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Secular Sunday – Moose Jaw Mother Wants To Remove “Lord’s Prayer” From Public School

It blows my mind that a vast majority of parents apparently voted that playing the Lord’s Prayer in school was okay in the first place. But I guess the vast majority once voted that black students shouldn’t mix with white students either and that injustice eventually got corrected as well.

Posted 17 January 2016 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “He told his niece/’It’s Christmas Eve, I know our life is not your style,’/She said, ‘Christmas is like solstice/And we miss you and it’s been awhile'”

Happy Solstice! What a perfect song for today’s Music Monday post as this song compares and contrasts traditional Christian holiday celebrations with those who are not… “Christians and the Pagans” – Dar Williams

Posted 21 December 2015 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – The Joy of Celebrating A Godless Christmas

At my library branch, we’ve had lots of interesting conversations around the “Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas” dichotomy that always happens at this time of year in western society. We talked about how to balance the library’s responsibility to be inclusive and respectful of all faiths, cultures and beliefs but also how Christmas is the holiday most […]

Posted 13 December 2015 § Family § Library § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

People Criticize The Bible (When They Believe It’s The Koran)

This is funny sad…

Posted 08 December 2015 § Humour § Meme § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

One Month ‘Til Christmas!

May your resident librarian recommend a book to help you pass the next few weeks? 😉

Posted 25 November 2015 § Humour § PopCulture § UK § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Random Thoughts on the Paris Terrorist Attack

There was a major terrorist attack in Paris on Friday.  I have some thoughts… Part of the reason attacks like this have such an impact is that our education system has failed to overcome our innate human nature.  I saw this summarized in a great graphic that points out how there are over 6 million Muslims […]

Posted 15 November 2015 § Censorship § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Randomness § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “She’s given up whiskey and takin’ up wine/While she prays for his troubles she’s forgot about mine/I’m a gonna get even I can’t handle the shame/Why last time we made love she even called out his name”

Original video: Live radio performance: “She Left Me For Jesus” – Hayes Carll

Posted 09 November 2015 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – God Responds to Aurora Shootings

This was a comment posted in response to a Christian minister’s CNN article explaining where god was during the Aurora shootings…

Posted 13 September 2015 § Humour § News § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

“Matthew tells us that Jesus and his family fled the wrath of Herod and were refugees in Egypt…” #canpoli #cndpoli

So it’s no secret that I’m an atheist. One of the many reasons I lost whatever inherited belief I had as a child growing up was seeing the wide range of hypocritical behaviours by (so-called) believers. I never saw the proverbial “stepping over the homeless person to get to the church on time” (or much worse).  But I did […]

Posted 06 September 2015 § Canada § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – At What Point Does This Become Blasphemous?

Posted 24 May 2015 § Humour § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,