Morality and Labels
One moral issue I want to address is your behavior while assuming certain labels and memberships. For example, a rapist should not claim to be a Humanist, but I would […]
The website is down, please hold
Anybody who has ever worked in IT or had to call someone in computer support will get a kick out of this. Some of the pretty standard responses I remember […]
When religious liberty crosses the line
The Dutch may ban halal and kosher methods of slaughter soon. It’s being billed as an animal welfare issue. Stunning is a much more humane method of slaughter when compared […]
Same sex marriages and tax exemption
One of the callers on this week’s Savage Lovecast was asking about whether or not legalizing same sex marriage could threaten the tax exempt status of churches who refuse to […]
A funeral for dead gods
Here’s the latest from Religious Antagonist:
Tuesday Science News – The periodic table, windows to the soul, gendercide, and more!
Names for three new elements have been approved by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. They are darmstadtium (110), roetgenium (111), and copernicium (112). Elements 114 and 116 […]
Morality 3: Of objectivity and oughtness
I’ve left a few loose ends on the recent series on morality, I plan on wrapping that up shortly, but life has continued to be busy and I want to […]
Does religion have a future?
In Christianity, many of the old, mainline Protestant denominations are accepting of evolution, gays and lesbians, women, and even atheists. Episcopalians, for example, have women, gay, and atheist clergy. The […]
Ten Commandments – by George Carlin
(Via Friendly Atheist)
Blog Theme
Some new themes have been released by the Blogger development team and I’m going to check them out. To keep the effects minimum I will do the testing late Saturday […]