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June 2021

June 17, 2021

Yoga Me This

The body-mind connection was discovered many thousands of years ago in India, and yoga emerged...

March 2021

March 05, 2021

Limbo: Neither Here Nor There, But Safe From Hell

The Roman Catholic notion of Limbo was a triumph of graciousness over cruelty. In this...

February 2020

February 01, 2020

Please Humanists, Speak Morality, Old As Acropolis

Please Humanists, speak morality, old as Acropolis. Humanists live in a time of extravagant lies....

December 2019

December 03, 2019

What’s A Humanist To Make Of UFO Religions?

To the good looking 16th century Giordano Bruno's mind, an infinite God could conjure...

May 2019

May 15, 2019

The True Religion & The Old Fry Cook

The fry cook was old. He had been around since Noah was a sailor. He...

April 2019

April 22, 2019

21 God Options

Let’s review twenty - one options on God that are afoot right now: Polytheists say...

March 2019

March 15, 2019

Jesus Surrendered Without Incident And So Should …

Evangelical Christians see Jesus in Mr. Trump. For instance, Evangelicals see Jesus in Trump's threat...

February 2019

February 15, 2019

Diary of Moses Discovered

Here is a translation from the recently discovered 'Diary of Moses,' originally scratched onto sheep’s...

January 2019

January 06, 2019

If The God Idea Only Just Now Dawned On Us

Suppose the idea of God only just now dawned on humans and had never existed...

October 2018

October 14, 2018

A Punishing God

The idea of a punishing God is prehistoric and ubiquitous in human ecology, and it...

August 2018

August 09, 2018

Afterlife Belief Suggests Desire For Justice, Not Immortality

Afterlife belief is really about the desire for justice—for just deserts that did not arrive...

June 2018

June 12, 2018

With Yoga, Say Spiritual Is Only Physical

A Humanist can make a case that 'spirituality' is nothing other than 'physicality.' And one...

June 03, 2018

The Feng Shui Way

Humanists always have occasion for religious literacy, and often Humanists know more about religion than...

April 2018

April 28, 2018

Pope Dreams God Is Standup Comedian

In the Pope's recent dream, the Pope sat with leaders from all religions in a...

April 23, 2018

Devastating Admission By God

In a recent dream, the Pope saw Creation in the act. Ten million angels standing...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

Diary Of Moses Discovered (3)

Here’s a third excerpt from the recently discovered Diary of Moses, originally scratched onto sheep’s...

March 22, 2018

Any Truth In Original Sin?

In the Christian schema (especially in Roman Catholicism), original sin is considered an inborn, guilt-worthy...

March 03, 2018

God Ain’t No Muscular Father (School Shootings)

If God were a muscular Father, then long before a villain was in the act...

February 2018

February 25, 2018

Why God Allows School Shootings

God must have reasons to permit mass shootings of school children. Since an omnipotent God...

February 17, 2018

You Gotta Beg God To Get Anything

Prayer comes from the Latin word precare, which means to beg, plead, implore. If your...

February 06, 2018

If Christianity Is True, Everyone Is Saved

All the documentary evidence from the entire history of Christianity—from its earliest writings in the...

February 01, 2018

Mere Belief

The 'Opinionated Dictionary of Religion' includes the following entry: Belief. noun. An idea presumed to...

January 2018

January 16, 2018

The Best Book All Year

I don’t usually do this, but I’m recommending a book called Buddha’s Tooth. The book...

January 04, 2018

Will The World End Soon?

In every year of the calendar, for ages and ages, up to and including this...

December 2017

December 10, 2017

Believe One Miracle Believe Them All

There are four recurring types of miracle stories in world religions. Here's a short reminder...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

Is Time On The Atheist’s Side?

What is an atheist but one who is unconvinced about the God of his epoch...

November 04, 2017

Miter Burka Cowl Veil

“Apparel oft proclaims the man.” —Polonius to his son Laertes, Hamlet It may be that...

October 2017

October 29, 2017

Building A Better Idea Of God

Might theists welcome atheist critiques of God and make a better idea of God? Look...

October 10, 2017

Is It Holy To Sit Upon A Pole?

Four hundred years after Jesus, to nine hundred years after Jesus, numerous Near Eastern and...

October 05, 2017

Political Theology American Style

How to practice political theology American style: Preach love of enemies but never do it....