A Glass can only spill what it contains
If you’ve never been exposed to the annual deluge of commentary from Christian pundits and lay persons alike, consider yourself lucky. In America today, especially in the Bible Belt (where I so begrudgingly abide) you can’t look twice before you find someone claiming that there is some sort of “War on Christmas or Christianity”. I…
Wrote this in Dec last year, forgot to post it here… it WAS published Re: Whats the Holiday by Vernon Smith of Bonair 12/24/07 I feel that Mr. Smith may be somewhat deluded as to what our countries tradition is regarding the winter holiday we now call “Christmas”. So here I will attempt to set…
Today is Easter Sunday, and outside my window I can hear birds singing through the occasional rush of cars leaving the church just down the road from my house. In the church this was always one of those most important services of the year – I don’t know how true the statistics were, but the asses…
The Story Franklin Graham – who rode the coat tails of his famous preacher daddy Billy Graham into Christian fame as the head of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association ever since the elder fell ill, recently announced that the ministry and churches associated with BGM would be pulling all accounts from Wells Fargo (and boycotting Tiffany &…
The time of year has come again where Christians all over the US are proclaiming that “Jesus is the Reason for the Season” and that they intend to “Keep Christ in Christmas” in response to what many view as a secularization of a holiday that is solely dedicated to the birth of their Christ. This…
Many atheist activists take the time to debate and discuss religion with theists while others often assert the futility of such discussions. I spend a good amount of time in discussion with theists and aside from the fact that I truly enjoy this type of discourse I personally find that the exercise is more often…
Ever since I was very young I’ve felt an unexplainable drive to seek out , discover, and even defend truth, whatever that may be. I think somehow this desire translated into a fervent religious belief through my teen years and a lengthy role in defending that belief. That drive still exists, though my methods of…
Some time last week I saw someone mention that they had “Just led __ to the Lord”. After noticing the comments of this post I gathered that this was the persons child that had been “led to the Lord” so I decided to inquire as to the age of this child…which got me thinking about…
Just wanted to invite everyone to look at all my christmas posts of old…ahh, i still hate the holiday season…and i think you should all read the assortment of blogs i have done on the seasons… we even have a few letters from the fambly! they can be found here: Here and Here
Its Black Friday, and this is my post: Yesterday was Thanksgiving…. I don’t get into the sappy family thing much but here are some things i am thankful for: 1: My wife–she is pretty cool most of the time 2: Freethought–it has brought me to the happiest point in my life thus far 3: A…