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April 20, 2017
Interview with John Harkey Gibbs
Editor’s Note: Here is another profile of a Clergy Project member by Conatus News reporter...
April 17, 2017
This Clergy Project Member Gave Spirituality a Whirl
Editor’s Note: Unlike previous poster, Mason Lane, who was decidedly-not-ever-spiritual, this Clergy Project member discusses...
April 13, 2017
Easter Break – Everyone is Invited
Atheists can celebrate Easter too. It could be a few days of school vacation, a...
April 10, 2017
Everything you ever wanted to know about NOT being spiritual
Editor’s Note: In his usual direct way, Mason Lane, Clergy Project board member and loyal...
April 06, 2017
Spiritual? No! Serving Christ? Yes!
Editor’s Note: In contrast to Dunphy and Warden, Clergy Project memberBruce Gerencser has plenty to...
April 03, 2017
Carter & Catherine – Not Two Spiritual Peas in a Pod
Editor’s Note: I’ve combined responses of two Clergy Project members on the Spirituality questions, in...
March 2017
March 30, 2017
Interview with Terry Plank, Past President of The Clergy Project
Editor’s Note: As promised, here is another interview by the journalist who interviewed me for...
March 27, 2017
Time for Blasphemy Laws to Disappear
Editor’s Note: In a little break from spirituality, we’re getting political again – and religious,...
March 23, 2017
Our Secular Future: Religion without Spirituality?
Editor’s Note: Like the previous poster, Fernando Alcántar, Drew Bekius, the new Clergy Project president,...
March 20, 2017
Spiritual-but-what-does-that-mean, Really?
Editor’s Note: before becoming an atheist, this Clergy Project member went through a long spiritual...
March 16, 2017
Active, Open Atheist Rabbi – Not so Spiritual
Editor’s Note: This openly atheist, practicing rabbi is about as spiritual as Sherm the Orthodox...
March 13, 2017
Closeted Orthodox Rabbi – Not Spiritual Then or Now
Editor’s Note: This week, the Rational Doubt blog features two active atheist rabbis responding to...
March 09, 2017
Donald Trump’s Brave New World
Editor’s Note: Here’s another treatise on Trump, by another Clergy Project member who was not...
March 06, 2017
IMMIGRATION: JUSTICE AND TRAGEDY
Editor’s Note: Now for a little break from spirituality, we’ll head into the all too...
March 02, 2017
Freethinker’s Trek Through Spirituality, Mysticism and Nature
Editor’s Note: I specifically solicited Clergy Project member Chris Highland’s thoughts on “spirituality” because I...
February 2017
February 27, 2017
Meet a Christian Pastor who is neither Religious nor Spiritual
Editor’s Note: “Andy”, The UCC minister who participated in the Dennett-LaScola study of non-believing clergy...
February 23, 2017
Were you religious, but not spiritual?
You should take a look at The Madness of King Donald, a recent New Yorker...
February 20, 2017
How I Got Mixed up in This Atheist Clergy Business
Editor’ Note: This is an excerpt from a recent interview that Scott Jacobsen of Conatus...
February 16, 2017
FOX NEWS & CONFIRMATION BIAS
Editor’s Note: A proud naturalized American citizen and former religious leader provides a needed lesson on confirmation bias....
February 13, 2017
Lesson: Consoling Someone Who Knew You as a Believer
Editor’s Note: I hope you enjoy this warm open letter to a former parishioner of...
February 09, 2017
Evolution is The “Not-So-Intelligent Designer”
By Alexis Record Editor’s Note: Many thanks to Clergy Project member Alexis Record for another...
February 06, 2017
Should We Forget Separation of Church and State?
Say what you will about our new president (of the US, not The Clergy Project),...
February 02, 2017
Drew Bekius Speaks: New Clergy Project President
Editor’s Note: I’m pleased to report the election of a new TCP President – Drew...
January 2017
January 30, 2017
Book Review – Atheist Answers: Rational Responses to Religious Questions
Editor’s Note: Getting sick of “alternative facts”? Here’s a book that deals in accurate information...
January 26, 2017
THE AMERICA I LOVE
Editor’s Note: This Clergy Project member and naturalized American citizen makes an impassioned plea for...
January 23, 2017
Scenes From The Resistance
Surely, you’ve heard about the hugely successful the women’s marches held around the country and...
January 19, 2017
Jesus Did All Of This For You – Part II
Editor’s Note: This continuation of Jesus’s sacrifice focuses on the supposedly biggest one he made...
January 16, 2017
Jesus Did All Of This For You – Part I
Editor’s Note: This explication of Jesus’s sacrifices is so detailed that I’ve split it into...
January 12, 2017
God Works in Mysterious Ways
Like “The Lord is on our side”, “God works in mysterious ways” is one of...
January 09, 2017
The Lord is on Our Side
Editor’s Note: Blogger and TCP member Bruce Gerencser sounds at least as angry as I...
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