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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...

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...

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 27, 2017

Toward a Post-Lies Future

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

February 07, 2017

The Science of Solving Alternative Facts

Caption: Image of CNN with quote from Kellyanne Conway saying “Spice gave alternative facts on...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

What Would Gandhi Do About Trump? High-Time For a Science Of Wisdom

Source: wikimedia commons/ Mahatma Ghandi close up potrait Written by Charles Cassidy MPhys, Director of...

January 21, 2017

A Weird American in Trump’s Post-Truth America

Caption: Truth and lies (Open Clipart-Vectors, Pixabay) ________________________________________________________________ It is an undeniable fact that Donald...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

The Easiest Trick to Breaking Out of Wrong Ideas

Written by Max Harms Source: Randall Munroe, used with permission Right now you have something within...

November 2016

November 01, 2016

Life’s Most Incredible Events Explained (Just a Coincidence?)

Caption: Shocked Man (image credit) By Hunter Glenn _______________________________________________________________________ Roy Cleveland Sullivan was struck by...

July 2016

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...

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 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 21, 2016

When Saints Go Missing, Do They Make a Sound?

The details of the 4th century life of St. Catherine of Alexandria are painstakingly woven into...

March 03, 2016

Born Free (of God)

I have to admit that I feel a bit embarrassed when it comes to my...

March 01, 2016

What if she comes anyway?

I stepped to the mirror and began to turn as my daughter watched between her...

January 2016

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 05, 2015

The Passion of the Frost

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

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....