{"id":237214,"date":"2017-08-22T23:18:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T03:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/atheism-the-new-york-times-2.php"},"modified":"2017-08-22T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T03:18:10","slug":"atheism-the-new-york-times-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/atheism\/atheism-the-new-york-times-2.php","title":{"rendered":"Atheism &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Latest Articles              <\/p>\n<p>              Conversions from Islam tend not to follow the              theological model of transformation inherited from              Christianity.            <\/p>\n<p>              By FAISAL DEVJI            <\/p>\n<p>              Most people around the world, whether religious or              not, presume that serial killers are more likely to              be atheists than believers in any god, a new study              suggests.            <\/p>\n<p>              By BENEDICT CAREY            <\/p>\n<p>              A long dialogue with an agnostic economist.            <\/p>\n<p>              Why America needs its ex-Protestants to go back to              church.            <\/p>\n<p>              By ROSS DOUTHAT            <\/p>\n<p>              Jews and Catholics were ranked the highest, but even              atheists, near the bottom, were viewed more              positively than three years ago, despite a divisive              election.            <\/p>\n<p>              The son of a famous pastor, Bart Campolo is now a              rising star of atheism  using the skills he learned              in the world he left behind.            <\/p>\n<p>              By MARK OPPENHEIMER            <\/p>\n<p>              When unbelievers encounter the supernatural.            <\/p>\n<p>              By ROSS DOUTHAT            <\/p>\n<p>              A Pew Research Center survey of 151 countries found              wide gaps in education among major religions,              including among Christians and minority faiths in the              United States.            <\/p>\n<p>              By LIAM STACK            <\/p>\n<p>              Some think theology has no place in a secular              classroom. Ive learned otherwise.            <\/p>\n<p>              By JONATHAN SHEEHAN            <\/p>\n<p>              The suit had claimed religious discrimination because              the Motor Vehicle Commission had approved a plate              that said, BAPTIST.            <\/p>\n<p>              By LIAM STACK            <\/p>\n<p>              The position also includes humanism and secular              ethics and came after a $2.2 million donation from              Louis J. Appignani, a retired businessman.            <\/p>\n<p>              By LAURIE GOODSTEIN            <\/p>\n<p>              A friend of Christopher Hitchens writes that there              is simply no truth to the rumor that he abandoned              atheism at the end of his life.            <\/p>\n<p>              A new book says the impious author of God Is Not              Great might have been exploring faith before he died              in 2011. Mr. Hitchenss secular friends disagree.            <\/p>\n<p>              By MARK OPPENHEIMER            <\/p>\n<p>              Men armed with machetes surrounded the activist,              Mohammad Nazim Uddin, and slashed his head, then shot              him, a police official said.            <\/p>\n<p>              Readers discuss whether one can express certainty              about the existence of God.            <\/p>\n<p>              How can atheists and believers stop acting like enemy              combatants in a spiritual or intellectual war?            <\/p>\n<p>              By WILLIAM IRWIN            <\/p>\n<p>              At Redeemer Presbyterian Church on the Upper West              Side, weekly sessions seek converts among a fervent              and growing number of atheists in this country.            <\/p>\n<p>              By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN            <\/p>\n<p>              Readers who are atheists explain their views.            <\/p>\n<p>              Are religion and science locked in a zero-sum              struggle for supremacy, or is there room for common              ground?            <\/p>\n<p>              By JAMES RYERSON            <\/p>\n<p>              Secular voters must demand candidates who reflect              their values.            <\/p>\n<p>              By SUSAN JACOBY            <\/p>\n<p>                Conversions from Islam tend not to follow the                theological model of transformation inherited from                Christianity.              <\/p>\n<p>                By FAISAL DEVJI              <\/p>\n<p>                Most people around the world, whether religious or                not, presume that serial killers are more likely to                be atheists than believers in any god, a new study                suggests.              <\/p>\n<p>                By BENEDICT CAREY              <\/p>\n<p>                A long dialogue with an agnostic economist.              <\/p>\n<p>                Why America needs its ex-Protestants to go back to                church.              <\/p>\n<p>                By ROSS DOUTHAT              <\/p>\n<p>                Jews and Catholics were ranked the highest, but                even atheists, near the bottom, were viewed more                positively than three years ago, despite a divisive                election.              <\/p>\n<p>                The son of a famous pastor, Bart Campolo is now a                rising star of atheism  using the skills he                learned in the world he left behind.              <\/p>\n<p>                By MARK OPPENHEIMER              <\/p>\n<p>                When unbelievers encounter the supernatural.              <\/p>\n<p>                By ROSS DOUTHAT              <\/p>\n<p>                A Pew Research Center survey of 151 countries found                wide gaps in education among major religions,                including among Christians and minority faiths in                the United States.              <\/p>\n<p>                By LIAM STACK              <\/p>\n<p>                Some think theology has no place in a secular                classroom. Ive learned otherwise.              <\/p>\n<p>                By JONATHAN SHEEHAN              <\/p>\n<p>                The suit had claimed religious discrimination                because the Motor Vehicle Commission had approved a                plate that said, BAPTIST.              <\/p>\n<p>                By LIAM STACK              <\/p>\n<p>                The position also includes humanism and secular                ethics and came after a $2.2 million donation from                Louis J. Appignani, a retired businessman.              <\/p>\n<p>                By LAURIE GOODSTEIN              <\/p>\n<p>                A friend of Christopher Hitchens writes that there                is simply no truth to the rumor that he abandoned                atheism at the end of his life.              <\/p>\n<p>                A new book says the impious author of God Is Not                Great might have been exploring faith before he                died in 2011. Mr. Hitchenss secular friends                disagree.              <\/p>\n<p>                By MARK OPPENHEIMER              <\/p>\n<p>                Men armed with machetes surrounded the activist,                Mohammad Nazim Uddin, and slashed his head, then                shot him, a police official said.              <\/p>\n<p>                Readers discuss whether one can express certainty                about the existence of God.              <\/p>\n<p>                How can atheists and believers stop acting like                enemy combatants in a spiritual or intellectual                war?              <\/p>\n<p>                By WILLIAM IRWIN              <\/p>\n<p>                At Redeemer Presbyterian Church on the Upper West                Side, weekly sessions seek converts among a fervent                and growing number of atheists in this country.              <\/p>\n<p>                By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN              <\/p>\n<p>                Readers who are atheists explain their views.              <\/p>\n<p>                Are religion and science locked in a zero-sum                struggle for supremacy, or is there room for common                ground?              <\/p>\n<p>                By JAMES RYERSON              <\/p>\n<p>                Secular voters must demand candidates who reflect                their values.              <\/p>\n<p>                By SUSAN JACOBY              <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more here: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/subject\/atheism\" title=\"Atheism - The New York Times\">Atheism - The New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Latest Articles Conversions from Islam tend not to follow the theological model of transformation inherited from Christianity. By FAISAL DEVJI Most people around the world, whether religious or not, presume that serial killers are more likely to be atheists than believers in any god, a new study suggests. By BENEDICT CAREY A long dialogue with an agnostic economist.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/atheism\/atheism-the-new-york-times-2.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[388389],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atheism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}