by Barry Hardee
I’m admitting something that most Christians never dream of saying out loud — I’m jealous of atheists. How could you not be jealous of a position of rationality and enlightenment? My jealousy on this particular occasion though is restricted to the area of language.
Definitions
a-theism: without a belief in a deity or deities
I know [...]
by Jersey Flight
The student should be bothered by the teacher who isolates him, who seeks to control him, forbids him to use his mind and manifests insecurity at the sight of opposition. A strong theory should be able to withstand criticism, and will often earn greater respect under the knife. However, those who are afraid [...]
by Matt Casper, co-author of Jim & Casper Go to Church and a founder of ChurchRater.com
I have no idea how long I have been an atheist. I also have no idea how long I will continue to be an atheist.
The reason I say the former is that there was not some “eureka!” moment, no day [...]
by Jennifer Michael Hecht
Dear Bleaders,
We’re here on this blog together because we don’t believe in Dog, right? Strike that, reverse it, reinstate.
Look. I call my way of seeing things Poetic Atheism. I don’t believe in anything supernatural. I don’t think the universe can think. I don’t believe there is some special being that is separate [...]
by Billy Braun
I was a TrueChristian™ for about eight years starting back in 1981. I attended a Pentecostal non-denominational church (Glad Tidings-Boise) back in the first five years of my time as a believer. It was there that I learned to accept the idea that my first duty to God was to tithe to the [...]
by Jennifer Michael Hecht
A dear cousin recently wrote me a note on the internet telling me of his interest in my public atheism and saying that he agrees with my poetic atheism, except for the atheism part. He had a smart mystic believer’s argument: How can such little things as us know that there is [...]
by Custador
This is off-topic for a blog which is primarily a place of theological discussion, but I felt it might be an interesting topic to discuss. I have some experience of working with military people, I have a lot of military friends.I have admired almost all of them as good, honest people — so my [...]
by Vincent Skolny
Jennifer is my daughter. She’s three.
Puss-puss was my mother-in-law’s cat. It was hit by a car several weeks ago and, yes, its name really was Puss-puss.
Last week Jennifer and I went for a walk. Just out of the driveway, she asked me to hold her hand because, “I don’t want to get [...]
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