A strife of interests

Following President Obama’s ambitiously upbeat State of the Union address, I was reminded, all too soon, of this Ambrose Bierce quote.

Intellectual honesty – and freedom of conscience

In a return to the basics – Basic Intimidation and Coercion – the LDS Church has dropped the hammer on a couple of known troublemakers recently. Dissidents – bent on the task of enlightening their fellow believers – and possible bring about what they had hoped could be, positive changes. Of course, once ecclesiastical…

When humans get treated like vermin

Today is Pearl Harbor Day. In fact, December 7 falls on the same day of the week this year – Sunday – as the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor did, in 1941. But many folks living today, might understandably wonder at the United States Victory over Japan, that hinged on a pair of equally infamous…

Escape to Reality: The Journey of a Man Seeking Answers

By the creator of Humanist Atheists of America – fb page and WP blog (links below) Note: In a bit of serendipitous good luck, we’ve come across a relatively new voice – crying in the wilderness, as it were – and received permission to republish this article, in its entirely, for our readers here on…

Lest we forget – what great leaders do

In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go – and gets up and goes. – John Erskine

My response to goaloflifeadmin – or Exercise in morality 101

This post began as a response to comments left by WordPress blogger goaloflifeadmin, concerning my previous article, Deconstructing the hard edge of religion. It was getting a bit long – and I felt it touched on some things that deserve a closer look. goaloflifeadmin, I don’t know why you would automatically assume that atheists…

Deconstructing the hard edge of religion

Apparently (having never done it myself) folks who go ‘crabbing’ on various Atlantic beaches, in the moonlight, never have to worry about using lids, to keep track of the crabs being tossed into their buckets. And it’s because crabs in a bucket evince a peculiar dog in the manger attitude towards any of their…

How I came to know – there is no God

“Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing – the rest is mere sheep-herding.” – Ezra Pound In reprising this subject, I’d like to once again point out, that this is not especially intended for those who grew up in a secular environment. Who were never dragged-off to Church services…

Kate Kelly’s religious conundrum – examined

Though this bit of prose reads more like poetry, those who can recognize and internalize its message, will have gained a surprisingly concise tool. One that speaks to and answers any number of religious, and religious/political, conflations – in understanding their overweening need to be right.

Reflecting on our need to be right

Now that Kate Kelly and the Ordain Women’s movement have, for the most part, concluded their high-profile run at the LDS religious oligarchy – having managed to momentarily make direct and predictably mortal contact with the corporation’s particularly low-hanging, power-ceiling fan – we’ve all had a chance to reflect on what any of it…