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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...

July 2019

July 13, 2019

Understanding Cultures of Unbelief for Religious

In the last part of May 2019, an unlikely gathering took place at the...

April 2019

April 18, 2019

Why Do We Question Vegetarianism When It’s a Personal Choice but Not When It’s Religiously-Motivated?

People sure do love their double standards. You probably know how true this is if...

February 2019

February 15, 2019

“At-Will Employment” — Just Another Way Employers Use Religion and Biases Against Workers

Employee benefits, workplace rights and even the very definition of employment itself have all changed...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Schools Shouldn’t Be Able to Legally Discriminate Against Students for Religious Reasons

Karen Pence is America’s second lady and the wife of U.S. vice president Mike Pence....

January 28, 2019

The Problem with “Thoughts and Prayers”

The use of the phrase "thoughts and prayers" in the wake of mass shootings and...

January 10, 2019

Reaching ‘Faith Healers’ Is an Urgent Public Health Need. How Do We Do It?

Our species has spent thousands of years trying to use magic to cure diseases. When...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

On Religion and Human Need

What do people need? It's a serious question. Apart from food, water and sleep, what...

October 25, 2018

Religion Has Absolutely No Place in a Non-Religious Workplace

Belief in magic might be the very last taboo left on earth. In fact, it's...

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 12, 2018

The Joker and the Supermen: Secular Story-Telling in a Spiritual World

It happens with uncanny frequency here in Colombia: when I talk to a male person,...

August 10, 2018

Using Nature to Revamp What Religion Means

One way or another, everybody believes the whole Universe operates according to some kind of...

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,...

July 08, 2018

“You’re Not Angry Enough”: Humanist Outrage and… Grace?

It's been a wild ride in Colombia this past week, if you're up on your...

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

Beyond the Brand: Finding the Communal Self Behind Our Labels

The Russian World Cup is well underway, and whenever I catch a glimpse of Colombia's...

June 09, 2018

Leader Worship and Populism: A Humanist Nightmare

If you believe that human beings are responsible for fixing the world's problems, populism can...

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...

April 2018

April 03, 2018

Exploring the Bleeding Borders of the Secular and the Sacred

Julian Baggini, founding editor of The Philosopher's Magazine, asserts that a search for common ground between...

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...

February 2018

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 01, 2018

Reason and Religion, Oil and Water

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

November 2017

November 08, 2017

Finding Commonalities Between Nonbelievers and the Devout

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

August 2017

August 07, 2017

The International Secular

by Marc Schaus For anyone currently following the secular movements happening all over North America...

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...