Agnostics are often characterized as ambivalent or wishy-washy fence sitters who refuse to make up their minds. But there’s much more to agnosticism than these tired misconceptions, including a ...

About 29% of U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated according to a Pew Research study, either identifying as an atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” But while atheists and agnostics may fit ...

The Times’ front-page article Monday on Ryan Bell, a former Seventh-day Adventist minister nearing the end of his “year without God,” prompted dozens of readers to ruminate on religion, spirituality, ...

As a retired newspaper typesetter now living in Henderson, i'd like to comment on your Sunday (Aug. 21) article. I enjoy reading your topics on the various subjects you write. Your theme about ...

Let's face it: with regard to faith and ethics today, we're between a rock and a hard place. The rock is extremist-fundamentalist religion and the hard place is postmodern free-market anarchy.

Scientists don't much concern themselves with the truth. Not because they don't seek the truth or value it above all else. But because the truth takes care of itself. It's a bit like prizefighting.

Q. Lawyer and author Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted Charles Manson and members of the Manson Family in 1971 for the Tate and LaBianca murders, will appear at Glendale Central Library on July 27 to ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Last month I had an article in the print magazine about a reported ...

Enchanted agnosticism is thus very different from the reflexive faith of disciples, or the expedient faith of marketers, or the obsessive faith of fanatics (or even G.W. Bush's faith-based education!) ...