Middle East Deadlock
Earlier this year, Free Inquiry invited readers to share their opinions on Israel, Palestine, and the enduring Middle East deadlock. (Tom Flynn, “Middle East Deadlock: Where Do You Stand?,” FI,...
View ArticleThe Contingency of Belief: Present Beliefs Stem from Past Happenstance
We live in a time marked by fundamentalist resurgence. In some societies, it is merely fervent and assertive. In others, it is violent and genocidal. The vast majority of believers, now and in past...
View ArticlePlease Stop Praying for Me
Dear friends, family, and the kind strangers I’ve met along the way: Please stop praying for me. It’s only making it worse. In April 2012, I went for an ordinary yearly physical and found that I was...
View ArticleWithout a Prayer of a Chance
I would like to state for the record that I don’t believe in miracles, despite the fact that so many people think I have experienced one. Indeed, many would venture that I myself am a walking miracle,...
View ArticleJesus Was No Man of Peace: The Bible Says He Was a Violent Coward
Here we go again. In his article “War and the Religious State” (Free Inquiry, February/March 2015), Steve Sklar casually acknowledged what everyone knows—or what most people think they know:...
View ArticleCFI’s Campaign for Free Expression and International Blasphemy Rights Day :...
What we now celebrate as International Blasphemy Rights Day (IBRD) bubbled up from the grassroots. The story begins in January 2009, when Johann Hari published an article in The Independent titled “Why...
View ArticleTaslima Nasrin: The Point of Inquiry Interview
On June 13, 2015, famed author-feminist Taslima Nasrin, a senior editor of Free Inquiry, made an unscheduled appearance at the Center for Inquiry’s “Reason for Change” conference in Amherst, New York....
View ArticleThe Importance of Being Blasphemous
This past January, millions marched throughout France in memory of the victims of the terror attack on the Paris offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The attack, perpetrated...
View ArticleThe Harms of Blasphemy Laws
For Americans, it is easy to take for granted our freedom of religion or belief—the right of each of us to believe, or not believe, as our conscience dictates and to live out those beliefs peacefully,...
View ArticleNothing Should Be Immune from Criticism
Apart from the right to life, freedom of expression is the most fundamental human right. History has proven that free expression has immense instrumental value. It is difficult to imagine how we would...
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