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Archive for March, 2007

Much Of Our Morality Lies In The Brain

Posted: Sunday, March 25th, 2007 @ 7:19 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Ethics, Evolution, Mortality, News, Religion, Science, Social | 12 Comments »

If you’ve been reading AgnosticMom for a long time then you know about my position on morality and ethics. While most religious people think morality comes from their god and some non-believers think it is purely a social construct, others of us (including myself) believe that humans have an innate moral sense which is [...]

When The Symphony Stops Playing

Posted: Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 @ 9:32 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Death, Mortality, Secular | 2 Comments »

My article on death and the soul (or lack thereof) is in today’s issue of the Humanist Network News. As you can see, I used Dale’s symphony analogy (and quoted him, giving him proper credit) for the title.
Thanks for all your thoughts on the last two posts! They were amazing to [...]

A Question About The Soul

Posted: Friday, March 9th, 2007 @ 9:50 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Death, Mortality | 68 Comments »

This topic and all the comments it generated in the last post has been fascinating. I am writing next week’s HNN article about it right now. I’ve grown curious to know how many of you believe in the continued existence of the soul after death. Even more than that I wonder if [...]

Regarding The Soul

Posted: Monday, March 5th, 2007 @ 7:07 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Evolution, Science | 52 Comments »

There was a request that I ask Dale McGowan in his interview if he believes we have a soul, and if so, where it goes when we die. The question didn’t really fit with the others so I am posting his answer here in a new post.
The concept no longer makes sense in light [...]

Interview With Dale McGowen, Author of Parenting Beyond Belief

Posted: Thursday, March 1st, 2007 @ 5:51 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Books, Family, Parenting, Secular | 12 Comments »

DALE MCGOWAN is a writer, editor, and critical thinking educator in Minneapolis. His satirical novel Calling Bernadette’s Bluff has been called “an undoubted triumph of satire” and “wicked funny.” He recently completed Northing at Midlife, a humorous narrative of a midlife crisis encountered on the trails of Britain. McGowan is editor of Rumors of Peace, [...]