Religious Freedom: Your Rights Are Special; Your Religion Is Not
No one’s beliefs are beyond question or criticism. Insisting on special special status for your religious beliefs has nothing to do with your freedom of religion and everything to do with your belief...
View ArticleA Born Again Atheist? It’s More Accurate Than The Christian Kind.
I saw a picture of this button on DeviantArt. I liked it, but it got me thinking. Born again Christians use the term “Born Again” to denote their belief that when they accept Jesus as their personal...
View ArticleWhy Are You Offended? Why We Don’t Care.
The Omaha Coalition for Reason recently put up a billboard here in Omaha. The billboard simply says, “Don’t Believe in God? Join the Club.” It doesn’t say, or even imply, a dislike or disdain for...
View ArticleWhat I Learned In Church Today
I went to church today because my son was in the choir. I haven’t been to church for a long time, and not a Catholic one for even longer. Having been raised Catholic, the service itself was familiar...
View ArticleDehumanizing Atheists
This vile piece of hate came to my attention the other day: TeaPartyTony @TeaPartyTony Atheists are not technically human beings (they have no soul) therefore they are not protected by our nations...
View ArticleAnother Church Experience
I went to my Son’s church today to hear him sing in the choir. They were really quite good. The music was a mix of gospel and soul with some latin rhythms thrown in. Of course, the lyrics were all...
View ArticleThe Tea Party – American Taliban
The Tea Party is the most dangerous threat to the American way of life and to American liberty its self than anything we’ve seen since the era of McCarthyism over 50 years ago. I’d say that they are...
View ArticleA Little Bit About Compassion (or lack thereof)
In my last post I mentioned how I am out of work. I had an exchange on FB today with an old friend. I’d shared a post supporting workers’ rights. Her response was: “They” didnt take anything from...
View ArticleCatholic (il)Logic
Ok. They have a new Pope. Pope Francis. Here is what CNN said about him: “Until last year, Bergoglio was the archbishop of Buenos Aires before stepping down because of his age. He is 76.” So if he was...
View ArticleWe Are Not Broken
I read a lovely blog post. It is about people with disabilities. Please read it. My comment on this: I grew up with a learning disability. I was teased, bullied. But I’ve succeeded beyond what any...
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