Some believers like walls, especially if they keep out the “bad,” scary or “evil” influences, or if the walls keep […]
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True Religious Freedom
This Opinion piece was published in our local paper today: On True Religious Freedom At times I can’t resist responding […]
I Believe that Believing Ruins Religion
Am I wrong about that? “What has occurred over and over through history? That person emerges from their “wild experience” […]
Google Prayers?
So, now that the Impeached-in-Chief has magically allowed more magic in schools (students are now free to pray? What a […]
Path Beyond Belief
For most of my life, faith, church, God were formative, central, deeply influential … Then, over time, with much reflection, […]
Don’t Say S**T
This s**t makes a lot of sense. “I have three things I’d like to say today. First, while you were […]
Religious Knowledge Quiz
Take the Quiz and find out: U.S. Religious Knowledge Quiz (Pew Research) Interesting how people scored. Those Jews and Atheists […]
Am I Anti-Religious?
Just to call yourself non-religious (secular, humanist, skeptic or atheist) seems to threaten some people who think self-identifying as a […]
Question of the Day
Maybe I’ll make this an ongoing series … I wonder: Since we hear so much from our Pious Preacher Politicians […]
When I Left My Ordination
I’m now a Humanist celebrant, a legal representative of Humanism in ceremonies and the public arena. I was once an […]
The Big Green Box
“The Big Green Box” Imagine a box—a big box. Now think bigger and think green—a Big Green Box (BGB). Why […]
Life After Faith (Part 2)
{Excerpts from the heart of Life After Faith, published in 2010} The Broken Cross and Beyond In 1992 and again […]
Friendly Freethinker 