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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...

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 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,...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Bible-Shaming Won’t Work: The Love Thy Neighbour Problem

As outrage spread in response to the U.S. policy of separating children from parents at...

June 18, 2018

Atheists Seeking Asylum is a Growing Phenomenon — And it’s Crucial We Take Notice

Atheists aren’t just fleeing war and famine — they’re also fleeing the very real threat...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

“Philanthrocapitalism”: From Religious to Secular Masters of Men

One reason I resist strict religious/secular binaries is because shared human behaviours often warrant closer...

March 2018

March 15, 2018

Elected officials serve as enforcers of religious faith

How American Christianity Perpetuates: Reasons #3-5 Public shaming by elected officials. That sums up reasons...

March 13, 2018

Why Skydiving Only Feels Like A Religious Experience

What do skydivers and mystics, for example, have in common? Their thrilling payoffs are completely...

March 07, 2018

Down-To-Earth Reasons Explain Religion’s Endless Existence

How American Christianity Perpetuates Reason #1: Skeptics Inadvertently Enable It As I read the new...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

Was God necessary for creation? Science suggests no.

Contrary to what ancient Christian theologians hypothesized, the universe was not necessarily created from a...

February 20, 2018

Circumcision re-enters genital-mutilation debate

During the decades I lived in Saudi Arabia, I eventually stopped noticing the dense black...

February 12, 2018

Heartbreaking Tragedy on Indian Reservation. Few Notice.

A double tragedy occurred in January on South Dakota’s iconic Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, two...

February 08, 2018

God Adorns South Dakota State Seal. Our Founding Fathers Would Rage.

It’s bad enough, but the real issue isn’t the silliness of a few dozen South...

February 06, 2018

School Proselytizers Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

A recent post in Hemant Mehta’s The Friendly Atheist blog about a lawsuit against a...

February 01, 2018

Reason and Religion, Oil and Water

For long centuries, the Christian establishment has promoted the conceit that reason and religion are...

January 2018

January 27, 2018

Voucher-School Kids: Christian Right’s New Indoctrination Target

The fundamentalist Christian Right movement has changed its strategy but not its stripes as it...

January 16, 2018

How American Christianity Perpetuates

A standard “From the Pulpit”-type article in a recent edition of the Sioux Falls (SD)...

November 2017

November 08, 2017

Finding Commonalities Between Nonbelievers and the Devout

Guest contributor Kate Harveston explores some surprising commonalities between atheists and Christians.

September 2017

September 26, 2017

Scientism: It’s a Thing!

It's ironic that the people who are loudest in denying that scientism exists are the...

July 2017

July 19, 2017

See Me

Inside Out, The People's Art Project: A Global Art Project Transforming Messages of Personal Identity...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Toward a Post-Lies Future

Caption: Trumpocchio Head of Donald Trump___________________________________________________________________ DONALD TRUMP is our first post-truth president. And he...

February 23, 2017

Trump Rescinds Trans Youth Rights: Helped by Christians and Atheists

Yesterday, the Trump Administration reversed former President Obama’s federal extension of Title IX protections to...

February 10, 2017

The Broken Sexual Ethic of Faith and My First Time

I enjoy sex. I enjoy it a lot. I have a very healthy view and...

February 07, 2017

I’m Sorry For My Part In Creating The Monster And I Hope You Forgive Me

A few hours ago I watched with slim hope and then great sadness as I...