19th Feb 2008 : You will no doubt have heard the (admittedly not particularly funny) joke about there being two versions of The God Delusion: one of them moderate, reasonable and utterly convincing and only bought only by atheists, and the other vicious, aggressive and offensive, and exclusively bought by Christians. It is clear that religion is an emotive issue and that the reader's beliefs (or lack of them) will strongly colour his or her reaction to any writing on the subject. For this reason I'm going to lay my cards on the table right at the start: I am an atheist, a great fan of Richard Dawkins' books and an enthusiastic contributor to this website when time allows.

31th Oct 2007 : Recently, the popular and successful books of atheist authors such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens having been receiving some public criticism from religious quarters, with the most recent coming from Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

21st Nov 2006 : 15 hours of video from the conference in San Diego, CA.

22nd Mar 2007 : George Carlin on religion.

6th May 2007 : It's popular these days to equate those who question God with the worst kind of zealots, but it's not fair

4th May 2007 : Lou Dobbs interviews Christopher Hitchens author of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything this is the interview Jon Stewart should have done, but couldn't and still try and be funny.

1st Apr 2007 : Richard Dawkins' review of Intellectual Impostures by Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont.

20th Jul 2007 : Stand-up comedian Marcus Brigstocke delivered a seven-minute rant during this evening's Now Show on BBC Radio 4, on the evils of religion (I think he's been reading The God Delusion).

12th Nov 2006 : Richard Dawkins reads excerpts from The God Delusion and anwsers questions at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia.

14th Mar 2007 : The speech is from a debate at Hart House, University of Toronto. Hitchens speech is in opposition to a proposed amendment to criminalize hate speech. A big thanks to Scott T.

31th May 2007 : This interview was filmed for the TV documentary "Root of All Evil?" but was left out of the final version. Time restrictions dictated that not all interviews filmed could be used. This was especially regrettable in the case of the McGrath interview, which is therefore offered here now, unedited.

24th Dec 2006 : There's a common refrain in the criticisms of Dawkins' The God Delusion(amzn/b&n/abe/pwll) that I've taken to categorizing with my own private title—it's so common, to the point of near-unanimous universality, that I've decided to share it with you all, along with a little backstory that will help you to understand the name.

I call it the Courtier's Reply. It refers to the aftermath of a fable.

5th May 2006 : Der Digitale Planet (lecture) featuring Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Jared Diamond and Steven Pinker.

8th Jun 2007 : Religious belief is inconsistent with reason and corrosive to the human mind - and I don't want to live in a world where it is respected.

14th Dec 2007 : On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sat down for a first-of-its-kind, unmoderated 2-hour discussion, convened by RDFRS and filmed by Josh Timonen.

9th Sep 2007 : The controversy stirred up by Dawkins's latest book The Fascism Delusion really seem to be heating up. Here is one recent review, from many, that takes him to task

6th Sep 2007 : There is much fluttering in the dovecots of the deluded, and Christopher Hitchens is one of those responsible. Another is the philosopher A. C. Grayling. I recently shared a platform with both. We were to debate against a trio of, as it turned out, rather half-hearted religious apologists ("Of course I don't believe in a God with a long white beard, but . . .").

23rd Mar 2007 : Christopher Hitchens: "The Moral Necessity of Atheism." Convocation Hall February 23 at 4:30 p.m. Sewanee University.

28th Mar 2007 : Richard Dawkins has been named Author of the Year by the Galaxy British Book Awards!

14th May 2007 : The Ethics of Hell.

19th Feb 2008 : You will no doubt have heard the (admittedly not particularly funny) joke about there being two versions of The God Delusion: one of them moderate, reasonable and utterly convincing and only bought only by atheists, and the other vicious, aggressive and offensive, and exclusively bought by Christians. It is clear that religion is an emotive issue and that the reader's beliefs (or lack of them) will strongly colour his or her reaction to any writing on the subject. For this reason I'm going to lay my cards on the table right at the start: I am an atheist, a great fan of Richard Dawkins' books and an enthusiastic contributor to this website when time allows.

28th Jan 2008 : Editor's note: WorldNetDaily exclusive columnist Vox Day's new book, "The Irrational Atheist," scores a direct hit on atheism's most well-known practitioners. Using reason, science and historical documentation – not theology – Day argues the atheists into an inescapable corner. WorldNetDaily Editor Joseph Farah recently interviewed Day about the new book, which is available at WND's online store.

17th Sep 2007 : Sir: Peter Stanford ("Doubts about Dawkins", 14 September) writes that the recent books by Christopher Hitchens and myself "deserve a decent response. But how to fashion it?" A decent start would be to read them.

31th May 2007 : This interview was filmed for the TV documentary "Root of All Evil?" but was left out of the final version. Time restrictions dictated that not all interviews filmed could be used. This was especially regrettable in the case of the McGrath interview, which is therefore offered here now, unedited.

19th Nov 2006 : "I really hope it is not from my next door neighbour! Perhaps I need to move."