 8/12/11
[Over 10,000 Facebook "recommends". Followed by the two part follow-up on OpEdNews, linked below.]
Can We Please Stop Pretending That Christianity is Anti-Socialism? Please? Part One 9/2/11
Can We Please Stop Pretending That Christianity is Anti-Socialism? Please? Part Two 9/5/11
Atheists Fed Up? Believe It! 6/16/11
Don't Dump On Us Atheists Coauthor Phil Zuckerman 4/30/11
Online edition: Why Do Americans Still Dislike Atheists? 4/29/11
[Online edition generated about 1500 comments before the article was closed plus 85,000+ Facebook
"recommendations" and 2500 "Tweets" on Twitter. One of the most widely read opinion pieces in WP's history.]
Free Inquiry 10-11/11
Expanded edition: Stop Dumping On Atheists (Or, Knock Off the Anti-Atheist Bigotry)
Periodic Natural Disasters Bad; Infectious Diseases Far, Far, Far Worse
Edge When We Cannot Predict (An Edge Special Event!) 3/25/11
Scientists Should Be Scientists
Edge World Question Center 2011
What's Really Hurting Christianity in America
The Los Angeles Times 10/27/10
The Shroud of Turin: The Great Gothic Art Fraud — Because if it's Real the
Brain of Jesus Was the Size of a Protohuman's!
The Secular Web 5/6/10
Why Belief in God is Not Innate (debate with Michael Shermer)
The Wall Street Journal 4/9/10
Why Religion Can't Work: A 2009 Research Primer
Secular Humanism Online News 1/10
Hell If I Know
Edge 1/1/10
[Included in Is the Internet Changing the Way We Think?: The Net's Impact On Our Minds and Future, ed. John
Brockman, published in 2011.]
What Makes Religion Popular - Or Not
Science and Religion Today 12/24/09
Defending Darwin's Science by Taming Social Darwinism
The Washington Post - On Faith 11/23/09
[Extended version can be accessed at www.edge.org/#paul ]
The Big Religion Questions Finally Solved
Free Inquiry 12/08 - 1/09
[A popular preview of the subjects covered in the Evolutionary Psychology Journal paper
and the Zuckerman book chapter. Cover story.]
Watch GSP's Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia lecture (82 mins) 12/2/08
The First Major Upgrade of the Human Brain and the Mind It Generates Since the Pleistocene
Edge World Question Center 1/1/09
[A quick follow on to the ultimate implications of evolving cybertechnologies I helped
present in the book Beyond Humanity, co-authored by Earl Cox.]
Is the Baylor Religion Study Reliable?
Secular Humanism 2/2/09
Reply to Rodney Stark
Secular Humanism 3/16/09
[A refutation of the potentially fraudulent claims by the Baylor University team that
religion is not declining in the US and rest of the west; also see the following….]
Expelled Expired: Creationism is Not Winning
Energygrid Magazine 5/27/08
Creationism in Decline
New Scientist 4/5/08
[A refutation of the belief that American creationism is gaining ground, the following
expansion of includes graphics.]
The Real Reason the Religious Right is Losing America
Energygrid Magazine 1/08
Foreign Policy’s Faux Pas: Why God Belief is Not Winning Here and Abroad
Free Inquiry 12/06-1/07
[Covers much of the same issues as the Edge essay with Zuckerman.]
Why the Gods Are Not Winning Co-author Phil Zuckerman
Edge 4/30/07
[A refutation of recent claims that religion is resurgent around the world and in the US,
with a discussion of causal factors behind the implosion of western faith.]
The Great Scandal: Christianity’s Role in the Rise of the Nazis
Free Inquiry Part 1, 10/03-11/03 Part 2, 12/03-1/04
Part 1 Part 2
[The result of my exploration of the theological basis of Nazism, and the support provided
to the movement by the Catholic and German Protestant churches. Cover story.]
The Secular Revolution of the West: It’s Passed America By – So Far
Free Inquiry 6/22/02
[An early detailing of the withering of western faith. Much of the analysis on potential
causal factors has been superseded by more recent work. Cover story.]
Demography of Unbelief
Tom Flynn ed. 07 The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief
[Rated by editor and Paul Kurtz as the most important entry.]
Abstinence: A Sound Choice, But It Won't Stop Youth Sex
The Washington Post 6/1/02
[See the Pediatrics piece in the Technical Articles section for a more up to date, technical discussion of the subject.]
EVOLUTION -
Response to 'What is the Biggest Threat Posed by America's Rejection of Darwinism?'
WASHline 2/06
A Tale of Two Entities: Whales and Hippos
Reports For the National Center for Science Education 9-12/01
Creationism in Denial
The Washington Times 11/4/01
Natural Selection is Happening All the Time
The Fairfax (VA) Journal 8/23/01
On Apes, Evolution and Theory
WASHline (Newsletter of Washington Area Secular Humanists) 4/97