Religious Supremacy?
Today’s column borrows a story from the ancient scripture, The Bhagavad Gita, to address a serious contemporary problem. Can We Talk About Religious Supremacy? “When religious supremacy takes power in…
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Blasphemy!
“You hurt my feelings … you should go to prison!” “You insulted my religion … and if we can’t silence you, you should be prosecuted!” “You disrespected my God ……
Why Don’t You Believe?
What if I told you: I hiked up a mountain the other day and a strange thing happened: a burning tree spoke to me and gave me commandments every human…
Auguries
augur: seer, visionary, a diviner of omens augury: sign of the future inauguration: “The word inauguration stems from the Latin augur, which refers to the rituals of ancient Roman priests…
MLK and Atheists
MLK for Atheists Rev. King was no saint, though probably more of a saint than many “saints.” No miracle-worker … just a “drum major” for justice, and justice matters to…
What is Humanism?
I mostly identify as a Freethinker. That seems the most positive way of expressing my non-theistic, non-supernaturalist views. Yes, I am an atheist since I do not believe in any…
Sunrise
We Don’t Need a Candle to See the Sun Rise In October 1832, several years before he gained fame as a writer and lecturer, Ralph Waldo Emerson jotted down something…
Religious Addiction
If you haven’t seen this very short video from a while back, here you go. The “Nature Chaplain” addresses one of the most serious illnesses in our culture: Religious Addiction…
