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September 2016

September 13, 2016

Want To Be Young and Healthy Forever?

(image credit) Can you imagine what it would be like to be young and healthy...

September 11, 2016

On Being a Weird American on 9/11

Caption: Person saluting the American flag (image credit) ______________________________________________________ On this anniversary of the 2001...

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 16, 2016

Worry, Prayer, and Rational Thinking

When you feel anxiety setting in, remember that your thoughts are controlled by you. This...

August 13, 2016

Your Feelings Are Not Your Fault (Mostly)

By guest blogger Hunter Glenn Caption: Happy and sad person (image credit) ________________________________________________ We all...

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 14, 2016

Revenge for the Orlando Shooting Spree!

Caption: Yelling man (Image credit) _______________________________________________________ The June 12 mass killings in Orlando was...

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) ...

June 13, 2016

Reason Rally for Us All

Stereotyped thinking of the religious right regarding atheists is all too prevalent. Events like the...

June 09, 2016

Why We’re Not Rational in Evaluating Others (And What The Science Suggests We Can Do About It)

(image credit) So imagine you are driving on autopilot, as we all do...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

What Do Politics Have to Do with Meaning and Purpose in Life?

You pass through the long security line at the United States Capitol building inWashington,...

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...

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 25, 2016

Trump Feels Your Anger and Anxiety: How Neuroscience Helps Explain Trump’s Triumphs

Caption: Donald Trump pointing (image credit) Despite desperate opposition from the Republican establishment, Trump...

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 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 07, 2016

Making America Safer From Muslim Terrorists

(image credit) How do we make America safer from suffering the same kind of...

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...

March 01, 2016

What if she comes anyway?

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

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Don’t Let God Be Your Driver

You know those people who have the "God Is My Driver" bumper sticker on their...

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 13, 2016

Is Spirituality Irrational?

By Ron Garret Written in response to "Religious and Rational?" Spirituality and rationality seem completely...