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A Case for Mockery

Since meeting him three years ago, I have been a big fan of Sam Singleton – not only for his presence on stage and ability to hold an audience in the palm of his hand, but also for his character off of it.  I’ve extended him the invitation to submit a few pieces to this [...]

Dear God, it’s not our fault. Sincerely, women.

The following is a guest post from Camille M. Richoux. Dear God, it’s not our fault.  Sincerely, women. I recently had a conversation with a Christian acquaintance, and it was over the subject of feminism.  She attempted to explain that ‘true’ feminism, from a Christian perspective, is understanding the purpose given to you by God. The [...]

Help with a study on closeted atheism

I got an email the other day from Sarah Morehead with the Recovering From Religion Foundation.  If you are a closeted atheist, they need your help – and all you have to do is talk about your atheism confidentially.  Hiya JT! We (Recovering From Religion) are super excited to be working with Daniel Swann at [...]

Critical thought and kids

Below is a guest post on parenting from sex blogger Kendra Holliday. Where Did I Go Right? My Heathen Daughter by Kendra Holliday, of The Beautiful Kind I didn’t become atheist until I was 12, when I dropped my baby sister headfirst on a hardwood floor and realized that praying wasn’t going to save her [...]

Ashley on Cultural Appropriation

Christina here, letting Ashley (from our polyamory adventures!) do a guest post! Here she goes: Hello all!  Ashley here.  I want to open the doors for discussion on a topic that I hadn’t heard much about until fairly recently: cultural appropriation.  Cultural appropriation is the borrowing of an element or elements from a different culture.  [...]

Guest Post: A Kindler, Gentler Me…Well…

My friend Elliot wrote to me about an experience he had the other day and asked if he could post it here.  I suspect it may generate a fair amount of discussion, so here it goes. Just about every morning I get up very early and go to my convenient local coffee shop, chat for [...]

We Don’t Expect Perfection

My dad penned this the other day.  Thought I’d share. I read this comment on a blog the other day:  “Non-Christians expect us to, I don’t know, be perfect. That is impossible as no one can do that.” I have heard this, and variations on it so much, that I wanted to address the concept.  [...]