SUNY Brockport announced in a press release that Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, and Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters will debate on "Why Does God Matter?" Hitchens and Wolpe met a year ago for a similar exchange at the Temple Emanu-El in New York City, one of the world’s largest synagogues, in front of an audience of 1,500. Read Full Story

Add to favorites Examiner Bio November 19, 12:18 PMRochester Atheism ExaminerViktor Nagornyy Previous 1 comment Print Email RSS Subscribe Subscribe Chase is giving $5 million to nonprofits, vote for secular nonprofits. Chase is giving out $5 million to various charities nationwide. This is a perfect opportunity to vote for secular nonprofit organizations and help support them. You don't have to donate anything, just login to your Facebook account and ... Read Full Story

Many theists claim that there are missing links, that we cannot claim with certainty that we had a common ancestor as some of the modern apes and monkeys. Against all the scientific evidence, they keep pressing on with ignorance. Well, here's a revelation. What if a missing link might be still alive? It's still running around in this world. Able to learn to write, play instruments, make stone tools, and even make a fire. Meet Bonobo ape, the closest alive relative to homo sapiens. Read Full Story

Jerry Coyne discusses evolution and evidence proving it at the Atheist Alliance International 2009 Convention. If you ever doubted evolution, you should definitely watch his lecture and be prepared to accept the fact of file - evolution happened. Don't forget to check out his latest book "Why Evolution is True", it is also available for Kindle. Read Full Story

Dan Barker, co-president of Freedom From Religion Foundation, stopped by Rochester Institute of Technology on October 25th, 2009. It was a great speech revolving around his journey from a fundamentalist preacher to one of the best atheist activists on the playing field. Barker recently published a book about his journey, titled Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists. Foreword was written by Richard Dawkins. Read Full Story

Lawrence Krauss, theoretical physicist, speaks about cosmology at the Atheist Alliance International 2009 Convention. He covers an interesting topic on how universe came from nothing, eliminating any doubt of intelligent design. Krauss written many books including The Physics of Star Trek, Hiding in The Mirror, and many more. Read Full Story

Add to favorites Examiner Bio October 11, 3:24 PMRochester Atheism ExaminerViktor Nagornyy Previous Comment Print Email RSS Subscribe Subscribe PZ Myers speaks about Design vs. Chance at AAI 2009 Conference in Burbank, CA PZ Myers attracted a crowd of over 200 people during his speech on Design vs. Chance at the Atheist Alliance International Convention in Burbank, CA. The room was full, people were standing and still enjoying the speech. ... Read Full Story

Atheism does not require science. Atheism does not require science – repetition was in order to get it into your head. There is no need for science whatsoever. Not believing in god is very easy and natural. It is part of our psyche; otherwise, we would have six billion people on this planet believing in Zeus, Thor or any other mythical god. You don’t believe in them, do you? Unfortunately, people defy common sense every single day without any hesitation and they call atheists cra... Read Full Story

In a recent press release David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life, said, “With abortion advocates trying to exploit the current health care reform debate to mandate taxpayer funding of abortion. We are incredibly encouraged to see record numbers of people in cities across America willing to take a stand by participating in 40 Days for Life to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves and seek God's protection for innocent children in the womb -- and mothers -- at r... Read Full Story

On July 5th, 1983 the US Supreme Court ruled that a practice of opening each legislative day with a prayer was constitutional stating, “In light of the unambiguous and unbroken history of more than 200 years, there can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.” What does it mean? It’s been around for 200 years and that means it is constitutional. Oh really? One would think that Supreme Court justi... Read Full Story