Essays by Isaac Asimov about religion and creationism

Copyright © 1995 by Edward Seiler and Richard Hatcher. All rights reserved.

The Judo Argument

Subject: existence of God
First Published In: Apr-75, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Collection(s):

• 1976 The Planet that Wasn't
  

Religiosity

Subject: a defense of atheism from the attacks of religious fundamentalists
First Published In: Jan-92, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Collection(s):

• DOES NOT APPEAR IN ANY COLLECTIONS
  

Speaking to All the World

Original Title: Language Arts
Subject: universal language
First Published In: Jul-78, American Way (American Airlines)
Collection(s):

• 1981 Change!
  

Man's First Language

Subject: tracing back early languages
First Published In: 1987-1989, Los Angeles Times
Collection(s):

• 1989 Frontiers
  

The Flaming God

Subject: the origins of myth and religion probably came from the Sun
First Published In: 30-Oct-76, Saturday Review
Collection(s):

• 1978 Life and Time
  

The Blind Who Would Lead

Subject: an attack on the ""Moral Majority"" and their beliefs
First Published In: 2-Feb-81, Maclean's
Collection(s):

• 1983 The Roving Mind
  

The Reagan Doctrine

Subject: the idea that belief in God makes a person act properly
First Published In: May-81, Lone Star Review
Collection(s):

• 1983 The Roving Mind
  

The Sorry Record

Subject: humans have often justified evil to make it seem right
First Published In: 1987, A Different Flesh by Harry Turtledove (1987)
Collection(s):

• 1989 The Tyrannosaurus Prescription
  

The Devil

Subject: evolution of Satan from Norse, Zoroastrianism, and Judaism
First Published In: Jun-87, Devils (1987)
Collection(s):

• 1989 The Tyrannosaurus Prescription
  

Watch Out!

Subject: creationist's threat to education and SF
First Published In: 23-Nov-81, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Collection(s):

• 1989 Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on SF
  

Losing the Debate

Subject: scientists debating creationism should ask for evidence of it
First Published In: Mar-82, SciQuest
Collection(s):

• 1983 The Roving Mind
  

The Army of the Night

Original Title: The Threat of Creationism
Subject: the various arguments for creationism
First Published In: 14-Jun-81, New York Times
Collection(s):

• 1983 The Roving Mind
  

The Genesis War

Subject: a debate between Asimov and the director of the Institute for Creation Research
First Published In: Oct-81, Science Digest
Collection(s):

• DOES NOT APPEAR IN ANY COLLECTIONS
  

Creationism and the Schools

Original Title: The Dangerous Myth of Creationism
Subject: arguments against allowing "equal time" for creationism
First Published In: Jan-82, Penthouse Magazine
Collection(s):

• 1983 The Roving Mind
  

The Scientist as Unbeliever

Subject: the conflict of "Fundamentalist" views with scientific views
First Published In: 1985, Encyclopedia of Unbelief
Collection(s):

• 1987 Past, Present, and Future