I talked a bit yesterday about the need for a constant outlet of doubt, and I had intended today to talk a bit about the political changes that my agnosticism has brought about (not idealogical changes but changes in how I approach differences/“the other”), but after yesterdays post, a comment by a buddy on Facebook, [...]
There’s a couple things I want to mention before I start. First, since my posts now go to facebook as notes, I’ve gotten some more personal responses from people that didn’t read my blog previously but have been following me since I started moving into the facebook area as well. To these people, and to [...]
Again, many of my more philosophically inclined friends have summarily dismissed the “proof theories” as worthless rubbish, and I acknowledge that, but they’ll need to forgive me for continuing on with these posts. These friends of mine are not the intended audience for these posts, the posts are more of a personal clarification of the [...]
I mentioned, in a comment yesterday, that I had jumped the ship of theism about a year ago, and had somehow gotten caught up in trailing the ship for some time after that. The next few posts will discuss how those remaining ties were severed, and I’ll probably end with something on why I am [...]
I talked a bit about why I am not a Christian, and a bit about the Christ I see and follow, now I’d like to begin stepping into why I don’t believe in god. I’d like to thank everyone that’s read these posts so far, all the comments I have received have been of good [...]
I like Jesus. There are no other ways about that. I like the Jesus my friends talk about, the one who cares about people that most people don’t care about. I like the Jesus that hangs out with the rejects, the losers, the weak, the unclean, because I see myself in all of these categories. [...]
Sometimes I get tempted to saw forget it and walk away from the whole God thing. When I say “sometimes” I mean: quite often. It’s not the inconsistencies within systematic religion that makes me want to give up, nor is it my opinion of (current) Biblical accuracy. Not even the hypocrisy within the church. Not [...]
I’ve always written about that which was currently going on in my life. It’s easy to tap into that source and come up with plenty to talk about, it got me through my first two years of blogging, but now… now I’m stuck. What if what’s going on in my life isn’t something that needs [...]
“It’s a relationship, not a religion.” Said Jess, both without any hint of irony and perhaps slightly more enthusiastically than was necessary. “Some relationship.” responded Tom offhandedly. “I mean, think about it for a second,” he continued, focusing more, “you can’t even hold a decent conversation with the guy. Seems like a lot of one [...]
I often find myself listening to talk radio during the mid-to-late morning hours. During these fine hours there are two voices that I am able to frequently switch between, both, as is normative for talk radio, are supposedly representative of the conservative/right wing point of view. Please take note of my usage of the word [...]