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March 2021

March 01, 2021

The Business of Religion and Liberty Rather than Tolerance

Why the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation Fails to Promote Freedom and Undermines the Foundation of...

August 2020

August 26, 2020

Yasir Qadhi’s Elitist Ruse to Conceal the Obscure Origins of the Qur’an

In college a friend at the time once told me that she had been invited...

March 2020

March 05, 2020

Despite “Pro-Life” Claims, Stem Cell Therapy Has Very Real Benefits and Should Be Accessible

Stem cell research has been the subject of discussion and heated debate for many years....

January 2020

January 30, 2020

How Religion Can Impact Mental Health in Good and Bad Ways

Many people on Earth think a belief in a higher power is essential if we’re...

January 15, 2020

Re-imagining our Common Bond with the Cosmos

Coalescing around Climate Change A few years ago, during the time of the United...

September 2019

September 06, 2019

On Cognitive Dissonance and the Thought Patterns Behind Science Denial

Did you know that the moon is hollow? In reality, it isn't a natural satellite...

July 2019

July 13, 2019

Understanding Cultures of Unbelief for Religious

In the last part of May 2019, an unlikely gathering took place at the...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

Trump Admin’s Prioritization of Religion Over Health Care Access Will Leave People Without Care

The Trump Administration seems bent on prioritizing religious "freedoms" over human needs — including medical...

April 2019

April 18, 2019

Why Do We Question Vegetarianism When It’s a Personal Choice but Not When It’s Religiously-Motivated?

People sure do love their double standards. You probably know how true this is if...

February 2019

February 15, 2019

“At-Will Employment” — Just Another Way Employers Use Religion and Biases Against Workers

Employee benefits, workplace rights and even the very definition of employment itself have all changed...

February 10, 2019

The Intertwined Pull of the Secular and Religious in a Divided America

On Wednesday, January 16th, at the Adam’s Middle School in a small, bedroom community...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Schools Shouldn’t Be Able to Legally Discriminate Against Students for Religious Reasons

Karen Pence is America’s second lady and the wife of U.S. vice president Mike Pence....

January 28, 2019

The Problem with “Thoughts and Prayers”

The use of the phrase "thoughts and prayers" in the wake of mass shootings and...

January 16, 2019

Kentucky College Visits Ark Encounter Using Scholarship Funds; Ken Ham Hopes to Provoke Supreme Court Battle

“One stop along the way” on a school field trip may have been a serious...

January 10, 2019

Reaching ‘Faith Healers’ Is an Urgent Public Health Need. How Do We Do It?

Our species has spent thousands of years trying to use magic to cure diseases. When...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

Why Aren’t You a Trump Supporter?

You have your answer ready. Now for the next question.

November 2018

November 30, 2018

American Pluralism: Its Promises and Struggles

On November 1 – 7, 2018, more than 10,000 people from all over the world...

November 29, 2018

The Power of Potentialism

We don't live in a world driven by potentialism. But we should.

November 09, 2018

Christians Are Divided on the Legalization of Cannabis. Why?

Cannabis is legal for recreational use in Canada now. It's already far exceeding most peoples' wildest expectations...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

On Religion and Human Need

What do people need? It's a serious question. Apart from food, water and sleep, what...

October 25, 2018

Religion Has Absolutely No Place in a Non-Religious Workplace

Belief in magic might be the very last taboo left on earth. In fact, it's...

October 03, 2018

Why Does Religion Help Addiction Recovery and How Can Secular Recovering Addicts Replicate That?

Whether or not He exists elsewhere, it's clear God lives in the deepest parts of...

September 2018

September 02, 2018

Storytelling while Secular: Writing about Loss in an Indifferent Cosmos

Last week I offered up a rather dense introduction to the storytelling problem of "sacrifice"...

August 2018

August 26, 2018

What We Talk About When We Talk About Societal Regression

This week in Colombia, the Constitutional Court overturned a two-year-old ban on bullfighting, citing its...

August 12, 2018

The Joker and the Supermen: Secular Story-Telling in a Spiritual World

It happens with uncanny frequency here in Colombia: when I talk to a male person,...

August 10, 2018

Using Nature to Revamp What Religion Means

One way or another, everybody believes the whole Universe operates according to some kind of...

August 04, 2018

Atheism in Colombia: Not as Different as You Might Think

I had the opportunity a few days ago to read a column on atheism in...

July 2018

July 25, 2018

Atheism as Click-bait: Playing into Media Sensationalism

I suspect it's clear by now, to readers of this blog, that I am more...

July 16, 2018

A Better Use for Biblical Pedantry

The other day a family member wrote me with a "joke": an email that contained,...

July 08, 2018

“You’re Not Angry Enough”: Humanist Outrage and… Grace?

It's been a wild ride in Colombia this past week, if you're up on your...

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