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…
Tag: Humanism
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…
Humanism and Race
I read Dr. Anthony Pinn‘s book, When Colorblindness isn’t the Answer and just beginning to read his book, Writing God’s Obituary. Professor at Rice University in Houston, TX, Pinn is…
The Original God?
Was the Sun the original God? Was our Solar System’s HeadLight the origin of anything and everything “god”? However we cast light on that thought, this latest photo alone should…
Essays, Columns, Stories, Books
In case you aren’t aware, many of my essays and columns are collected in published books: Broken Bridges A Freethinker’s Gospel Nature is Enough In addition, short stories from my…
God and Atheists
In his eulogy for Henry Thoreau in May 1862, Emerson quotes his friend as saying: “Nothing is so much to be feared as fear. Atheism may comparatively be popular with…
