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
Tag: religion
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
Response to One Godless Woman – 3/4
In part 3 of my 4-part response to One Godless Woman’s “Four Questions for Third-Wave Feminists”, One Godless Woman asks how she and others like her can get more feminists to listen to their warnings about the threats posed by 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
By What can Atheists Swear?
By what can an Atheist swear that will assure that Atheist’s honesty? As far as Atheists who are realistically affected by this discussion are concerned, I submit that their honor is a very sufficient guarantor. Distrust of Atheists has been Read more
My views have changed a lot since early 2016.
In the three years since early 2016, I have come to realize that it is extremely unlikely that God exists. I have come to realize that my immediate reaction to images on a card probably don’t provide any special insight Read more
Atheist Spirituality? What the what?
Many people are dismissive of the very notion of Atheist spirituality even being a thing. However, aside from the lack of institutional support, there is no reason why not believing in God should in any way prevent someone from having Read more
I am an Atheist, not a “non-believer”
As an Atheist, I can not embrace the term “non-believer” for myself – as doing that would validate the notion that beliefs that I do not hold count more than the beliefs that I do hold. The term “non-believer” is Read more
The flaw in Buddigieg’s faith-based campaign strategy
Pete Buddigieg believes that Democrats should embrace religion more in order to oust Trump from the United States Presidency. But in reality, such a plan, in addition to being far from certain to succeed, can have long-term consequences that might Read more