It is tempting for secularists to simplify and imagine that religions are all bad, but that is to miss the history of faiths acting as a check on the arbitrary caprice of warlords and despots, says Padraic Rohan
No creepy deities are welcome when Ralph Jones ties the knot
As part of our Apostasy Project series Jonny Scaramanga, brought up a Christian fundamentalist, explains how he left the church
As part of our Apostasy Project series John Sargeant on how the isolation of a childhood in the Jehovah's Witnesses gave way to the joys and struggles of thinking for himself
Never mind Pope Francis's conciliatory words – the Catholic Church wants you to know that eternal damnation does lie in store
As part of our Apostasy Project series Nigerian Londoner Clive Aruede explains how an awareness of the wonders of the natural universe led him into atheism
The Reverend Brendan Johnson believes in God but not dogma. Which is why he supports our Apostasy Project
More than 30 years after it started, is Christian metal still a thriving underground scene or a decaying corpse? Keith Kahn-Harris goes looking for signs of life amongst the devout undead
Despite its constitution guaranteeing free speech, Poland's blasphemy law serves to censor musicians and artists who fall foul of the Catholic establishment, writes Anna Vesterinen
The Pontiff suggests that even non-believers are redeemed through Christ, and urges everyone to 'just do good'