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April 2016

April 19, 2016
The best thing we can do for addicts is make them feel empowered to take...
April 18, 2016
Foundation Beyond Belief has announced an emergency fund drive in response to a devastating 7.8...
April 18, 2016
Caption: Image of man thinking about religion, courtesy of Cerina Gillilan.   Imagine the following...
April 14, 2016
After the publication of On the Origin of Species, religious naturalists found themselves in a...
April 14, 2016
  “What is the meaning of life?” I struggled with this question throughout my teenage...
April 12, 2016
Interfaith literacy is an understanding of how different people live their beliefs and values and...
April 07, 2016
(image credit)   How do we make America safer from suffering the same kind of...
April 07, 2016
Charles Darwin knew how explosive his theories would be—that’s why he sat on them for...

March 2016

March 30, 2016
Several years ago, Keith bought a set of very old encyclopedias. I can certainly understand...
March 27, 2016
  As secular people, we know that there is no afterlife, and we need to...
March 27, 2016
My students were angry to learn that their college was named for someone who probably...
March 22, 2016
“You’re certainly colorful today. Something for Easter?” said one of my many specialist physicians, referring...
March 21, 2016
The details of the 4th century life of St. Catherine of Alexandria are painstakingly woven into...
March 17, 2016
(image credit) “If others have half the experience I had today, they will be completely...
March 17, 2016
By Meg Gisonda (Content note: This piece refers multiple times to “cr***”, an ableist slur.)...
March 16, 2016
I’ve long nicknamed the GOP, God’s Official Party. But lately, the Republican Party has seemed...
March 09, 2016
In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye’s daughters sing, Matchmaker, matchmaker, Make me a match, Find...
March 06, 2016
  I remember how in November 2013 my wife (and fellow Intentional Insights co-founder) and...
March 03, 2016
I have to admit that I feel a bit embarrassed when it comes to my...
March 01, 2016
I stepped to the mirror and began to turn as my daughter watched between her...

February 2016

February 29, 2016
You know those people who have the "God Is My Driver" bumper sticker on their...
February 25, 2016
Jainism is an atheistic religion that's mostly about pacifism and nonviolence--but that doesn't keep Jains from unleashing the...
February 25, 2016
The 2016 Republican primary race seems to have been conceived by a coked-up Hollywood satirist....
February 23, 2016
By Gleb Tsipursky   How can you find purpose and meaning from a secular perspective?...
February 22, 2016
Part 3 in a series on the mangling of Darwin's Autobiography Back to Part 1...
February 22, 2016
  Part 2 in a series on the mangling of Darwin's Autobiography Back to Part...
February 22, 2016
Part 1 in a series on the mangling of Darwin’s Autobiography.   Part 2 | Part...
February 18, 2016
I have long harbored a fantasy that President Barack Obama is not a Christian. No,...
February 14, 2016
Dale McGowan penned a sweet, secular love letter to his wife for Valentine’s Day in...
February 13, 2016
By Ron Garret Written in response to "Religious and Rational?" Spirituality and rationality seem completely...
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