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Secular Sunday – Pastor Who Kept Church Open During Pandemic Dies of Covid

If you believe in mythology, it’s a lot harder to believe in science… (And honestly, I picked one random example but there are dozens if not hundreds of examples from across North America and around the world where religious leaders are playing a role in making the pandemic worse by giving bad advice to their […]

¶ Posted 12 September 2021 § Humour § Jobs § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, health, science

Secular Sunday – Shining A Light

Powerful image of 751 solar lights during a vigil to recognize the children found in unmarked graves at Cowessess First Nation…

¶ Posted 27 June 2021 § Canada § News § Photo § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Love Thy Neighbour

¶ Posted 20 June 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Residential Schools: A Timeline

*Literally* the first words of this timeline discuss the central role of various churches in the creation of schools that took Indigenous children from their parents, communities and culture. For more than two hundred years [from 1600-1800], religious orders run mission schools for Indigenous children, the precursors to the Government of Canada’s residential school system.

¶ Posted 06 June 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

Secular Sunday – Common Proofs of God’s Existence

¶ Posted 30 May 2021 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, language, philosophy

Secular Sunday – 10 Most Shocking Religious Scandals

(Honestly, none of these shock me in the least!) 😉

¶ Posted 23 May 2021 § Humour § Jobs § List § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism

Secular Sunday – The Dangers of Religious Misinformation Around Covid Vaccines

¶ Posted 18 April 2021 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, Covid, education, health

Secular Sunday – No, Jesus Wasn’t White

¶ Posted 11 April 2021 § Humour § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, philosophy

Secular Sunday – NOD vs. SOD in Regina (A Different Kind of Religion?)

Religion takes many forms and one of the strangest is the tribalism that often happens, even within the *same* community. This CBC article looks at the historic divisions between those who are North of Dewdney (NOD) and those who are in the south part of Regina. These divisions aren’t unique – every city I’ve lived […]

¶ Posted 07 February 2021 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: history

Secular Sunday – Voice Teacher Reacts to Garth Brooks’ “Amazing Grace” at US Inauguration

It’s like Tim Minchin says, “Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords but the lyrics are dodgy” (though in this case, I’d say “Amazing Grace” is of the few religious songs that totally transcends its genre into an all-time classic, no matter your atheistic leanings!) 😉 Garth was good but this is […]