by skepticalseeker | Jul 24, 2018 | Atheism
The churches I grew up in didn’t talk much about ritual. When I heard discussion among the grownups (or maybe in Sunday School talking about other religions, I don’t remember for sure) the more ritualized religions were talked about as if they were all...
by skepticalseeker | Mar 5, 2018 | Atheism, Paganism, personal growth, Skepticism
In the course of developing my ritual over the past few months, I have considered some ideas that I have previously considered to be ridiculous, or at least kooky. Well, not just even considered, but actually done. Dabbled, experimented, whatever you want to call it....
by skepticalseeker | Feb 14, 2018 | Atheism, Paganism, personal growth, science, Skepticism
I’ve come to really appreciate cognitive dissonance. It’s the feeling of unease when there is a incongruity between what you really believe and what you think you believe, or think you should believe. (That is my very informal definition anyway.) As a...
by skepticalseeker | Jan 16, 2018 | Atheism
My scientific worldview has always been tinged with a bit of paganism, but it’s taken me some years to realize it. Back when I was taking Astronomy 101 at the University of Louisville in 2001, I saw — for the first time — a visual depiction of the...
by skepticalseeker | Dec 12, 2017 | Atheism
I’ve long been fascinated by the idea of the Wheel of the Year, so that is a natural entry point for me. Now that I have been attending my Unitarian Universalist church, it’s become clearer and clearer to me that although I love my community and plan to...
by skepticalseeker | Oct 28, 2017 | Atheism, Unitarian Universalism
In atheist organizing, we talk a lot about the need for community and what we can do to help create community for the non-religous. A lot of atheists lose friends or valuable communities when they come out and are honest in their circles about what they think. And...
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