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Atheists Dangerous for Children?
Well, according to Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago), it is dangerous for children to know about this atheist "philosophy." In a very sad, if not tragic, situation, Rep. Davis attacked an atheist activist (Rob Sherman) during testimony last week before the House State Government Administration Commit ...>
Humanism & Interdependence
In my about page I make a statement that has increasingly become more and more relevant to my life, to my beliefs, and to what I end up telling people that humanism is about:
"...It [humanism] does call us to a deep contemplation of interconnectedness, of interbeing, of recognizing the delusions ...>
Parenting Beyond Belief
As you know if you've read this blog even just a couple of times, I am a secular humanist and raise my kids to be humanists. In other words, our view at home is that we can be ethical, deeply moral, caring, decent, respectful, honest, deep thinkers, reflective, loving-kind, compassionate, virtuous, ...>
Interconnection & Our Suffering
We held a vigil last night at our University, and these are remarks I read at the end to close off the ceremony. The ceremony was a neat example of ritualcrafting, put together by students, faculty, and staff members. We wanted to give an opportunity to members of the campus community to express the ...>
Humanism Conferences
Interested in Humanism? Two upcoming conferences might be just what you need. I really would love to go to Harvard's New Humanism conference, to be held from April 20-22, but I just can't afford to take the time off school (not to mention the trip). The conference sounds fantastic however, and lat ...>
Democracy not Theocracy!
After the exchange with Rev. Elnes from CrossWalk America (sponsored by Faith in Public Life), I've been thinking about theocratic argument in the U.S.. One of the arguments that rev. Elnes made in his posts was that the number of Christian progressives are increasing in this country. I've encount ...>
Faith in Public Life, 4th Exchange
This is the final exchange in the Faith in Public Life sponsored conversation between Rev. Eric Elnes from CrossWalk America and myself. If you want to read my response (part 8) scroll all the way down. If you are just joining this conversation check out previous post here or at the sites above.
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Faith in Public Life Dialogue
One of the things I've wanted BeliefNet to do since they started their Blog Heaven web site (even suggesting it a couple of times), and invited me to participate, was to use the opportunity they had with these superlative blogs to facilitate the kind of "ecumenical" exchange and conversation that ...>
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