Do you believe in God and Jesus? Why? Likely because your mother taught you to — marketing to you throughout your formative years the benefits of belief: Community Solace Salvation Your beliefs were marketed to you through holiday celebrations, and maybe Sunday school and prayer. Even if mom, and/or your dad, didn’t directly push their … Continue reading Marketing to Believers
250 yrs later, we’re back to Civil War… My father is a fervent Republican. My mother was a Democrat. I once saw him put his fist through the maple cabinet an inch from my mom’s head because her vote was going to cancel his in the second Reagan election. Though he never hit her, connected … Continue reading Today’s Great Divide
When I say I’m an atheist, the very next question most people ask is: “Well, what were you raised? What were your parents?” Human beings. Somehow that answer isn’t good enough. They’re looking to place me in a spiritual box and lock me into a religion and all the stereotypes that go along with it. … Continue reading What Religion Are You?
My husband and I raised our children without religion. We gave them no religious identity (as in claiming to be Christian or Jewish because of our parentage). We are both devout atheists, and I use the term devout with purpose. We don’t believe in a higher power, or any gods, or even the possibility of one. We are … Continue reading Raising Kids without Religion
I’m a ‘sit on the couch and eat ice cream’ type of person. I don’t live that way. I workout 5 days a week, 5 miles or more a day, watch little TV and rarely stream ’cept when I’m working out and weekend movies. If I had no desire to live an active life, I would have continued to … Continue reading Aging Well
