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A fly came to visit to day
Fortunately it was not Emily Dickensen’s. Read on…
Monthly Archives: July 2012
A Fantasia
Maybe heaven really is that lush green pasture
We’ve all seen, undulating across countless
Movie screens, those scenes where long-lost
Loved ones & childhood pets slow-motion Read on…
Why I Don’t Believe in God…
…or How the Most Holy City in the World Can Expose the Holes in Your Faith
The most common question I get asked is “Why don’t you believe in God?” This is a deeply personal question, and like most atheists that are as vocal as I am, it is one I have considered at great length. I was raised by a loving, deeply Christian family. I attended Sunday School regularly in our sparse Lutheran church… Read on…
Historic Humanists-Ayer, Sir Alfred Jules
“Theism is so confused and the sentences in which “God” appears so incoherent and so incapable of verifiability or falsifiability that to speak of belief or unbelief, faith or unfaith, is logically impossible.”
— A.J. Ayer Read on…
It’s Time
A fragile reflection bounces off the mirror
as a soft, dulled image lulled by a slow,
backward pull away from pain. Read on…
Humanist Manifesto III- A Review
I didn’t really intend to review the Manifesto again, in detail, though that will happen as I review the series, the responses to it, and my thoughts in retrospect. All experiences are interesting, from one end of the spectrum to the other; this is not one I would particularly put away for safekeeping in a box, but perhaps some lessons can be learned from it. Read on…
Historical Humanists- Aristophanes
“Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don’t believe in the gods. What’s your argument? Where’s your proof?”
–Aristophanes
Aristophanes was a Greek comic dramatist. Read on…
Galileo, 1634
He only had to demonstrate the screw
and rack, these convinced me as theology
could not. A gracious man, creative, wise,
the Inquisitor taught me patiently
how God can punish us, the forward ones. Read on…
Humanist Values- Working for a Better Society
The last two values espoused in the Humanist Manifesto III continue the general feeling set by the previous two, which is to say they may tend to inspire a yawn. But again, I will attempt to find something positive about the statement “Working to benefit society maximizes individual happiness.” In attempting to do so, I once again consulted the AHA on the subject: Read on…
Famous Freethinkers- Allen, Steve
“No actual tyrant known to history has ever been guilty of one-hundredth of the crimes, massacres, and other atrocities attributed to the Deity in the Bible. ” Read on…