16. You recognize and appreciate more than 50 percent of the references and enjoy at least a quarter of the featured profiles in the New York Times Arts section. Also, you read the New York Times. Also, you read.

Are dragons kosher? Find out here. (hint: no)

How religious beliefs do, and don't, influence sexual behavior.

Is the US a Christian nation?

I am an atheist and a professor at Virginia Tech. Dinesh D’Souza says that I don’t exist, that I have nothing to say, that I am nowhere to be found. But I am here.

Title speaks for itself, really.

"Bryan Killian says that he follows the Pastafarian religion, and that as a crucial part of his faith, he must wear 'full pirate regalia' as prescribed in the holy texts of Pastafarianism."

New scientific evidence, including DNA analysis conducted at one of the world's foremost molecular genetics laboratories, as well as studies by leading scholars, suggests a 2,000-year-old Jerusalem tomb could have once held the remains of Jesus of Nazaret

What Happens When a Country Gives Up Religion: as Spain Shows, Nothing Much

"After a public school teacher was recorded telling students they belonged in hell if they did not accept Jesus as their savior, the school board has banned taping in class without an instructor’s permission..."

... "If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown."

"A school program to fight childhood obesity that includes yoga is drawing complaints from some Christian parents ... They say yoga is a religion, and shouldn't be taught in public schools."

Some awesome humor from the Atheists of Silicon Valley.