It’s surprising how little I think of my daughter now that she’s living 2,000 miles away at school. We talk on the phone frequently, but since she’s not involved in my daily life anymore, she’s more of an abstraction (when we’re not directly talking), a pleasant thought when she crosses my mind. I figured she … Continue reading The Cost of Convenience
An Atheist on Morality... https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qR82NGgFQQThSE9XuR9jU?si=h3DY5pz1TdeeF4YMXNkTHQ Einstein did not believe in God, as many [mistakenly] claim. Albert Einstein said, “My position concerning God is that of an agnostic.” He clarified, “The word God is, for me, nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends. … Continue reading Atheism and Morality
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kdkuLerWA3NCGdpN7kZle?si=xgGVFCpWQq2b34-Wpm0mog My father raised me to believe my mother was ignorant. “Your mother, (implying like most women) is irrational. Fickle. Full of love and lightness, but not really a [deep] thinker.” All women were (are) not as… capable as men, according to my father, as the woman’s primary job— her role in society of mom, caretaker, homemaker— isn't like a … Continue reading How to End SEXISM
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5G6TXQ0St7n3bbNkZqilUa?si=HkJNU1PnSEGq8Qq_gUiaAw I was 16 weeks pregnant, with my first baby, when the results of an amnio told me that the wanted child I was carrying was not healthy. I have always been pro-choice, and never considered it a moral dilemma to terminate a fetus with severe Down’s Syndrome, or other life threatening, or debilitating abnormalities. … Continue reading Abortion and Choice
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yJRofoRgfBT9w7QLL5Y0x?si=W-G4wBMOQKqloF1aAA-7oA On the short ride home from his Boy Scout meeting, my 11 yr old son was quiet and sullen. I asked him what was up. Had anything happened at the meeting that he wanted to talk about? I saw him looking at me from my rear view mirror, gauging how to tell me disappointing … Continue reading Boy Scouts of Faith-Based America
(An Atheists View of Religion) Religion is one of the few remaining barriers to humanity’s advancement at this time. Perhaps it had a purpose once, when we were all closer to apes in mental development, but we're not anymore. We are living the Reign of Man. We’re effectively Gods here now. Relying on mysticism to … Continue reading With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
I'm lying on the nurse's exam table, legs spread in stirrups while she takes a vaginal sample for a pap smear. I'm there for an annual checkup, new to the area, and her practice. As I describe some minor chest pains, she asks me if I've gotten the Covid vaccine. I say, yes, of course, … Continue reading United We Live. Divided We Die.
A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude and spots a man fishing from a boat below. She shouts to him, 'Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am.' The man consults … Continue reading A POLITICAL JOKE
