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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 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 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.

June 2016

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) ...

May 2016

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 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

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 18, 2016

Humanists Rally Support for Victims of Devastating Ecuador Quake

Foundation Beyond Belief has announced an emergency fund drive in response to a devastating 7.8...

April 18, 2016

Is God Needed For Finding Meaning and Purpose? Science Says No!

Caption: Image of man thinking about religion, courtesy of Cerina Gillilan. Imagine the following...

April 14, 2016

What is the Meaning of Life for You?

“What is the meaning of life?” I struggled with this question throughout my teenage...

April 12, 2016

Civil Conversations in Divisive Times

Interfaith literacy is an understanding of how different people live their beliefs and values and...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

Science Provides The Keys To Success In A Secular Life

As secular people, we know that there is no afterlife, and we need to...

March 17, 2016

Saving Lives Using Reason and Compassion

(image credit) “If others have half the experience I had today, they will be completely...

March 06, 2016

Secular Civic Engagement and Your Life Purpose

I remember how in November 2013 my wife (and fellow Intentional Insights co-founder) and...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

The Long Goodbye for an Atheist-Positive President

I have long harbored a fantasy that President Barack Obama is not a Christian. No,...

February 08, 2016

The Secular – Religious Dance

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

January 2016

January 19, 2016

Sustained Conversations Change Us

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

December 2015

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 19, 2015

The Compassion of Secular and Religious Voices

Guest post by Fr. Carl Chudy - I travel in and out of different...

November 18, 2015

The Devil Lies in Ourselves

I don’t remember what led to this conversation, but I recall once telling my longtime...

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...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Does a Liberal Humanism Follow from Atheism?

Does being an atheist imply anything about one's ethics or politics?

November 2014

November 05, 2014

The invisible secular humanists

The false notion that only the religious (or even less credibly, only Christians) respond compassionately...