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Public Relations Makeover, Part 2

Posted: Thursday, April 27th, 2006 @ 10:52 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Community, Ethics, Humanism, Morals, Religion, Secular, Social | 29 Comments »

Why do they hate us? Why? WHY?!
I thought I’d start off with a bit of drama. Just to get your attention.
We can find a legitimate answer by taking the emotion out of it and giving it a good analysis. Do they hate us, or do they FEAR us? [...]

What’s Missing Is A System

Posted: Thursday, January 19th, 2006 @ 10:16 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Books, Charity, Children, Civil Rights, Education, Ethics, Family, Fundamentalism, Holidays, Morals, Parenting, Religion, Secular, Spiritual | 9 Comments »

After reading the books I cited for Civil Rights Day to the kids, my 8-year-old son, Blake asked, “How come all the heroes are black?”
Silence filled the space that my loss for words left. I stared at Blake for a minute. What other heroes have I introduced to him? Rosa Parks died [...]

America In Decline?

Posted: Monday, January 16th, 2006 @ 4:05 pm in Civil Rights, Community, Ethics, Family, History, Morals, Rants, Social, Talk Radio | 3 Comments »

I was raised by talk radio. As a child, coming home at night from various events, there was a certain time in the evening when my parents changed the radio station from music to talk. It was always right when my eyes were growing heavy. I got very used to the lullabye [...]

I Believe! I Believe!

Posted: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 @ 10:27 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Charity, Ethics, Humanism, Secular, Spiritual | 4 Comments »

A few years ago, when my parents were grasping to understand why I left religion (okay, they are still grasping), I explained to them the issues I had with the Bible. I described my opinion that the gods have all been a manifestation of mankind’s need for a controlling power, an explanation for the [...]