Do prisons work? From Reading Gaol to Wormwood Scrubs today’s prison system beggars belief.

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My story is probably similar to many others. I was raised in a passively Catholic household...

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his is an ongoing series featuring your stories of how you came to identify as an atheist.

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I view my life as much more than when I was a Christian. Below are five of the ways my life has become better without belief in a god.

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This atheist is no stranger to church. I actually rather enjoy church, believe it or not.

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An amazing letter from a reader.

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This is a guest post from Jay of Godswill Ministries.

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This is an ongoing series featuring your stories of how you came to identify as an atheist. Submit your story!

Hagea Sophia Nicea This is a guest post from Andy, better known as @virtualatheist on Twitter. Be sure to follow him, as he often posts informative and well-written pieces on his own blog, virtualatheist.com. I’m sure that many of you know about the Council of Nicea that took place in AD 325, where the leaders of the early Christian church took it upon themselves to, you know, decide for their god what he actually meant when he said stuff. After all, being all omnipotent, omn

This is an ongoing series featuring your stories of how you came to identify as an atheist. If you want to send me your story, you can submit it here. To read past stories, click here. First this week, a submission from Wales, from “Welshman”: The next is from Duncan: I grew up in a home with parents who were both Christians. They never went to church that often but at their insistence as well as the religious basis of our education system my brother and I were both altar boy