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
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 mother’s head because her vote was going to cancel his in the second Reagan election. Though he never hit her, connected anyway, he often shouted, slammed things, threw things, … Continue reading Believing is NOT Thinking
My daughter, a college senior, told me yesterday that she joined the Palestinian protest on campus. “I believe that genocide is wrong, Mom. So, I stood up for what I believe.” I think she expected me to be proud of her, but her words made my skin crawl. My daughter knows nothing of the history … Continue reading The Fallacy of Palestinian Protests
My mother was a born-again Jew — her response to my brother’s conversion to Christianity, and my unwavering commitment to Atheism. In her continual effort to have me marry a Jewish man, towards the end of my vagabond years in the late 1980s, she suggested I go see Israel. She said it was the most … Continue reading A Day in Nahariya, Israel
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/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
