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: Spirituality
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…
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,…
Geography of the Wild
My recent Zoom talk to the Jubilee! Community here in Asheville begins around the 45:40 mark.
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…
