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September 2016

September 08, 2016

Our Human Legacy – The Golden Record on the Voyager Space Probes

A look at what we chose to represent Earth and humanity on the Voyager 1...

August 2016

August 28, 2016

Free Money Is Not a Joke: Confessions of a (Former) Skeptic of Basic Income

(Credit: akindo via iStock) Getting a tire replaced seems easy to me. I’d just go to...

August 16, 2016

Worry, Prayer, and Rational Thinking

When you feel anxiety setting in, remember that your thoughts are controlled by you. This...

August 13, 2016

Your Feelings Are Not Your Fault (Mostly)

By guest blogger Hunter Glenn Caption: Happy and sad person (image credit) ________________________________________________ We all...

August 11, 2016

Dissecting the GOP Platform with a Secular Scalpel

A former Republican atheist takes a detailed look at the troubling church-state implications of the...

August 05, 2016

Humanism and “The Other”

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Immigration and Refugees....

July 2016

July 28, 2016

A Reason-Oriented Perspective on Meanings and Values

Caption: Happy people (image credit) _________________________________________________________ How can you collaborate with others to...

July 26, 2016

Two by Two, Kentuckians Led Astray By Ark Encounter

A message from Satan near the entrance to Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter brought me back...

July 25, 2016

Police Racial Profiling – How Neuroscience Can Help

____________ The deliberate murders of white police officers in Baton Rouge and Dallas...

July 17, 2016

A Pastor Walks Into a Room Full of Atheists

This is a guest post by my friend and United Methodist Minister Rev. Caleb Pitkin....

July 17, 2016

Going Beyond Those Who Believe and Don’t Believe in God

Let's discover the bridges we've missed.

July 14, 2016

Revenge for the Orlando Shooting Spree!

Caption: Yelling man (Image credit) _______________________________________________________ The June 12 mass killings in Orlando was...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

16 Nonbelievers in Damned Surprising Places

Finding nonbelievers in some places and times isn't that surprising. Others, though...

June 27, 2016

The Morals of Superman

When you compare God's morals to Superman's, Supe wins in a walk.

June 21, 2016

The Panama Papers Reveal the Solution to Global Suffering

Caption: Image of an offshore island in the shape of a dollar. (image credit) ...

June 13, 2016

Reason Rally for Us All

Stereotyped thinking of the religious right regarding atheists is all too prevalent. Events like the...

June 09, 2016

Why We’re Not Rational in Evaluating Others (And What The Science Suggests We Can Do About It)

(image credit) So imagine you are driving on autopilot, as we all do...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

The Fight to Ban Clergy from Bathrooms

Act now! Allowing priests to use the same facilities as our little boys puts our...

May 30, 2016

What Do Politics Have to Do with Meaning and Purpose in Life?

You pass through the long security line at the United States Capitol building inWashington,...

May 26, 2016

The Song Remains the Same (and it is discordant)

One of my favorite movies is Mr Smith Goes to Washington. It is a story...

May 20, 2016

Leaving the Nest

I have a confession to make. As the atheist movement grew explosively, flourishing in a...

May 16, 2016

Beautiful Boys and Girls

I wrote this on my own personal blog last Saturday. It seems to have resonated...

May 13, 2016

Confessions of a Former Nun Wannabe

I wanted to be a Bride of Christ. I thought everything about the Church was...

May 12, 2016

What I Am and What I Am Not

I am not a theologian or a philosopher. I am a guy who learned more...

May 10, 2016

Living In Sin? Why Secular People Should Support Polyamory.

Mary, an electrician, and Bob, an administrative assistant, are happily married, and have been...

May 05, 2016

Which Came First, the Science or the Atheism?

I used to joke that the chicken or the egg riddle was actually an evolution...

May 05, 2016

National Day of Prayer or Reason?

Isn't the National Day of Reason just pitting reason against faith once again? When does...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Holy Moses?

Passover will pass over on Saturday...and I couldn’t care less. So what, you may say,...

April 25, 2016

Trump Feels Your Anger and Anxiety: How Neuroscience Helps Explain Trump’s Triumphs

Caption: Donald Trump pointing (image credit) Despite desperate opposition from the Republican establishment, Trump...

April 19, 2016

Your Fate is in Your Hands (except when it isn’t)

Today is the third birthday I wasn’t expected to celebrate. That makes it a very...

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