I mean, humans have been making up gods to worship, probably since their brains were capable of such a thing, but I believe this short clip is talking about which is the oldest of the current major world religions…
Head Tale
Yet Another Librarian's Blog
education
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Undergrad Announcement (May 1996)
With Pace getting his learner’s this week, I’ve got a bit of a “milestone” theme going. So here’s the newspaper announcement (remember those?) from when I graduated with my BA…
Pretty Big Milestone Today!
Learner’s license achievement unlocked!
Secular Sunday – Tampa Bay Players Refuse To Wear Gay Pride Logo On Their Uniforms Saying Their Religion Forbids It
I always chuckle as how selective (some) Christians are about which “rules” they follow and even how they decide that these rules exist in a book that was written thousands of years ago. Tampa Bay Rays players refused to wear the Gay Pride logo on their uniforms this weekend — saying their religious beliefs wouldn't […]
Secular Sunday – Losing My Religion: The Pandemic Is Causing Many To Lose Faith In God
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/faith-religion-god-declined-pandemic-study/
The New Corporation – Documentary
It was pretty cool to go to the world premier of an anti-corporate documentary called “The Corporation” at the Calgary International Film Festival twenty years ago which featured a Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. It’s less cool that this film has an “unfortunately necessarily” sequel released a couple years ago…
Secular Sunday – Are Humans Hardwired To Believe in Religions?
A response to a question about “Will Religion Ever Disappear?” in an atheist sub on Reddit explains why humans are hardwired to believe in religion in the first place.
A Moment With Margaret Atwood: Three Inspirations for “The Handmaid’s Tale”
“I did not put anything into the book that had not happened [to women] at some time or in some place in history or was not happening when I was writing the book. So it was all reality-based and one reason I did that is I did not want to hear ‘You’ve got a warped, […]
Saturday Snap – Supper With Friends (and Some Thoughts on the World We’re Living In)
Shea and I went for supper with some friends on Friday night and it was good to catch up, compare notes, and have a few laughs after not having done a restaurant meal with people who we’d normally go out with a few times per year before Covid. (We have done virtual happy hours/outside visits/potlucks […]
Secular Sunday – As Ramadan Begins, An Atheist Wonders If He’s A Hypocrite?
As Ramadan begins, it’s got me thinking about how (or if?) I balance my views about religion as an atheist with my desire to (try to) be kind and respectful and inclusive as a human being? I mean, you’re reading a recurring theme post I do most weeks called “Secular Sunday” that regulary pokes fun […]