Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
How is it that we know standards believed to have been designated by God are reasonable? Should unreasonable standards be followed? Recently, in a recorded discussion with Pastor Dan Nichols of Restored Church in Wilkes-Barre — soon to be released — he and I spoke of standards that he believes God has designated […]
I published a short video responding to the response of ‘take it up with God’ religious individuals offer when facing challenges to their religious beliefs. Rather than authoring a lengthy blog post — considering that I favor blog posts near 500 words — I opted to record a spoken word clip for YouTube. Enjoy and, […]
I respond to religious believers’ claims that God, rather than human actions, improves individuals’ quality of life. I often hear religious believers, rather than personally taking credit for improving their quality of life, giving sole credit to supernatural forces; people will say they God changed their lives rather than saying they took steps to become […]
A recently published letter to the editor rebukes The Times Leader for front-page coverage of my secular invocation plans. I respond. On June 9, 2014, a local newspaper — The Times Leader — featured a front-page article in which I was interviewed concerning church/state separation and my plans to provide a secular invocation at a […]
Since I first came out as an atheist in 2009, Christians have claimed offense in response to my public efforts. Here’s my short response. ‘I am offended’ is often a conversation stopper. Rather than discussing why someone is offended or discussing an issue at hand, some Christians will cast me as a bad person for openly […]
