Marvin’s question about Agnosticism
A gentleman named Marvin used our contact form to ask a question that should have been answered before he could ask it. His actual question is as follows: Hi. Do I have to be an atheist to submit my...
View ArticleA bit of light housekeeping
Once upon a time, this site accepted comments. That was until the Great Mormonism Furor of 2007, which resulted in new Ground Rules for the Eloquent Atheist. You might want to follow that link if you...
View ArticleComments, membership, and you
A recent editorial post (A bit of light housekeeping) outlined our dilemma with comments: we’d like to give readers the opportunity to comment, but would rather avoid the annoying background noise...
View ArticleSubscriptions and Comments
Much progress has been made on making it possible for you to comment on Eloquent Atheist content. We have installed code and selected options that will allow users to join the site as members, and to...
View ArticleSurvey- What do you want to see on the Eloquent Atheist?
The editors of the Eloquent Atheist want to provide our readers with the specific content that you want to see. Help us do that by filling out this short survey, selecting the genres you want to see...
View ArticleMarginalized persons and Group Selection
Our readers and authors have once again sent me in the direction of unifying two seemingly disparate thoughts: many thanks to Timothy Travis for the link to a Steven Pinker essay on Group Selection and...
View ArticleShameless Web Site Pandering
Those of you who have read my posts here and elsewhere will know that I miss the Freethinking Unitarian church that I joined in the 60s and which the parent organization has tried to turn into just...
View ArticleReader Content Survey Results
Our reader survey regarding preferred content drew relatively few responses, but those which we received had something to say. First, the basic genre question had some surprises. The folks that...
View ArticleThe State of the Eloquent Atheist
Curiosity got the better of me yesterday and I looked to see how this little web site was doing. The answer both surprised and impressed me. In our short life, we have had 214,039 visitors to our site....
View ArticleYet another “end” has come
The Eloquent Atheist has been back up and running, for about five months. During that time, we have published 214 new items, more than half of all the columns published in our entire history. During...
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