What is Humanism?
I mostly identify as a Freethinker. That seems the most positive way of expressing my non-theistic, non-supernaturalist views. Yes, I am an atheist since I do not believe in any…
Tag: Spirituality
UNvangelicals
As an EXvangelical myself, I find these comments on NPR from Ed Stetzer of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College an EXcellent balance to the trumpery and nonsense coming…
Religious Addiction
If you haven’t seen this very short video from a while back, here you go. The “Nature Chaplain” addresses one of the most serious illnesses in our culture: Religious Addiction…
’twas the Day After
Twas the day After Christmas and the Christmas Baby (that would be me, born on the 25th) had one more brief word to say before Christmas fades away for another…
Horseshit Detection
Skepticism, Intuition and Horseshit Detection Intuition: “the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning” (New Oxford American Dictionary) I awoke at 4am, conscious of a sound. …
Honest Search for Truth?
This thought has been firing the synapses in my head the last few days: So much religious faith begins (and ends) with: “We have the truth.” Thereafter, the “life of…
Politically Ill
For many years I worked closely with people suffering from various forms of mental illness. I take the people, and their suffering, very seriously. So, I’m not being flippant or…
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…
