She appeared from nowhere, literally. I was drinking by myself in the snug of the King’s Head public house when she appeared on the bar stool beside me, and from that moment something inside me changed forever. Read on…
The religious argument that says it is their God that shows us all the right and wrong ways to act has always seemed full of holes to me. I have seen many of these bubbles pricked in the past on this site, but I am worried by another one, which has a long philosophical history. Of course, it may be just me… Read on…
alone in an ocean of empty space
spellbound by the shadowplay Read on…
I do not want to sign up
to join their clubs,
fraternities,
political parties,
AA meetings,
bible studies,
or writing circles. Read on…
there are those born here on earth
who daily rise above the muck
climb a ladder to the sky Read on…
It is hard for an atheist to know what to say when reviewing a book like A House for Hope; The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-first Century. Its authors, John A. Buehrens and Rebecca Ann Parker, are deeply religious and their book’s intent would appear to be devotional and inspirational. It presents no creative, original, or intellectual premise that is developed and for which a conclusion is reached. Read on…
at moonrise
the ghost on the gallows
hangs in silhouette against a backdrop
of raw illusion Read on…
Stephen Greenblatt’s THE SWERVE, How the World Became Modern, tells an important story and has won the National Book Award for non-fiction and a Pulitzer. The story is of particular interest and importance to atheists and secular humanists because it validates us as main-stream, primary players in the flow of Western Civilization and casts the Abrahamic religions as the major bump on the long road to modernity. Read on…
“The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.” Read on…
here we are
from amoeba to mankind
every living thing on earth
sparked into life Read on…