Last Saturday, evolutionary biologist and well-known atheist Richard Dawkins had a minor stroke, forcing him to postpone a couple of speaking engagements. He was reported to be at home already early in the week, and expected to make a full recovery. And then, a couple of predictable Twitter kerfuffles happened: Continue the conversation:Facebook0TwitterDiggTumblr0Bufferemail … Continue reading →
When I was a kid and we started learning about slavery, and then the civil rights movement, it never occurred to me that MY family could include any racists. We were all good people. Christian people. Minnesota-nice people. Slavery was for the South (a fuzzy term I thought of as “down there”). Unfortunately, we all have to grow up and, along with that maturing, we find out what our families are really like. This discovery is not always a happy one. At first, it was just my step-family. My mom’s second husband (who she married when I was in 8th … Continue reading →
Having a supremely stressful week. In lieu of my own work, I’m going to send you over to Dave Hitt‘s blog, where you can read about some excellent reasons you shouldn’t want to be an angel after you die. Back Friday, brothers and sisters. Continue the conversation:Facebook0TwitterDiggTumblr0Bufferemail … Continue reading →
So far, I’ve put some work into being polite on this blog. My goal is to remove the stigma from the word “atheist,” and to that end I feel polite discourse is important. HOWEVER. That’s a big “however,” and it’s here I may lose some of you who are still believers. I hope that you’ll hear me out before dismissing me, or heading to the comments to light the blog on fire. You see, I feel I need to clarify one point. I believe in being civil with individual believers, to the extent that they aren’t pushing their religion into … Continue reading →
As I mentioned in my first post, many religious folk have misconceptions about atheists — and some of those misconceptions make them hostile toward nonbelievers. I started this blog to help take some of the stigma away from the term “atheist,” so let’s start by putting some nasty rumors to bed. Here, then, are the 10 myths about atheists that frustrate me the most*: 10. Way down deep, atheists really do believe in God. Also known as the “You’re just going through a phase” argument, this is a very condescending thing to say to an atheist. Do you know what you’re … Continue reading →
