Although many religionists assume that secularism leads to nihilism, the opposite is true in most cases. Most of us who don’t believe in religion, or even in gods or an afterlife, for that matter, find great meaning in the short existence that we have. As soon as our children are old enough to [...]
Last year was the first year I can remember that I didn’t write up any New Year’s Resolutions. I do remember that I began the year with the intent to try some new things. I had reviewed my previous year at Thanksgiving, and the amount of new experiences I realized I had impressed [...]
Right now, while I sit here typing, little Aiden (2 years old) is crying, “Do more, Mommy! Do more!”
Do more what, you might ask? Well, he wants me to do more Christmas!
This afternoon I took all the decorations off the dry, crumbling, can’t-handle-the-Arizona-heat Christmas tree, and put them away. Aiden just [...]
I hope everybody had their best Christmas so far. Ours keep getting better. And this year I didn’t get food poisoning from my own leftovers, like last year!
One of my favorite holiday traditions is our Pre-Christmas evening with our best friends, Tami and Larry Keim. (Yes, you know Larry. [...]
It was one of those days every mom dreads. There was a lot to get done, with only 48 hours left before Christmas. I needed to spend a few minutes on the computer, but the kids were “starving.” I told them to find themselves a healthy snack. In the mirror, I [...]
I love Christmas. I know, not all secularists celebrate this holiday. Some choose to celebrate nothing. Some choose the Solstice, with the Solstice tree, a feast, and gift-giving, which you could say was the original Christmas, observed hundreds of years before Jesus was born.
Israel and I both grew up with Christmas. [...]
Victory today for Reason, Logic, Science, Education, our Children, and our Future! The breaking news of the day is that U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III ruled that Intelligent Design cannot be mentioned in biology classes in public schools.
He even said members of the school board lied to hide their religious [...]
This is part one of my second rebuttal to Larry, in our on-going debate about secular spirituality. If you are new to this site, I recommend you go to my initial challenge to read the dialogue from the beginning.
In Larry’s Apology/Surrender/Rebuttal/Challenge, he fakes concession. Larry concedes it might be (arguably) appropriate for an [...]
My husband thinks he whooped my tail in regard to the issue of child development and video games. On his blog, he linked to a PBS article about the myths of video games, saying it should help him win arguments against me. I admit it was a good article. Okay, Israel won [...]
Tonight Israel informed me that my once Jewish, now Mormon, father-in-law, has been reading my blog. Of course, I quickly looked back at the last few posts to read it from his perspective!
He contacted me tonight through email. He wants to join in on the discussion. He is not agnostic. [...]
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