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 [...]
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, [...]
Make sure you head over to read the article I wrote about my sister-in-law’s humanist wedding! What a cool experience that was! Come back and share any thoughts you have by leaving a comment. I’m really curious to know if any of you have ever attended one.
For most of us, death is the most difficult subject of all for non-believing parents. I got this request from a new reader:
Hi Noell
I happened upon your website as I was searching for input on how to respond to as question my children seem to be very close to asking….What happens to people when [...]
Author Dale McGowen opened up a Parenting Beyond Belief forum. I spent some time this morning looking around, posting replies. Go check it out!
I have some stories to tell plus an article to write for next week’s issue of HNN. You’ll be hearing from me soon.
I’ve been looking forward to this week for a long time.
Today I am going to add an additional activity to what we did last year. I’m still working it out in my brain but I think I am going to explore color with the kids as a metaphor for how all of life is [...]
There is an excellent question from LaShawn below. It is thoughtful, and in my opinion, totally fair. I was excited to answer it when I read it.
Hello Noell,
I have been reading your blog for a few months, and there are a few questions I feel compelled to ask. This is meant to be [...]
Would you be interested in hearing my first ever interview? This month’s HNN podcast revolved mostly around Darwin Day, but other topics as well. My interview is somewhere in the middle (segment 3) of podcast #15. Go take a listen and come back with any thoughts you have.
The book (the one I contributed to) now has a website. I am so excited to get my hands on this thing. Having just read exerpts of some of the other articles, I realized it’ll be even more amazing than I expected. There is some good stuff in there! Please go [...]
According to a new reader, Rob Smith, I do. When people don’t have good arguments they have to dig really deep to come up with something, even if it is ignorant and nonsensical. Here is an example:
Very interesting that although you claim to be agnostic you practice yoga. You would think that such [...]
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