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 ……
Happy Heretic, Friendly Freethinker
“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 ……
The Center for Inquiry produced an excellent series on American Freethought. With the dangerous rise of Christian Nationalism, this is the time to get educated about the critical and historical…
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…
When I was an Evangelical Christian in my youth, we were frightened of anything or anyone that might tempt us from the bubble of our beliefs. The Devil was on…
I found this article on “Election Deniers” (WaPo) both encouraging and discouraging. You might note, as I did, the similarities to how we respond to religious faith. One response being we…
Some seem to think they “own” the flag. Just as some think they “own” Jesus. Where would Jesus go to church, or would he go to any? Which nation would…
This essay was originally published in my e-book, Nature is Enough (2013). Selected essays, including the one here, were posted on the Nature is Enough website. A version of the…
The Nones Bible Chapter Five “Does Religion (Specifically Christianism) Have an Image Problem?” Or, “Does the Worship of Jesus break a few Commandments?” I was responding to a reader who…