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February 2016

February 12, 2016

Contradicting the Universe

The idea of a loving God solves not just the problem of mortality but that...

February 09, 2016

The Zika Humanitarian Challenge for the “People’s Pope”

My boyfriend Keith and I walk/hike through a different botanic garden or nature reserve every...

February 08, 2016

Do You Need God for Life Purpose?

Religion is only one among many ways of developing a personal sense of life meaning...

February 08, 2016

The Secular – Religious Dance

The understated humanist and atheist presence at the Parliament made the gathering poorer. It's time...

February 05, 2016

The Taboo of Atheism in Egypt

Insulting Buddhism or Hinduism is not punishable by Egyptian law, but insulting Islam, Christianity or...

February 03, 2016

A Little Birdie Told Me to Do It

In my last post, I compared the behavior of a serially mendacious hospital chaplain, who...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

Born This Way?

Our species is suffering from the post-traumatic stress of 120,000 generations in hell. By Dale...

January 28, 2016

A Teacher in the South

The moment I stopped waffling between agnosticism and atheism, I was sitting at the wake...

January 25, 2016

The Chaplain’s Cat Logic

Most cats understand the word no, despite all appearances to the contrary. But to them...

January 22, 2016

Evolution for Breakfast

My kids learned about evolution from pink deer, scowling crabs, and chewable vitamins.

January 22, 2016

Idaho’s Faith Exemptions are Killing Children

At least 12 children have died in 3 years from preventable causes in one Idaho...

January 20, 2016

Isn’t There Something in the Bible About Lying?

“We talked about this before,” Keith told the hospital chaplain. “Stephanie is an atheist, and...

January 19, 2016

Sustained Conversations Change Us

Slogans like "religion is evil," and "atheists are going to hell" still frame the discussion....

January 13, 2016

At Sea in the Gulf of Understanding

Living with Religion, is how my essay “Sympathy for the Devil-Believers” is labeled in the...

January 06, 2016

Why President Obama’s Tears of Righteous Anger Matter

When President Obama talks about mass shootings, sometimes the strongest message comes across without words.

January 06, 2016

“God is Good,” But for What?

“Funny, profane and adamantly atheistic,” was the phrase the Washington Post used to describe me...

January 05, 2016

The Catch-22 of Religious Privilege

The stark choice of the privilege-defenders: Oppose privilege, and you're an oppressor; ignore it, and...

January 04, 2016

Seeking a New Year’s Evolution

Even ardent believers in evolution often don’t truly understand it. A case in point recently...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

A Sensitive Subject: On Family and Sincere Insensitivity

For my religious family after my deconversion, finding the right balance of sensitivity has been...

December 22, 2015

My Personal War on Christmas

It should be obvious by now from some of my previous posts that I had...

December 21, 2015

Rethinking our Relationship with the Cosmos

By Fr. Carl Chudy - Coalescing around Climate Change During our Thanksgiving weekend, our dialogue...

December 17, 2015

Because the Bible Tells Me So

As a Jewish-agnostic Unitarian, I was a gefilte fish out of water when we...

December 10, 2015

Riding the Hippocampus Hobby-Horse with Santa and the Coca-Cola Polar Bears

It was some time before I realized that my coma-dream was a form of...

December 05, 2015

The Passion of the Frost

Frosty the Snowman and Jesus the Christ are the same guy.

December 04, 2015

Why “Prayer Shaming” Is a Red Herring

It was surprising enough to see politicians called out for prayerful inaction. Then the outrage...

December 02, 2015

Myth-Taken by Santa

“Santa is a fake!” I said to my mother, scandalized. I thought about it for...

December 01, 2015

Riding the Backwards Bike: A Christian at Skepticon

Once Sandlin rewired his brain for the backwards bike, he couldn't ride a regular one....

December 01, 2015

Secular Culture: Humanist, atheist and scientific poetry needed!

Jonathan MS Pearce is preparing an anthology of humanist, atheist, scientific and philosophical poetry and...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

No, Virginia…and the World is Still Wonderful

There is a crucial turning point in the Santa game, and Virginia had reached it....

November 27, 2015

Santa Claus – The Ultimate Dry Run

Thinking their own way out of the Santa myth can prepare kids to think their...

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