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December 24, 2018
Have Yourself an Edgy Christmas!
December 20, 2018
Another Kind of Christmas
Editor’s Note: Here is Chris’s second gift: a short reflection that is more along the...
December 17, 2018
Unwrapping the Present: A Chris-mas Message
Editor’s Note: No one could bring in Rational Doubt’s Christmas season better than a non-believing...
December 13, 2018
On Becoming a “Freethinker”
Editor’s Note: Here is the second post from this new writer for the blog in less...
December 10, 2018
How to Quack-Proof Yourself Against Pseudoscience
Editor’s Note: With all the focus these days on “fake news”it’s helpful to be reminded...
December 06, 2018
Good ol’ Biblical Cherry Pickin’
Editor’s Note: I was very happy to receive this essay inspired by a comment made...
December 03, 2018
Was It Even Possible for God to Create the Universe?
Editor’s Note: The following essay, written by a Clergy Project member whom I just met,...
November 2018
November 29, 2018
A Quaker’s Take on Life, Death & Religion
By Linda LaScola, Editor My mother-in-law was a soft-spoken woman who was known to sit...
November 26, 2018
A Freethinker’s Gospel – Book Review
Editor’s Note: Here is another of Clergy Project member Alexis Record’s thoughtful book reviews. It’s about...
November 22, 2018
We Gather Together to Hope for the Future
We gather together -- not to ask the Lord’s blessing, but to give thanks for...
November 19, 2018
When God Is Nowhere to Be Found
Editor’s Note:Kudos to this atheist biblical scholar for examining and refuting the vapid arguments of...
November 15, 2018
Is There Sarcasm in the New Testament?
Editor’s Note: There certainly is a lot of sarcasm among Clergy Project members I know. ...
November 12, 2018
You Are a Crypto-Christian, Posing as an Atheist
Editor’s Note: I’ve been told that I’m too nice to be an atheist, but, unlike...
November 08, 2018
Our True Religion: Football, Firearms, and the American Flag
Editor’s Note: Here in the US, we just had a national election that demonstrated once...
November 05, 2018
Atheist Pastor Preaches Friendship
Editor’s Note: As I read this sermon, originally delivered in a church, it doesn’t seem like...
November 01, 2018
The Final Sermon I Should Have Preached
Editor’s Note: If this former preacher had actually given this as his final sermon, I...
October 2018
October 29, 2018
The Baton and the Towel: Facing Finality Fearlessly
Editor’s Note: [Secular Sermon #6] This is one of the more somber sermons in this...
October 25, 2018
Redefining the Sacred
Editor’s Note: [Secular Sermons Series #5] Here’s another real sermon, though greatly reduced, the writer...
October 22, 2018
Understanding a Violent Religion: (The Radical Extremist Doctrine)
Editor’s Note: [Secular Sermon #4] Now we move back into the world of fantasy sermons. Or...
October 18, 2018
Mark’s Easter, Revisited
Editor’s Note: [Secular Sermon #3] What follows is this former Lutheran pastor’s “best reconstruction” of...
October 15, 2018
I Applied My Mind (Ecclesiastes 1:12-14)
Editor’s Note: [Secular Sermon #2] This is a real sermon, recently given by an active...
October 11, 2018
Secular Sermon Series: #1 Noah’s ARKS
Editor’s Note: I asked several Clergy Project members write a sermon they wish they could...
October 08, 2018
With Awe Comes Shock
Editor’s Note: This essay, written a few months ago about church sexual abuse, is sadly...
October 04, 2018
Privilege – Male/White/Ivy League/Christian/Whatever
By Linda LaScola, Editor I hesitate to write about this because 1) I’m not sure...
October 01, 2018
One of My Biggest Regrets
Editor’s Note: Former and current churchgoers reading here – have you ever seen your pastor...
September 2018
September 27, 2018
What Would Our Universe Look Like If There Were No God?
Editor’s Note: This is a subject that believers and non-believers have pondered a lot. In...
September 24, 2018
The Brain on Faith: What We’re Up Against
Editor’s Note: While many of the people reading here once had “brains on faith” -...
September 20, 2018
Why He Left God – Filmmaker Responds
Editor’s Note: Over a year ago, I watched the 47 minute film discussed in this...
September 17, 2018
Wanted: More Humanist Protesters
Editor’s Note: I’m feeling optimistic. Maybe because I’m an born optimist, and maybe because I actually...
September 13, 2018
A Forger Fooled By Forgery
Editor’s Note: In case you didn’t already know it, here’s information from a bestselling author
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