There was a debate between William Lane Craig vs Bart Ehrman on the historicity of Jesus' Resurrection. About 40 minutes into the debate, Craig pulled out a probability proof that it would be more probable for the resurrection of Jesus. Was Craig's mathematics correct? Here is someone who really knows mathematics - probability in fact!
I had the opportunity to attend a conference on fathering last week. It was a great experience - I learned a lot of useful stuff. While I was there I bought a book called, "131 Creative Strategies for Reaching Children with Anger Problems" by Tom Carr. In the book, the author describes 2 types of anger. The first is Bear anger. &n...
Humanists and other non-theists don't get a lot of support in our religious world. To compound the problem, "family values" has been defined to exclude our families. We don't have a lot of forums to grow together - it's not like we all get together every Sunday morning. If you're a humanist with a family (or an interest in the families structures that define our society), check in often for book reviews, parenting info, cool facts, posts about ethics and philosophy, and more.
My little girl just turned 8 years old! I can hardly believe it. The other night my wife, Ms. Skeptical, did something which I can only assume was meant to kill me. Out of the clear blue she turned to me and said, "You know, we should really think about when and how we're going to talk to her about puberty. I was talking to...
Given the appalling nature of the current national debate about birth control and women's rights (it's surreal to me that anyone still imagines this should be debated), I want to take a minute to highlight the achievements and contributions of a humanist woman. Jeannette Rankin was born near Missoula, Montana in 1880. She is most well known ...
My dad identifies himself as a fundamentalist Christian. For him, this means that the Bible is the inerrant word of god. When you get down to the details, it means that he believes that the earth was created about 6,000 years ago over a span of 6 days. When I was a kid, I remember a number of times when my dad and I were watching...
E.O. Wilson was raised near Mobile, Alabama and in Washington, D.C. As a child, he fell in love with ants and the natural world they inhabit. That love followed him to adulthood - he is now a myrmecologist and a professor at Harvard University. Wilson has won two Pulitzer Prizes for General Nonfiction (1979 - On Human Natur...
Wendy Thomas Russell has a very thoughtful blog that I highly recommend you peruse. I have a permanent link to it on the sidebar (down and to the right). She's working on a book called "Relax: It's Just God" and as part of her research she's developed an online survey for non-religious parents. It's a fun, thought-prov...
My daughter (second-grader) has a 10 word spelling test every Friday at school. We found that we were battling her each week because she didn't want to study, so we came up with a plan. If she gets 8 out of the 10 words right then she can watch some TV over the weekend, if not, then she can't watch any TV until she can spell all 10 wor...
Religion Cigarrette Apply to gullible persons Apply to the addicts personal choice personal choice bad for society bad for personal health There are lots of invested interests by some organisations with self interests There are lots of invested interests by some organisations with self interests Society still needs to see the damage of religion sm...
