Proudly Pro-Life
This may come as a shock to some readers, but ’tis the season for honesty, isn’t it? (that’s a very tiny joke at election time). So, here’s something I just…
Tag: interfaith
50,000 Views!
This website reached 50,000 views today. I’m aware this doesn’t mean there have been that many actual “visitors.” That number is closer to 5000 for 2020 alone. Those who…
Christian Declaration
A Declaration of Preference?: If Christians Wrote the Declaration of Independence If America was actually founded to be a “Christian Nation,” as Christian Nationalists claim, wouldn’t we expect the founding…
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…
New Secular Religion
Alright, maybe not so new … and just maybe the oldest religion in the human story. “Can a Secular Person be Religious?” After following John Muir’s muddy and marvelous trails…
Matilda’s Mind
Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898) fought alongside Stanton, Anthony and many others for women’s rights, the vote and full equality. In the 1880’s she co-authored History of Woman Suffrage with Stanton and…
Wright is Wrong!
Or is she? I’m talking about Frances Wright, 19th Century Scottish-American social reformer who flung her freethinking in the face of pietistic faith. Advocate of women’s rights, abolition and freethought,…
Human Supremacy
In classes I teach on Freethinkers like naturalist John Muir, I often saunter back to wise reminders of human hubris, especially pride that comes from too much piety. “The world,…
