Tag Archives: atheism

Why Is the UK Losing Its Religion?

“Because they’ve thought about it.” But the times they are a-changing, and if the world wars of the 20th century began to erode religious faith in the west, then the proliferation of the world wide web has only exacerbated that process. “Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever, and this […]

*Please* Don’t Believe In Psychics. Please! Pretty Please!!!

My life has developed over the years to a point where I endeavour to lead my life and make my decisions from a place that’s focused on using evidence, science, skepticism and facts to determine how I understand and interact with the world.  This is the culmination of many things coming together – my lifelong […]

10 Things Wrestling and Religion Have In Common

I don’t watch wrestling as much as I used to but Wrestlemania Sunday is always a special day. I rarely shell out the sixty bucks for the PPV but have watched when I’m with a group of people or at a bar or something. But this year, through the magic of the Internet, I may […]

Happy Yeaster: It Has Risen!

Perhaps my favourite thing about the major Christian holidays is it spurs atheists and other non-believers to great heights of humour…

FTRW 2013 – Day 4 – #ftrweek – Unintended FTRW Experiences (aka “Boobs, Walls & Thieves”)

During past Freedom to Read weeks, I’ve noticed that everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue.  (That’s probably a good thing that we should keep in mind year-round anyhow.)  For example, we’re only halfway through the week and I’ve had three distinct experiences that weren’t official FTRW events but which brought forward […]

FTRW 2013 – Day 3 – #ftrweek – “If this mother-fucking stupid fucking song/Offended you/With its filthy fucking language/And fucking disrespect”

Every year during FTRW, I usually like to post one (potentially) offensive song (eg. a song with lots of swearing or controversial lyrics or whatever) because it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. 😉 Sometimes these songs use swearing to make a point about censorship, sometimes they use swearing for humourous effect and sometimes the […]

Five Topics

Haven’t done one of these “5 Quick Hits” posts in awhile… Hockey I didn’t miss the NHL when it was locked out but I can honestly say that today was the first day I felt like coming home from work, popping open a beer and settling in to watch a game.  Luckily that will be […]

2012 “End-of-Year Questions” Meme: Hawaiian Paradise, Kindergarten Kid, and “It’s (Going To Be) A Girl”

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Saw a photo of the brain of someone I know! Shea’s nephew has had a variety of health issues for the past five years including numerous seizures. This year, he was taken to Vancouver for some operations to address these, as yet, undiagnosed […]

My Annual Christmas Blasphemy Tradition

Because what’s Christmas without tradition? (I evidently like tradition!) Merry Christmas 2012!

A Skeptical History of Christmas

Happy Festivus!