Yesterday, two people told me that “people are talking” that there will be an earthquake soon. It scared me. Am I ready for an earthquake? Maybe I should review the meeting spots. Maybe I should… Then it started to puzzle …
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A recent op-ed piece in the New York Times is a good example of the dangers of breaking down the wall of separation between religion and state. In their proposal of a compromise on gay marriage, David Blankenhorn and Jonathan …
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Did you hear that President Barack Hussein Obama mentioned the unbelievers in his inauguration speech? He said: For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and …
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I’ve been puzzling over the claim that Christmas is now largely a secular holiday ever since I first read it (I can’t recall where but here’s an example). Secular means “denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious …
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On Human Rights Day, December 10, 2008, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 60! This document is a milestone in summarizing our rights as humans in one document that is entirely secular. Unfortunately, as Ken over at Open Parachute …
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I am involved in a discussion about a post at an atheist forum that claimed that gay marriage would smash the patriarchy. Uhm, I don’t think so. I am finding it difficult to articulate exactly why. I think that marriage …
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