One of my favorite online programs is a call-in show called The Line. Various hosts, most of whom identify themselves as atheists, take calls and engage in debates with believers from various faith traditions. The discussions are always interesting, although I often find myself amazed at the seemingly nonsensical things that some callers believe and … Continue reading
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That’s the Spirit!
On a whim I decided to look up my childhood church online. Much to my surprise, the St. John Missionary Baptist Church of Terre Haute, Indiana has a Facebook page. St. John was and still appears to be a small congregation in a lower middle class neighborhood and while I haven’t attended a service there … Continue reading
Your Belief System is for You
Depending upon the sources used, I can be classified as either a very young Baby Boomer or a rather elderly member of Generation X, and this probably accounts that I arrived rather late to the online party known as TikTok. However, in the wake of the positively horrifying outcome of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, … Continue reading
Opting Out – Is It Doing Our Children More Harm Than Good?
I’ve never been an “outdoorsy” sort of person, especially when the weather is hot (and in North Carolina, where I currently live, it’s hot from late April through early November.) So, one of my hot weather guilty pleasures is to watch YouTube videos of the often out-of-control school board meetings, where parents, students, and sometimes … Continue reading
Always Listen to the “Something Just Said”
A feeling, a “hunch”, the “I don’t know how I know, but I know” sensation that most of us have probably felt at least once in our lives may be one of the great unsolved mysteries of the universe. Some may define it formally as “intuition” but in my childhood household my mother always referred … Continue reading
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