Thanks to the fine resource of memeorandum, I learned that yesterday, a state legislator in Arizona delivered a secular invocation to open that day’s session of the Arizona House of Representatives. He expressed nice enough sentiments. But today, another state… Continue Reading
Right around the holidays, American Atheists, Inc. used some of its money to rent space on a billboard near the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel connecting Weehawken, New Jersey to Manhattan. They put up this image for one month: A… Continue Reading
Well, it didn’t take very long after getting an online ordainment before word got out and some friends asked me to officiate over their wedding in a couple of months. Although I hadn’t really been thinking about these two when… Continue Reading
“Holy communion” Is why I’m an atheist: It’s not human meat.
I’m not so sure that in the long run, all of these assumptions are correct, but let’s just assume the author is right and due to intractable cultural, biological, and emotional factors, atheists will always be a minority in Western… Continue Reading
This one seems to be making the rounds on the Intertubes. It may not be particularly philosophically deep, but it is seemingly popular. I’m not about to make a video response as the authors solicit, although this guy’s video response… Continue Reading
When a pastor loses his (or her) faith, that’s a real problem. Pastors may develop some marketable skills but apparently for some it’s hard to market them, especially in a tough job market. I feel more than a little bit… Continue Reading
In preparing applications for 501(c)(3) status for various entities, I have often come across the statement that there is no definition for a “church” in the Internal Revenue Code; the examiners who determine whether a particular applicant for tax-exempt status… Continue Reading
My city has adopted a policy by which its City Council devotes a few minutes after calling the meeting to order for the delivery of an invocation — an invocation which permits of sectarian invocations, such as “…and this we… Continue Reading
There is a building near the corner of Broadway and Park Place in New York City, occupying a spot either two or three blocks north of the edge of the World Trade Center reconstruction site depending on how you count… Continue Reading