I am really starting to believe that Dinesh D'Souza doesn't understand what a "delusion" is, or what it means for something not to exist. His incredibly idiotic arguments against atheism have been pushing me in that direction for quite a while, as he constantly dodges the issue of whether or not gods exist to make unsupported assertions about the pleasant social effects he imagines result from religion.

American politics and religion often mix, perhaps most notably during the election and presidency of John F. Kennedy. But how dominant of a role will religion play in the 2008 election? A new documentary looks at that debate.

The film is called "Article VI" and it draws on the Sixth Article of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees a measure of religious freedom by banning religious tests for public office.

A general ban on burqas will not be implemented in the Netherlands because it would contradict freedom of religion laws, government sources told RTL news.

Instead, the the face-covering garment worn by fundamentalist Muslim women will be banned in schools and for civil servants, the sources said.

Many Muslim women in the West are living in isolation and constant fear of violence from the men who control their lives. In families that live according to fundamentalist Islam, men and brothers have free rein to beat and kill women and girls who do not conform to their standards.

One of the perennial concerns of conservative bioethicists like Leon Kass and Francis Fukuyama is that some portion of humanity will rush to adopt various biotech enhancements to their detriment. In his essay "Disenchantment," from Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life, University of Sheffield philosopher David Owens worries about the problems that future neuro-enhancements will pose.

Las Vegas used to be a lucrative haunt for Annie Lobert, a $500-a-day escort girl, and Heather Veitch, a highly-remunerated stripper. Now the vivacious double act patrol the city’s neon-lit streets with a dramatically different mission - to save souls rather than sell their bodies.

Panic is bubbling up through my body. My tongue is dry and my stomach is churning horribly, although I'm not hungry.

A Utah retailer of family-friendly tapes and DVDs - Hollywood films with the "dirty parts" cut out of them - has been arrested for trading sex with two 14-year-old girls.