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Pew Survey Highlight: Religious Americans Most Ignorant About Religion

(Sept. 28) -- Americans are among the most religious of people in developed nations. But according to a new survey, many of us don't know much about religion itself. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has finished an extensive survey of religion in America, and the results might surprise some: Of all religious...

Pope Compares Atheism to Nazism, Draws Fire

LONDON (Sept. 17) -- Pope Benedict XVI has been accused by secularists of making "a terrible libel" during his first papal visit to Britain, after he appeared to associate atheism with the crimes of the Nazi regime during World War II. In a speech to Queen Elizabeth II and members of the Royal Family in Edinburgh,...

Opinion: Christopher Hitchens -- My Prayer for a Worthy Opponent

(Aug. 20) -- This Sunday evening, Christopher Hitchens will appear on my radio show on 77 WABC in New York City to discuss his memoir, "Hitch 22." It will not be our first meeting. Hitchens and I have had three fiery, take-no-prisoners debates about God and religion. Millions of people have apparently watched them on...

Christopher Hitchens to Undergo Chemotherapy for Esophageal Cancer

Author, commentator and Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens announced Wednesday that he will soon undergo treatment for cancer. In a post on Vanity Fair's website, Hitchens wrote the following: I have been advised by my physician that I must undergo a course of chemotherapy on my esophagus. This advice seems...

Atheists Promise to Care for Pets After Rapture

(Feb. 14) – If, as millions of fundamentalist Christians believe, the Rapture is imminent, who will take care of the pets of those who are suddenly spirited away to heaven? Derived from an interpretation of passages of the New Testament (most notably 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17), Rapture prophecy posits that Jesus...