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September 2012

September 25, 2012

up against religion

Ya, sometimes this is how I feel. Little David with a pebble up against an...

July 2012

July 18, 2012

a difficult equation

I'm not very good at math but even I could figure this out. But I...

June 2012

June 23, 2012

purge

There is a saying, "Eat the meat, spit out the bones." Why are there so...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

for sale

May 09, 2012

the mind and spiritual growth

Spiritual transformation is very difficult. The mind is a very complex organ, bent on its...

April 2012

April 14, 2012

moneyed marriage

March 2012

March 17, 2012

breaking free of the community

Sophia decided she had to make the definitive cut that tied her to the constrictive...

February 2012

February 16, 2012

a bad marriage

In my opinion it is a terrible partnership. It won't last. However, for some reason...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

pitfalls after leaving the church

I would never want to claim I have my act together. I don't. And I...

September 2011

September 23, 2011

freebie friday: cartoon print “Bad Atheism”

(Today I'm giving away a free print of this cartoon to the winner in the...

August 2011

August 09, 2011

think of the money

It's one thing when money is generated and circulated as a matter of course. Even...

August 02, 2011

sealed

This guy has found a way of coping with this world of pain and suffering....

July 2011

July 23, 2011

dick in a box

Stupid and hateful things are being said every day in the name of religion. Those...

July 21, 2011

why religious people can be mean

Marks gospel says about the teaching of Jesus: They were astounded at his teaching, for...

July 19, 2011

All Truth is Ours

Saint Justin Martyr (103–165 A.D.) said, "All truth is ours." He meant that all truth...

July 14, 2011

coercion and consent

consciousness is the first step towards emancipation (Fairclough) Every institution is concerned with social control....

June 2011

June 13, 2011

recipe for spiritual abuse

Here's a recipe for spiritual abuse: Person A has a character flaw. Person A occupies...

June 03, 2011

religious graffiti

Graffiti, such as the graffiti of my favorite graffiti artist Banksy, even if it is...

May 2011

May 16, 2011

dealer worse than user

I've had many people tell me forthright that they like praise music that is all...

May 05, 2011

off switch

I already have a book out. For just $9, order "Nakedpastor101: Cartoons by David Hayward",...

April 2011

April 04, 2011

Unfinal Fantasy

When I was inside the church, it totally defined in a completely exhaustive way my...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

religiocism

I teach English as a second language to international students at a local university here...

February 2011

February 07, 2011

the business of religion

Have you ever experienced this?: You see something you might be interested in online. It...

February 05, 2011

the hypocrisy of religion

One of the things I don't like about the church, along with any kind of...

November 2010

November 23, 2010

I’m One of Them

Almost everybody I talk with now are not in the church*. Here's the demographic: They...

November 15, 2010

Exorcise the Censors!

Somebody recently told me the reason I left the church was because I am an...

November 04, 2010

Guidelines for Safe Sects

We are witnessing the propagation of more and more sects (definition: "a group of people...

October 2010

October 15, 2010

How to be Nasty Religiously

I realize mind-games and manipulative behaviors go on in every sector. But what I've experienced...

August 2010

August 30, 2010

Big Picture Not So Clear

One of the questions I was asked in my interview for my new job teaching...

August 23, 2010

comic: co-build

My new friend Chad Estes is doing a blog post today about the New York...