by skepticalseeker | Jan 6, 2013 | Atheism, Meaningfulness, Morality, Skepticism, Spirituality, Uncategorized
To live more rationally. It’s not really a New Year’s Resolution, but something that has been on my mind a lot lately. What does it mean to live the life of Reason? Yea, I capitalized it, though that seems a bit archaic and, well, 18th century. I am not a...
by skepticalseeker | Sep 16, 2012 | Activism, Atheism, Meaningfulness, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Why do people go to church? Of course, since my background is Christian I will write in “church” terms, but the same applies to the people who meet together in any type of religion, whether Nazarene, Catholic, Mormon or Hindu or Muslim or anything...
by skepticalseeker | Aug 5, 2011 | Meaningfulness, Spirituality, Uncategorized
This is a slightly unusual topic for me, since I don’t usually write about Islam. However a couple of things have brought Ramadan to my attention this year and it is on my mind. First of all, it came up in a team meeting at work a few days ago. We were...
by skepticalseeker | Jan 16, 2011 | Atheism, Meaningfulness, Spirituality, Uncategorized
My atheism became known while I will still living with my parents, a couple of years before I increased my independence by moving out. More than once during this period, Mom sent me notes though email or left on my bed to scold, guilt, console, or apparently say...
by skepticalseeker | Dec 8, 2010 | Atheism, Meaningfulness, Spirituality, Uncategorized
I used to have a Christmas tree ornament that I would hold and ponder at this time of the year. I no longer have it, and I’m not sure if I threw it away, or just left it in some dusty corner of my childhood home. It looked very much like this. (Image from...
by skepticalseeker | Jan 24, 2010 | Atheism, Clinic Escorting, Meaningfulness, Spirituality, Uncategorized, women's rights
I hadn’t been in a couple of months, but yesterday I decided to get up early to escort at the clinic. Thursday was the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, so the issue of choice and personal freedom was on my mind. After not being there for a while the scene was...
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