I thought we were in trouble. Guy P. Harrison’s introduction to his new book 50 Simple Questions for Every Christian set alarm bells a-ringing. “This book is not an attack on Christian people,” the first line says. Fair enough. But then there were all sorts of weaselly, mealy-mouthed words that seemed to shout “Retreat!” “Humble …
Category Archive: religion
Apr 10 2013
Hey, Richard Dawkins! Women Aren’t Invisible
So stop treating us like we are. Really, you only seem to notice women when you can use them to conveniently bludgeon religions. You’re super-concerned about how women are treated in the Muslim world because Islam. You call the Judeo-Christian god a “misogynistic…bully,” because hey, great point of attack, amirite? So women might get the …
Apr 05 2013
Super-Natural Spring
Here is a moment: sitting at a picnic table in blazing sunshine and a mild breeze on the most beautiful day of the year. A red-tailed hawk soars in effortless circles overhead. There are chickadees around – I can hear them – and other birds whose calls I don’t know carry on conversations all around. …
Mar 29 2013
Now I Wanna Go to Church…
No, seriously. I do. I even have my Bible: I seriously do love my Skeptic’s Annotated Bible. I cackled when it came in the mail, and immediately took pictures of it, then took it out of its clear plastic wrapper and took more pictures, then I took it to bed and promptly began reading. About …
Mar 25 2013
Sign to Save Amina
So here’s a thing that shouldn’t be happening: a young woman posts a picture of herself topless with the slogan “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone’s honour” has been kidnapped “for her own good” and condemned to death by a cleric who thinks boobs and defiance are terrible things …
Feb 15 2013
Friday Freethought: “The Church Cannot Be Afflicted With the Same Idiot Forever”
I have to admit I sniggered upon hearing the news that Pope Ratzinger was on his way out the door. I won’t miss him. And I can hardly wait to see what the Catholic Church will inflict upon us next. In the meantime, I figured we’d do a few quotes from Robert Ingersoll for the …
Feb 12 2013
Los Links: I Laughed, I Cried, They Became a Part of Me
Some of you will remember Los Links from back in the day when I could spend two days out of every week reading blogs, and then share the linky goodness with you. Life’s been too busy for a while for that, unfortunately. It should have been too busy tonight, but my brain said, “You know …
Jan 11 2013
Friday Freethought: “A Declaration Which Could Only Be Made By One Whose Humanity Was Extinguished By Divinity”
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how little things have changed in the last two hundred years. Mind you, we’ve made enormous advances in science. Since Charles Southwell anonymously published his An Apology for Atheism, nearly every science has seen revolutions: evolution in biology, general relativity and quantum mechanics in physics, plate tectonics in …
Dec 14 2012
A Personal Post
I debated with myself for quite awhile before I decided to post this; it’s on the edge of being a little too personal. But it illustrates my own feelings on compromise. Today I gave a donation to my Catholic high school. Yes, I was raised Catholic, and attended Catholic schools through senior high (though that …
Dec 10 2012
You Don’t Have to Believe
We here in the United States live in a religion-saturated culture. It’s dreadfully pervasive. And it’s not just the religious right making huge amounts of noise – you can’t wriggle a stick without whacking someone or something religious. This was brought home to me with a thump when I put the teevee on something other …
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