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Someone Taught My Kid About God

Posted: Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 @ 6:29 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Children, Family, Parenting, Religion | 9 Comments »

Actually, that was orginally me.
This post is to answer a question from Jennifer:
I know this question was already raised, but I don’t think answered, who teaches your daughter about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit? (I’m agnostic, just wondering).
I know I have forgotten to answer a lot of questions. If I passed you [...]

Why I Am An “Agnostic Mom”

Posted: Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 @ 1:20 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Children, Family, Parenting | 19 Comments »

It only takes reading a handful of my posts to figure out that my personal beliefs are one hundred percent atheistic. I think this causes confusion for some readers. Among many reasons for calling myself “Agnostic Mom,” one has to do with the way we are raising our children. Our family is [...]

The Funeral

Posted: Sunday, July 23rd, 2006 @ 2:21 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Death, Family, Religion | 11 Comments »

Have you ever let the common phrase, “Have fun!” slip out when the recipient is headed out for a funeral? I have. And while I wouldn’t call Saturday’s funeral for my husband’s uncle fun, I can say that it was a purely enjoyable day. Beautiful, moving, emotional, sad, but enjoyable.
The unexpected death [...]

It’s Not Post-Worthy Yet

Posted: Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 @ 9:44 pm in Family | 19 Comments »

I wrote Leaving The Church, Part 4, but it needs work. I will edit it a bit tomorrow and then post it. Sorry!
If you want an update on the family situation, Gizmo, my puppy, seems to have nothing severe. He tested negative for all the usual problems. His symptoms are probably [...]

My Mind Has Been Elsewhere

Posted: Sunday, July 16th, 2006 @ 5:09 pm in Blog, Death, Family, Mortality, Religion | 10 Comments »

I don’t usually wait this long between posts. It’s been a busy week with a number of issues to deal with. As I sit here typing I am trying to decide whether to drown you with a list of them or not. Should I use my blog as a chance to get [...]

Raising A New Kind Of Commuter

Posted: Monday, July 3rd, 2006 @ 9:21 am in Children, Community, Family, Health, Parenting, Pollution | 16 Comments »

I am training my children to become bicycle-commuters.
I envy Europeans in cities where walking is a life-style. I would love for my town to adopt biking as a major mode of transportation, the way Amsterdam has done.
Let me name a few benefits off the top of my head. . . better health, cleaner air, [...]

PR and Christian Science?

Posted: Saturday, July 1st, 2006 @ 12:44 pm in Children, Family, Parenting | 6 Comments »

What kind of PR should I expect from a Christian Science e-zine?
AgnosticMom debuts in the Christian Science Monitor! Uhh, probably not.
The great Duncan Crary from the Humanist Network News sends me PR leads pretty regularly. A few of them are exciting and as they go through (rather, if they go through) [...]

Science Classes? Or Science Appreciation Classes?

Posted: Friday, June 30th, 2006 @ 11:14 am in Children, Education, Family, Parenting, Science | 8 Comments »

We’ve talked before about how the U.S. needs to have a major overhaul in science education. The overall lack of understanding of how science works is detrimental to future progress.
Richard Dawkins had an interesting idea for combatting this. In a lecture called, Science, Delusion And The Appetite For Wonder, he cited a clarinet [...]

Darwin Day: A Day For Celebration And Education

Posted: Sunday, June 11th, 2006 @ 4:01 pm in Education, Evolution, Family, Holidays, Humanism, Parenting, Science, Secular | 6 Comments »

The following article is out of season. It is a new version (about 90% new) of a previous entry I wrote last February. I rewrote it for submission to ClubMom and decided to post it here, since it contains new information. It is a good reminder that there are important things to [...]

Leaving The Church Part 2

Posted: Friday, June 9th, 2006 @ 5:16 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Family, Religion | 7 Comments »

Click here for Part 1.
I am convinced that all religious people experience cognitive dissonance at multiple points in their lives. This is where a belief we regard as truth does not match up with the reality we are witnessing or experiencing. During the time that Israel contemplated the truthfulness of our religion, cognitive [...]