I want to share a couple of experiences with you all and talk about the directions that those experiences have sent me in emotionally and cognitively. Here goes.
About a year ago, I was involved in my first ever “crash-call”. A crash-call in a hospital setting basically means that a patient who you are not expecting [...]
by Edman
I was listening to Muse the other day—specifically the song “Thoughts of a Dying Atheist.” Here’s a highlight from the lyrics:
and I know the moment’s near
and there’s nothing you can do
look through a faithless eye
are you afraid to die?
it scares the hell out of me
and the end is all I can see
and it scares [...]
Johann Hari reviews Lisa Miller’s Heaven:
In Heaven, Newsweek’s religion correspondent, Lisa Miller, has written a fascinating millenniums-long history of the idea of heaven, spliced with some surprisingly mediocre reporting on present-day believers. At its core is a (very politely administered) slap to the American consensus. The heaven you think you’re headed to—a reunion with your [...]
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 [...]
Every year the Darwin Awards “commemorate those who improve our gene pool… by removing themselves from it.” The 2009 winners have been announced:
Crushing Debt
Two bankrobbers attempting to make a sizeable withdrawal from an ATM died when they overestimated the quantity of dynamite needed for the explosion. The blast demolished the building the bank was housed [...]
Dinesh D’Souza says he has proof of an afterlife:
His proof is near death experiences. He says atheists are “very worried” about that evidence.
Anyone here worried about that “evidence”? Anyone? Anyone?
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How can people be so cruel to their own children?
The 9-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital sheet crawling with ants, staring blindly at the wall.
His family pastor had accused him of being a witch, and his father then tried to force acid down his throat as an exorcism. It spilled as he struggled, burning [...]
Believers like to say God has a sense of humor. But if he does, I imagine it would not be the kind of humor we would appreciate.
For instance, recently a man was trapped in an elevator lift in Vienna, Austria. Gunther Link prayed out to God to save him, and someone came and rescued him. [...]
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