Continuing this week’s “gospel” according to Secular Jesus. . . Note: As I mentioned on FB, those who studied in […]
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Secular Jesus Speaks
Continuing the Secular Jesus* Series … *Why Secular Jesus? The “Spiritual Jesus,” exalted Lord, Savior, Son of God, is the […]
Who’s a Better Parent than God?
Having raised a daughter and observed parents do all kinds of “interesting” parenting over the years, I have a few […]
What a ‘Christian Country’ Might Look Like
Next time you hear someone, anyone, assert that America is or should be a “Christian Nation,” I offer these thoughts […]
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 […]
Don’t Take My Word
Listening to an episode of the Ridiculous History podcast this morning, one of the hosts said, “Don’t take my word […]
Religion to Love, and Hate
In the 1840’s, Frederick Douglass traveled through the British Isles speaking on his former life as a slave in America. […]
Lord of the Nation?
Teaching a class on Thomas Paine “in our age of un-reason” I came across this quote from the United States […]
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 […]
Paine Management for Believers and Non-Believers
As I’m about to teach a six-week class on a forgotten freethinking founder of America, it becomes clearer to me […]
John Brown
Some say he ignited the Civil War with his attempt to fire up a slave rebellion when he led the […]
Thomas Paine in Space
Paine in space? Not quite. But these powerful words from the first Latino NASA astronaut, Franklin Chang Diaz sound like Tom’s […]
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