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December 28, 2013
Letters to My Daughters #7: “What It Means to Be a Christian”
Your world so far has been pretty small. The people you see on a regular...
December 26, 2013
Some Frequently Asked Questions
I get a handful of questions pretty regularly, and I'd like to start selecting a...
December 24, 2013
If You Have to Believe, It Probably Isn’t Real
When I was little, my parents taught me to believe there was a person who...
December 21, 2013
Follow Me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
For those of you who have subscribed to this blog but haven't connected via Twitter,...
December 19, 2013
You Forgot to Take Up Your Cross
I want you to know how valiantly I fought writing anything about this today. I'm...
December 14, 2013
Why I Keep Talking to People Who Won’t Listen
Like most skeptics, I go back and forth between a willingness to engage religious people...
December 11, 2013
Diversionary Tactics
When a system of belief lacks evidential support, it must compensate for this weakness by...
December 07, 2013
The High Cost of Leaving Your Faith
I don’t typically share highly personal stuff on this blog because my life is intertwined...
December 06, 2013
Reading Through My Old Journals, I Found This…
I generally date my loss of faith to the late summer of 2009, but I...
December 03, 2013
What Will Save Us from Our Own Subjectivity?
One thing that modern science and the Christian religion share is an appreciation for the...
November 2013
November 29, 2013
Sex and Christianity Make Strange Bedfellows
In case you haven’t noticed, Christianity becomes exceedingly awkward around the subject of sex. For...
November 23, 2013
Why God Cannot Forsake You
When I first “came out” to some of my closest friends and told them I...
November 20, 2013
Why I’m Becoming More Antagonistic Toward Religion
My posture toward religion is slowly becoming more antagonistic, and I’d like to explain why....
November 12, 2013
How Can Atheists Have Morals? (part two)
For those who would genuinely like to know how atheists can have morals, I’d like...
November 08, 2013
How Can Atheists Have Morals? (part one)
When someone asks me "How can atheists have morals?" they are typically doing one of...
November 05, 2013
Take the Godless Tour
Over the past six months I've written a little over fifty posts, and it occurred...
October 2013
October 31, 2013
Hey Christians, Let’s Make a Deal
A few weeks ago, Rachel Held Evans wrote a plea to atheists, asking us not to...
October 30, 2013
Letters to My Daughters #6: “On Science, Sexuality, and Social Justice”
I’m sure you have lots of questions about how I came to disbelieve the very...
October 24, 2013
Letters to My Daughters #5: “Life’s Not Black and White”
One of the hardest parts about growing up is learning which voices to trust. When...
October 21, 2013
It’s Better to Give Than to Receive
Have you ever heard a preacher say "It's better to give than to receive" during...
October 20, 2013
It’s a Religion Too, Not Just a Relationship
I spent 20 years devoting my life to the Christian faith, and during most of...
October 18, 2013
Be Brave
This week I started the ball rolling on something which could prove to be a...
October 14, 2013
Confronting the Lies
Have you ever known someone who showered you with promises but rarely kept any of...
October 07, 2013
Not a Fan of Jesus
I'm gonna come right out and say it: I'm not a big fan of Jesus....
October 03, 2013
The Never-Ending Pursuit of Religious Liberty
In the early summer of 1844, a series of riots broke out in Philadelphia leading...
September 2013
September 27, 2013
I Draw the Line at Canaan
I’d like to tell you about the last time I was able to stomach going...
September 25, 2013
Your Religion May Be Harmful If…
Nonbelievers exhibit a wide array of reactions to the presence and influence of religion in...
September 20, 2013
Maggie’s Story
I’d like to tell you a story about a woman named Maggie. Maggie is a...
September 15, 2013
A Christian’s Plea for Civil Discourse
CNN's Belief Blog posted a short article yesterday by Rachel Held Evans calling for atheists...
September 10, 2013
Letters to My Daughters #4: “The Beauty and Value of Critical Thinking”
Not too long ago, I started a conversation with you girls that we didn't really...
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