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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Are You Secular, or Secularish?
You don’t have to be an atheist to be secular. In fact, according to a new book, How to Be Secular: A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom, confusion between the two terms may well harm progressives.
How to Be Secular was written by Jacques Berlinerblau, a professor at Georgetown University and director of its Program for Jewish Civilization. In his book, he … Read more
Posted in A Rational Woman
Tagged berlinerblau, nonbelief, religion, secular, secular state, secularism, separation of church and state
3 Comments
Fish Fights
Article by Davis Jacobson
I saw a bit in the Telegraph regarding the problems surrounding all the mackerel in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Yes, the mid-latitude Atlantic fish, and yes, the smallish island countries between Scandinavia and Greenland. Plus Russia.
A lot of science comes together here: climate science, biology, political science, economics…. (Today I’m using “science” in a broad sense like the German … Read more
Teaching the Good in Godless
“Not possessing a religious basis for morality, atheists are fundamentally incapable of having a coherent system of morality.”
–Conservapedia, Atheism & Morality
“The biggest damage religion does is indoctrinating and brainwashing children.”
–Richard Dawkins, in a The Times of India interview with Vineet Gill, 25 Jan 2012
As a precociously atheist child, I was often asked by friends why I didn’t just rob banks if … Read more
Posted in Umwelt Utahpia
Tagged canon, children, development, education, ethics, instruction, morality, parenting, philosophy, secular humanist, taught
24 Comments
6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Life
Spring comes early where I live in Southern California, but anytime can be a good time to give yourself the refreshing feeling of starting anew.
And for those who still make New Year’s resolutions, it’s a good bet that many of those well-intentioned goals are now moldering away in a neglected corner of your subconscious. (If that’s not true in your life, please share your … Read more
Posted in A Rational Woman
Tagged awareness, change, habit, New Year's resolutions, positive psychology, subconscious
2 Comments
Blessed Are the Happy
“Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.”
─ Jean Baudrillard
Molding statistics to fit one’s preconceived conclusions is such a common practice that it’s a cliché even to point out when it occurs. But sometimes, I just can’t resist….
The following headline appeared on the 5 October 2012 on-line edition of Deseret News, Utah’s 2nd largest daily newspaper by circulation:
“Religious … Read more
Posted in Umwelt Utahpia
Tagged abortion, America, Deseret News, happiness, polls, rationality, religiousness, research, statistics, surveys
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My Body, My Abortion
If I were ever going to regret my long-ago decision to have an illegal abortion, it would have been on the ride home afterward. A sudden snowstorm caused the car I was in to slide into a snow bank. I began to bleed heavily and spent the next two days at a hospital in the tiny town of Lordsburg, New Mexico, pretending to the kind … Read more
Posted in A Rational Woman
Tagged abortion, birth control, human, law, motherhood, pro-choice, religion, roe v. wade
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