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AgnosticMom Breaks Mainstream Barrier

Posted: Thursday, May 18th, 2006 @ 1:52 pm in Secular, Social, Uncategorized | 16 Comments »

We might be making some headway.
Have you heard of ClubMom.com? It’s a mainstream mother’s website, an affiliate of momcentral.com, which has a new spot on the Today Show called, Parent Central. ClubMom has three million subscribers.
Thanks to my editor, Duncan Crary of the Humanist News Network, ClubMom has asked me to [...]

National Day of Prayer

Posted: Friday, May 5th, 2006 @ 1:34 pm in Atheist, History, Religion, Social | 28 Comments »

I have been a neglectful AgnosticMom. It’s been hard for me to get to my computer for long this week. Worse than that, I told you to clear your calendar for May 4th and then I ditched you. Have you been wondering what May 4th was? Did you figure it out? [...]

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? [...]

A Public Relations Makeover?

Posted: Monday, April 24th, 2006 @ 9:04 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Community, Social | 21 Comments »

Time for another Q&A. TXAtheist asked:
I have been struggling to find a reasonable answer to this question. How do atheists/agnostics get people to not despise us? In Texas I merely tell someone I am an atheist and the stereotypes just start coming. Not always, but it takes the liberal/open-minded person to [...]

Big Love

Posted: Sunday, April 2nd, 2006 @ 4:16 pm in Fundamentalism, Religion, Social | 16 Comments »

Is anyone watching HBO’s new series, Big Love? What a fascinating show. While I can’t handle the more violent shows myself, the truth is, anything HBO puts out is high quality. At least the shows we watch.
Big Love is about a modern polygamous family living in secret in a Salt Lake City [...]

The Pledge of Allegiance

Posted: Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 @ 10:43 pm in Secular, Social | 43 Comments »

Hifi left an intriguing comment about the Pledge of Allegiance on an older post where few, if any, were likely to see it. I actually think it deserves its own entry. While I do not agree with the fairly recent addition of the phrase, “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance, removing that [...]

A Bit O’ Luck

Posted: Friday, March 17th, 2006 @ 7:23 am in Agnostic, Family, Holidays, Social | 26 Comments »

I was never interested in St. Patrick’s Day, even as a kid. My family didn’t do anything in particular to celebrate the holiday, which reduced it to a day of potential pinches. So irritating. At the same time I resented the pressure to wear green. I didn’t want to wear green. [...]

Spirituality At Your Favorite Alcohol Distributing Venue

Posted: Sunday, March 5th, 2006 @ 9:25 am in Mortality, Social, Spiritual | 21 Comments »

My best friend, Tami, just had her birthday and we decided to celebrate at a cozy, yet contemporary wine bar and bistro, D’Vine.
We love the atmosphere at D’Vine, but we especially love the food. Oh, and the wine is really good, too.
At one end if the room is an inviting circle of three love [...]

Religious Peer Pressure On Your Teenage Child

Posted: Monday, February 27th, 2006 @ 8:07 pm in Agnostic, Atheist, Children, Parenting, Religion, Social | 26 Comments »

Yesterday’s post sparked discussion about a specific situation we will surely find ourselves in (and maybe some of you are currently). The situation is that of their friends pressuring our teenage children to join their religious group.
Fran was the first to mention “peer pressure for Jesus”, and then Cassandra, from The Atheist Mama, expressed [...]

Social Anxiety

Posted: Sunday, February 5th, 2006 @ 8:14 am in Agnostic, Atheist, Social | 7 Comments »

I think I’m over my old fears of telling people I’m an Agnostic Humanist, rather than a Christian. Of course, I can say that, because my last experiences were successful. But it’s been a while since I’ve been in that circumstance. And I don’t live in the Bible-Belt of America. Arizona isn’t liberal, and it [...]