Love and Gods Religious people often talk about love in religious terms, asserting that you couldn't even have love, or feel love, or express love, without first believing in their God. But love was around long before religion. … [Read more...]

Just FYI: We're just now in the process of leaving the solar system. If by "we" you're willing to substitute V'ger. Er, Voyager 1. Humanity escapes the solar system … [Read more...]

You know how freaky we Americans are about the Constitution? Very freaky, right? But it’s understandable. This is the founding document of the United States, the piece of paper that CREATED the nation. Every word in it is important. Every word in the Amendments is important. Every word. … [Read more...]

Certain of my FtB co-bloggers (coughGretaChristinacough) are offering up pictures of kittens for their blogathons! The nerve! So I'm putting up some of MY recent photography. Just to show everybody that the world of atheism is not all kittens and, you know, happy stuff. It's a fierce, grim struggle for survival, just like in nature! … [Read more...]

The Catholic Church is a lot like the Bible. The Bible is so familiar to us, so apparently benign, it might seem defensible ... until you actually read what it says. Likewise, the familiar, friendly Catholic Church might seem okay ... until you actually notice what it says and does. … [Read more...]

Jesus and Marlboro The difference between religion and atheism, for me, is like the difference between being a smoker and a non-smoker. Me personally, I’m not just a non-smoker, I’m an anti-smoker. It’s not just that I don’t smoke, it’s a couple of other things: … [Read more...]

So, here I am blogging from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., one post every half hour, to benefit the Secular Student Alliance. It’s a sorry few hours, compared to some of my co-bloggers here at FtB, who blogged for 24 hours straight, but it’s all I can manage today. … [Read more...]

I'll be blogging for the SSA tomorrow, Saturday, June 16, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (eastern time zone) — following in the footsteps of FreethoughtBlogs lights such as Brianne Bilyeu, Ophelia Benson, Ian Cromwell, JT Eberhard and Michaelyn Everhart, Greta Christina, Greg Laden, Daniel Fincke, Al Stefanelli, Jason Thibeault, Jen McCreight, Natalie Reed, Ed Brayton and who knows who else. … [Read more...]