That’s what I have been doing today!  I started a quick post about the US oil dependence and discovered that it is actually for a much longer post.  And then I set it aside for when I have more time and I entered into a mini-debate at UTI.  I highly recommend the site they have […]

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So, today is my first wedding anniversary and so I haven’t been thinking about the blog, but we have a moment here since our hot air balloon ride was canceled due to high winds and I want to share this amazing and hilarious rap and video about Richard Dawkins. I agree with Unorthodox Atheism. I don’t think…

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Here are a list of organizations that are aways accepting donations. Donations that we give today may not go directly to the people effected by this specific event, but it will ensure that the victims of events similar to this will receive the help they need. If any one can find…

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So, I started this blog back in February with the hope that I would be able to reach other people who are interested in discussing Faith, Religion and Politics in a thoughtful and faithless way. I have been very happy with the turn out so far. While I am not reaching the thousands a day that I hope to in the future, I am reaching hundreds a day and that’s a good start. Now, less than three months into this blog, I have a Technorati Authority of…

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I suppose that some people may question my credentials for recommending a book of poetry. After all, my education in Theatre, not Literature, but you can question no more. The National Book Critics Circle has announced it’s Spring 2008 Good Reads List and A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function checks in at number 3 on the…

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The case has been made that I am taking God too literally. But let me ask you, what parts of the Bible should be taken literally and which parts should be figurative? And what is the metaphoric, hyperbolic justification for stoning to death your family members if they worship another God? What moral lessons can be derived from that? And if it was indeed just hyperbole, why didn’t Jesus say that? Instead, Jesus said that he did not come to change the law, but to fulfill it. There is no justification for a hyperbolic God, but there is an explanation…

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Some will see it as a strange alliance when atheists and Christians can agree on public policy, but it isn’t that strange at all if you look at the issues individually. I thought I was alone on that stance until recently. But thank Zeus and Mars there are more pro-2nd Amendment atheists than I previously…

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