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 ……
Tag: Humanism
Freethought Film
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…
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…
How to Kick a Cult
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…
Democracy Deniers
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…
Which Flag, Jesus?
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…
End of Spirituality?
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…
Follow Jesus, break a Commandment?
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…
