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April 2018

April 07, 2018

Chance, Not God, Saved Woman In Shooting

I feel a little unkind saying it, because people so fervently need to believe, but...

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 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...

January 2017

January 12, 2017

Freedom’s Path Series: Emotional Hardships of Deconversion

“You doing okay, Pat?” The question was asked by Buzz, one of my regular passengers...

January 09, 2017

The Caged Freedom of Transition

There are a lot of blogs out there where Atheists tell believers things they should...

May 2016

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...

April 2016

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...

April 14, 2016

Unnatural Selection

After the publication of On the Origin of Species, religious naturalists found themselves in a...

April 07, 2016

Glimpsing Truth through the Blinders of Religion

Charles Darwin knew how explosive his theories would be—that’s why he sat on them for...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Dropping the Mic on God: 9th Century Edition

Jainism is an atheistic religion that's mostly about pacifism and nonviolence--but that doesn't keep Jains from unleashing the...

February 22, 2016

Hiding Darwin’s Disbelief

Part 3 in a series on the mangling of Darwin's Autobiography Back to Part 1...

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 25, 2016

The Chaplain’s Cat Logic

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

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 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 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 02, 2015

Myth-Taken by Santa

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

November 2015

November 27, 2015

Santa Claus – The Ultimate Dry Run

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

November 18, 2015

The Lazy Atheist

Not believing isn’t the problem. Like not breathing or not stopping at a red light,...

November 17, 2015

“How Was Christ made? I’m going to tell you…”

"Do you know how Christ was made? I’m going to tell you: Christ was made...

November 17, 2015

Interrogation of Aude: “How is it possible that I cannot believe in our Lord!”

A 14th century French woman struggles with doubts in front of the Inquisitor.

November 16, 2015

A Doubter in the Inquisitor’s Chair

"The soul?" she said. "Personally, I don't see anything come out of men or women...

November 11, 2015

When One Partner Leaves the Faith: The Story of Hope and David

She was drawn to the intensity of his faith. When he said he didn't believe...

November 05, 2015

Armin Navabi: Ex-Muslim Turned Global Atheist Activist

When he was just 12 years old, Armin Navabi threw himself off the top floor...

November 04, 2015

8 Red Flags in the Secular/Religious Marriage

By Dale McGowan Author, In Faith and in Doubt When I talk about red flags in...

October 2015

October 22, 2015

Getting My Own Story Straight

by Dale McGowan It’s easy to get your own story wrong. Selective memory takes a messy life and creates a narrative...