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A Humanist Wedding

Posted: Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 @ 5:37 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Family, Humanism, Secular | 17 Comments »

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.

Happy Darwin Day, Everyone!

Posted: Monday, February 12th, 2007 @ 9:29 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Books, Children, Education, Evolution, Family, Holidays, Humanism, Parenting | 9 Comments »

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 [...]

How To Have A Week-Long Darwin Week To Your Children

Posted: Thursday, January 25th, 2007 @ 8:08 am in Evolution, Family, Holidays, Humanism, Parenting | 4 Comments »

This article released yesterday on the Humanist Network News. If you are looking to celebrate Charles Darwin’s world-changing theories with your children, you can see how my family has done it by clicking here.
I have some ideas of activities I hope to add this year. I’ll be sure to post them to the [...]

My Secret Has Something To Do With Dale McOwen’s New Book, “Parenting Beyond Belief.”

Posted: Monday, January 1st, 2007 @ 11:46 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Books, Children, Family, Humanism, Parenting | 18 Comments »

There’s some exciting news in and of itself: a book on secular parenting. It has articles by many we enjoy. Richard Dawkins, Julia Sweeney, Penne Jillette.
Oh, and two articles by Agnostic Mom! And there’s my secret. This book, to be released in April, will feature two of my [...]

How Does A Godless Parent Cope Without Prayer?

Posted: Thursday, September 14th, 2006 @ 8:22 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Humanism, Parenting, Secular | 16 Comments »

Two Christians have recently asked me this question; one was specifically referring to the recent difficulties with Trinity’s health. If Christians had more atheist and agnostic friends they’d see there really is no difference in the ability to get through the day. The only difference is the emphasis on methods.
Yesterday’s installment of the [...]

Evolutionary Psychology and Materialism As A World View

Posted: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 @ 12:12 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Belief, Ethics, Evolution, Humanism, Morals | 29 Comments »

I am FINALLY getting around to a subject that a reader, Dan, requested we discuss. In a comment Dan said:
I’ve had some time to read some of the earlier posts. I’m interested in the idea that “nature is all there is”. [I’m thinking, nature = the physical world] If I understand post #8 correctly, [...]

World Humanist Day

Posted: Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 @ 7:50 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Humanism, Parenting, Secular, Social | 2 Comments »

Did you know today is World Humanist Day? Me neither. At least not until I read this article in the Humanist Network News.
I have an idea of what you can do to celebrate it. Some of my articles are now up and running on ClubMom. You can rate them and leave [...]

The End, As We Know It

Posted: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006 @ 4:18 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Ethics, Evolution, Humanism, Morals, Mortality, News | 45 Comments »

This week’s installment of the Humanist Network News is out today and includes my article, The End As We Know It.
I quoted two AgnosticMom readers who contributed to the discussion about death in the comments section. Since it would have broken the flow of the article to name them, I wanted to [...]

IS Arbitrary? SEEMS Arbitrary? Or Just ISN’T Arbitrary At All?

Posted: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006 @ 6:44 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Ethics, Humanism, Morals, Parenting, Secular, Social | 17 Comments »

Perhaps “arbitrary” was the wrong word to use when I wrote last month’s article for the Humanist Network News.
Ben is right. Religious leaders did (do) not just throw a dart on the wall to randomly pick rules of conduct. But many of the rules sure seem arbitrary, especially when you see headlines like [...]

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 [...]