January 15, 2012
What isn’t well appreciated or understood by many atheists is the diversity of thought and doctrine within the Christian framework. When a statement is made against Christianity, almost invariably, there are those who will reply, “That’s not what a true Read more…
January 8, 2012
I find it interesting when a church, any church, or religious organization cries “persecution.” Recently Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic in the Roman Catholic Church (I love the pretentious titles the Roman Catholic Church gives its officers.) Read more…
October 29, 2011
Non-believers are often confused when they see the lack of cooperation various Christian denominations have with each other and with the non-Christian world around them. This is especially true when it comes to what we would consider important social issues. Read more…
August 27, 2011
I was recently asked what atheism has to offer the world in place of religion (in this case Christianity). That’s a very good question. If some atheists would like to see religion go the way of the dinosaur, and I Read more…
June 5, 2011
The May 2011 issue of New Horizons magazine, a publication of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, has an article describing their missionary work among the Karimojong, a tribe living in northeastern Uganda. In Needing Jesus More Than Anything Else, Albert J. Read more…
May 22, 2011
In the aftermath of the End of the World / Rapture fiasco, several important lessons need to be learned. Faith is not a virtue. A lot of people had faith, they had to. There was no logical reason to believe Read more…
April 26, 2011
I’ve published a lot of atheist musings here and on Facebook, but no post has generated as much concern or hostility as a simple, hilarious “de-baptism ceremony” conducted at the American Atheist conference. This has brought home to me the Read more…
December 24, 2010
Robert Ingersoll produced the following Christmas list over one hundred years ago………… If I had the power to produce exactly what I want for next Christmas, I would have all the kings and emperors resign and allow the people to Read more…
Recently I was asked 2 questions on my Facebook page. 1. Why I am “evangelistic” with respect to atheism? 2. What are the ramifications of believing in Christ if he doesn’t exist? Or if he does exist? Both are good Read more…
November 25, 2010
It is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. and that means a holiday, a turkey dinner and people thanking god for just about everything. Thanksgiving actually has a fairly complex history but it didn’t become an annual tradition until 1863 when Read more…