Blasphemy Board (Photo credit: mgerskup)
I would like a to take a moment and raise a glass. I want to share a drink, a toast, a cheer, a “huzzah” to all my fellow blasphemers out there. To the heretics, to the non-believers, to the pagans and apostates I say “good on us all!” We are the engine of progress. We kick the hornets’ nest, take our stings and make said hornets drop their ladybug disguises. Continue reading
Venn diagram (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I have never really felt the pull of faith. I have felt the need to belong to something. On occasion I am willing to invest trust and emotional energy in people and ideas I find worth it, but to throw myself blindly into that trust, with nothing backing it up, that just isn’t me. Continue reading
Freedom From Religion Foundation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
We non-believers can be a smug lot sometimes. One only needs to watch Bill Maher to understand why some of the gentler, more open-minded believers still feel uncomfortable around us. Continue reading
English: Peace, love and happyness (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It is easy to see our differences. Every belief set has their traditions. Every faith has rituals specific to them. For some believers an act may be a moral obligation, for others that same act is taboo. Continue reading
Jesus is considered by scholars such as Weber to be an example of a charismatic religious leader. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The label Christian is claimed with an almost rabid eagerness by most people in America that want to serve in public office. To say you are not Christian is to invite the distrust of the electorate. Continue reading
Carl Sagan (placa en Pioneer) (Photo credit: trackrecord)
It is understandable that most people find it easy to dismiss agnostics and atheists as complete and utter non-believers. It is true, most of us define ourselves strictly by our lack of belief in the divine. Continue reading
