Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Hi Richard, When we married, my husband and I held similar religious beliefs. Through the years, however, we have taken different paths. My husband is atheist and believes that religion and faith are not only limiting to the human experience, but dangerous. I have a [...]
Ask Richard: Religious Wife Asks How to Raise Kids with her Atheist Husband
September 4, 2012 By 35 Comments
Why Can’t This Atheist Accept Her Husband’s Loss of Faith?
September 2, 2012 By 49 Comments
There’s an article in today’s New York Times by Colleen Oakley that’s supposed to be cute and lovey-dovey… yet it made me angrier the more I read. Here’s the summary: She’s not religious. Her husband is. She never knew that until they were planning their wedding and he asked that the Lord’s Prayer be included [...]
TV Show Looking for Atheist Parents… but There’s a Catch
August 1, 2012 By 19 Comments
I can’t vouch for this show but the press release was sent my way and it sounds interesting. They’re looking for atheist parents (who presumably raise their kids without god)… who have siblings with kids they’re raising religiously. Basically, they want to document parents who are closely-related but raise their kids in polar opposite ways. [...]
An Atheist Parent’s Promises To Her Children
July 30, 2012 By 15 Comments
Tessa Tinney, an atheist parent, has a beautiful post at the Parenting Beyond Belief blog about the promises she’s making to her sons. Here are just a few of them: I promise that by example I will teach you kindness, justice, cooperation, respect and tolerance. Because morality is part of what it means to be [...]
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