Whistleblower: working for Scientology
Paul Sims speaks to Marc Headley, the Scientology escapee now revealing what life is really like on the inside
Rationalism, Atheism & Humanism
How to defend the Enlightenment
A full transcript of the discussion between Anthony Grayling and Tzvetan Todorov in London, December 2009
Bad Faith Awards 2009: Pope Benedict XVI emerges victorious
After a tightly fought campaign, and more than 7,000 votes cast, we announce the winner of our coveted 2009 Bad Faith Award
Poem: The Playboy Calendar and the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
How poet Martín Espada became a humanist
Back from the dead? Facilitated communication and the strange case of Rom Houben
In February the BBC reported that the Belgian man who appeared to be communicating after a 23-year coma wasn't. Sceptic Nicholas Pearson was on it for us back in November
Beyond belief
Some sophisticated arguments for God have been made in response to the New Atheists. Richard Norman puts the ‘New Believers’ to the test. Illustrations by Irene Fuga
Better, juster, nobler
A new collection of his essays on religion suggest that JS Mill is just the enlightened infidel we need today, says Jonathan Rée
What’s the Worst that Could Happen? A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate by Greg Craven
Simon Singh on a rational look at climate change
Atheism in Christianity by Ernst Bloch
Owen Hatherley sings the praises of Ernst Bloch, the prophet of serious atheism
Thinking animal
Darwinism has profound implications for philosophy, but we need to remember the master’s caution, warns Simon Blackburn