The Empty Tomb: The claim that the Bible refutes
The Empty Tomb has, for years, been a mainstay for Christian apologists, who claim Jesus rose from the dead in a glorious Resurrection. The Empty Tomb was used as one of the “minimal
UK census: Most LGBT people are nonreligious
It's always interesting to see the demographic connections between religious worldviews (or lack thereof) and politics. One often assumes that the more politically liberal one is, the higher the chance that
The Blue Check debacle rears its ugly head—again
OnlySky has previously reported on the controversial decisions of Elon Musk in his acquisition of Twitter, including the situation of the "blue checkmarks" or "blue ticks." It appears that
A philosopher's bigoted views on atheists
Sometimes I think we have come a long way, that atheism is firmly ensconced in modern Western societies as an accepted belief. At other times, I am rudely awakened from my pipedream. I
Canaan begat Israel: What the Bible gets wrong about Hebrew origins
No love is lost between the Hebrews and Canaanites in the Bible. The narrative roots of their antagonism appear early in Genesis, in which we read about the chosen Israelites and shameful Canaanites
Identity politics and the real enemy of the state?
The use of the term "enemy of the state" is powerful and its rhetorical use can have consequences. One is left wondering whether the likes of Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene
What can the secular community learn from Black-majority churches?
As church attendance continues to plummet in the UK, Black churches buck the trend. Is there something seculars can learn from their success?
What has the GOP become? Four jaw-dropping stories
Before you pull out the whataboutery card on me, as a Brit, I know we have a slew of our own problems. But having just been alerted to 4 stories in 5 minutes
UK Faith and State report expected to ruffle (certain) religious feathers
A wide-ranging report into the relationship between religion and the state in the UK is set to be released in the coming weeks. The "Independent Faith Engagement Review" has been compiled
Did Jesus die by crucifixion?
Easter is fast approaching... Apologists like William Lane Craig, Gary Habermas, and Mike Licona often use the “Minimal Facts” argument to “prove” that the Resurrection of Jesus can be shown to be a
'Guns don't kill...transgender terrorists do'—the latest in culture war opportunism
The news has sent waves across America: A former pupil returned to their Nashville elementary school to gun down three children and three adults. What happened was horrific. As we discuss the terrible
Putin's Russian sacrifice at the Chinese altar
It is no secret that both Russia and China have long sought to wrest US hegemony away from the West and provide an alternative locus of supreme power. However, the ill-advised war in