Moses vs. Pharaoh
My latest YouTube video comically examines one of the messed-up things in the Biblical myth of Moses – – specifically how God seems to have been playing both sides of the conflict by promising not to soften, but to harden Read more
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Response to One Godless Woman – 4/4
Click here to see this video on its YouTube page. In the final installment to my reply to One Godless Woman’s “4 Questions for Third Wave Feminists” I discuss the “Enemy of My Enemy” principle, and how its misuse is Read more
Reply to One Godless Woman – 2/4
In Part Two of my four-part response to One Godless Woman’s “4 Questions for Third Wave Feminists” I explain that while progress toward feminist goals is much further along in the West than it is in Islamic countries, we still Read more
Reply to One Godless Woman – 1/4
In part one of my four-part response to One Godless Woman’s “4 Questions for Third-Wave Feminists” I explain how the values of a secular society are important to me, and why I don’t single out just Islam for criticism. The Read more
Tennessee Nostalgia
Even though when I lived there, I was in a constant state of fear – my childhood Tennessee home will always have a place in my heart. It has been well over four years since I moved from East Tennessee, Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 4
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 4: Composed 2018-02-21 in the afternoon. A Psalm of Sophia recounting being driven from a long-time church at the start of gender transition. Why have those I thought of as friends turned on me? They say that Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 3
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 3: Composed 2018-02-18 in the evening. Wise are those who follow reason and logic, Who are not ruled by emotions nor bound to preconceptions, Who keep their minds always open to reality Who always strive to see Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 2
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 2: Composed on 2018-02-11 in the evening. How long will the foolish stay in power? How long will they continue their reckless schemes? How long will they hold the world in jeopardy Believing that God will fix Read more
Contrary to Common Belief – the Serenity Prayer Isn’t Remotely Stoic
While both Stoicism and the Serenity Prayer both focus on the importance of discernment between what is and isn’t in your locus of control, resigning to one, and taking command over the other – there is a very key, far-from-trivial Read more