The Atheist’s Bible is a book by Joan Konner, a former dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. It’s mostly a collection of quotes and aphorisms that an atheist can enjoy on the beach, on the couch, and on the toilet. (Oh, you know you do it.) Carlin Romano, book critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer, has a lot of great things to say about this collection, especially when compared to the “heavier” atheist books that are out there: The… Read more
Chris Clapp, a soon-to-be college student, wrote a guest column for the Winston-Salem Journal newspaper. It’s a great example of expressing the positive sides of atheism without denigrating religion. Here are some of my favorite excerpts: People ought to be free to seek God, forgiveness or unity with the universe in whatever way they see fit, or not at all. This freedom is exactly what the fabric of America’s democracy is based upon. … Two centuries ago, black men, women… Read more
Fr. Robert J. Carr’s article is good for several laughs. One of the first cases I ever experienced of this phenomenon [people believing they’re outside God’s mercy], and this as a layperson, is the case of a man who several decades earlier used magic to put a curse on a then supervisor. The following day, his boss died of a heart attack. It is mostly likely that this was a coincidence. Those Catholics involved in deliverance ministry who are versed… Read more
Rick Gershman of the St. Petersburg Times had a problem when he used the dating site eHarmony. But not for the normal reason. What’s the normal reason? eHarmony doesn’t let you search for a match if you’re gay or lesbian. That’s due to founder Neil Clark Warren being a conservative Christian. According to a USA Today article: Some also criticize eHarmony’s decision to refuse to provide matches for gays and lesbians — a policy that differs from Yahoo, Match.com and… Read more
