Power

One of a civilization’s key tasks is to establish a framework around the exercise of power.…

I hope you like this

All with hope, all with hope That emptiness brings fullness And loss of love brings wholeness…

Decency and indecency

Most people are fundamentally decent. Most would rather love and be loved than hate and be…

The Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore

Finally, a development theists and non-theists alike can celebrate! I read with pleasure this article in…

Pluralism and Immigration

I’d like to add installment #2 to the maybe-series asking what kind of a country do…

Envisioning our future

I quit Breaking News some years ago after reluctantly concluding it was generally impossible to have…

The Tree

Let’s suppose for the moment that the biblical story of the Garden of Eden is true–i.e.,…

Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World

Gallup just released a new poll showing that religiosity in the US fell by 17 percentage…

Wanting and Thinking

We atheists are sometimes accused of not believing in God because we don’t want to believe…

A simple question

What’s the difference between knowing God’s will and thinking you know God’s will?

Lying to my (illusory) self

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his…

Satanic?

In a Truth Social post the other day, President Trump called the Democratic Party “THE PARTY…