Childlike Faith
How people face tragedy says so much about how they were raised and taught what faith means and how to practice it. Take for example these comments after recent deaths:…
Tag: Atheism
Requiem for the Gods
With all due respect to those who honor, reverence and worship a god or gods/goddesses, I think it’s important now and then to look back on countless cultures in the…
What Do Atheists Want?
(short answer: Heck if I know, there are so many kinds!) Ignorance seems contagious, doesn’t it? Currently here in “God’s Country”/the only “Christian Nation” on earth (sure, you know it’s…
Please Support My Work
I’ll post this now and then. I’m not paid for most of my teaching and writing (and just got the lowest royalty check ever for one book … cup of…
Wonders and Illusions
After hearing an interview with Matthew Tompkins, I’ve been enjoying his book, The Spectacle of Illusion. As an experimental psychologist and magician, Tompkins writes the fascinating story of spiritualism and…
When Reason is Not Enough
Here we are in the Age of UN-Reason. (call it nuts, crazy, wacky, weird or downright dangerous, we live in strange times) But there’s no good reason to give up…
Is Atheism a Religion?
Spoiler alert: No. Ok, next time someone says atheism is a religion, here’s a good response from Susan Jacoby (Strange Gods, 2017): “As an adult, I came to regard ‘losing’…
What is Sacred Art?
Today I received a new copy of Huston Smith’s classic, The Illustrated World’s Religions. Must have left my old copy at the chaplaincy in California. A reader asked for good…
