Living joyously with uncertainty.
“PRAY: Ask for wisdom and discernment about the candidates and the issues.” So reads item #1 in advertisements for Franklin Graham’s “Decision America Tour.” He’s giving advice to Christians who are faced with an almost impossible choice: To abandon their… Read moreWhence Comes Wisdom?
Will there be any NASCAR racing in heaven? It seems like any heaven worthy of the name would have racing, right? I mean, from both the participant’s and the spectator’s view, racing contains a lot of what makes our lives… Read moreNASCAR in heaven?
You’ve got to believe first. That’s what they say. Our non-believers group sets up in public places from time to time to let people know we exist. It is a way to encourage other non-believers and let them know they… Read moreBelieve, then See
One of the appeals to religion is how much better life can be with God’s help. I’m not sure it’s true. When religion takes charge of a person’s life, it immediately gets busy rewiring the circuits so that whatever good… Read moreCut Out the Middleman
Little Billy loved building things—especially robots. One day, the sounds of tinkering ceased and a quiet humming began to drift from Billy’s room. His mom went to see what it was and she found Billy standing with twenty robots surrounding… Read moreRobot Hell–A Parable
Back when the movie “Star Wars” came out, I went to see it with one of my co-workers who happened to be a follower of Eckankar, the Science of Spiritual Soul Travel. After the movie, he was practically gushing with… Read moreThe Force, and Meaning
There is an old quote that says, “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” It has been attributed to Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain and several others, but… Read moreTo Be Thought a Fool
My last post (oh, so long ago) focused on the ever widening trend for believers to mark their territory by staking claim to every aspect of society that they can get away with marking. The 2015 edition of the “War… Read moreIt’s Christmas Eve
I love it when you think you’re having a decent, rational conversation, and then suddenly the one participant goes full Godwin. I was watching a live debate between a Christian pastor and an atheist. The conversation had begun with a… Read moreDid you really have to bring up Hitler?
(Post #4 in a series about Pascal’s Wager. To start at the beginning, click here.) It costs nothing The man who challenged my non-belief by asking, “What if you’re wrong?” inadvertently drew attention to one of the big problems with… Read moreIf you lose nothing, you’re doing it wrong.