Category: "faith/skepticism"
Mar
29
2007
Compassion
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion.
-- Francis Schaeffer more »
Jan
24
2007
Monkey business
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
Many kinds of monkeys have a strong taste for tea, coffee, and spirituous liquors; they will also smoke tobacco with pleasure.
-- Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871
I'm 1/3 of the way through Darwin (Norton Critical Edition) and that's probably… more »
Jul
8
2005
Civil religion
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
Architecture is the body language of the church - Real Live Preacher. I found this on Kristin's Blog and it comes from Real Live Preacher, a Salon.com blog that Matt has talked about before. He brings up some interesting questions in his brief post,… more »
Mar
28
2005
Top 5 returns...
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
Although not in its original sarchastic bent. (We'll save that for next week.) I observed Lent for the first time this year, thanks to our favorite ecumenical friends, Matt and MaryEllen. The details: I decided to give up snacks after dinner, since that… more »
Jan
30
2005
And now for something a little less ridiculous...
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
Today I was privy to an interesting conversation in my Sunday School class. Four Bible college students were arguing with my mother-in-law about the nature of God; specifically, about how involved he is in our lives. She said she believes there are two… more »
Jan
7
2005
Horked Off
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
For the last couple of days, I have been extremely upset with Christians. Not so much with the ones I know, but with our representatives in public. Here are a few examples:
1. Tom DeLay
Dave posted about this speech here. It's another example of… more »
Jan
5
2005
Ad in this weeks paper
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
Concerned how our country is being
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Oct
1
2004
Christian Voters Make Tough Decisions
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
Change occurs so often in our lives, and we are seldom responsible for its arrival. Every four years, however, we Americans are afforded the chance to change our futures—either by continuing on the current path or by selecting an entirely different… more »
Sep
27
2004
They Will Know Us By Our T-Shirts
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
They Will Know Us By Our T-Shirts, a blog about working in a Christian bookstore. This looks pretty interesting. I generally try to avoid places like this, so it must be tough to work there.
(via Linfilter) more »
Sep
19
2004
Last Day
This post was written before I became an atheist and does not represent my current views. You can find more up-to-date posts on religion in my faith/skepticism category.
Today was my last day at my old job. I taught my last Sunday school class and introduced the new teachers to the kids. I read the announcements for the last time. My office is cleaned out, my computer has a fresh install of Windows XP. I'm done. I… more »
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