the golden dragonfly

We often hear claims that children brought up in religious families are ‘brain-washed’ into having the same beliefs as their parents. It’s an easy charge to make, but perhaps more difficult to explain… Continue reading →

questions and answers

What is the correct religion? Christianity, obviously. Because I grew up in a mainly Christian country. What is the correct version of Christianity? Well, I was going to say Church of Scotland, because… Continue reading →

taking sex seriously

I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Christians take sex very seriously.  It’s only to be done within the sacred… Continue reading →

revolutionising education

 Education teaches you to think critically and once you got that happening, atheism is the natural conclusion. I’ve just been reading a really thoughtful post about religion and education. I agree with everything… Continue reading →

social safety nets

Give a man a welfare check, a free cell phone, free internet, cash for his clunker, food stamps, section 8 housing, Medicaid, ninety-nine weeks of free unemployment, and he will vote Democrat the… Continue reading →

atheism is bad

Humanity did more politically motivated killing in the 20th century under atheistic regimes than in the previous 19 centuries combined. In a conversation stemming from my recent post about the blood lust of the… Continue reading →

confusing labels

There’s much to be made of the ‘pro-life’ and ‘pro-choice’ handy-sized labels that tell us nothing of the actual issues. I was surprised to find an anti-abortion cartoon playing on these labels to be… Continue reading →

a bloody mess

The illustrious Tradition of the Church, which includes the likes of Augustine, Aquinas, and Teresa of Avila …. In my current little corner of the world there are a few odd religions taking… Continue reading →

paranoia raises its ugly head again

Recently, a newspaper in New York published the names and addresses of people who owned firearms in certain local counties. Ostensibly, it was to promote public safety.  Maybe that was the intention, but… Continue reading →

the significance of anatomical gender

… if you could kindly point me to those more experienced, and I’m supposing more knowledgeable, people who have reasonably proven that three and four-year-old children commonly raise, and moreover have the ability to… Continue reading →