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My newest humanist hero
Deena and I are big readers, and so part of our preparation for parenthood has been to get hold of some key parenting books. One which we have already read cover-to-cover, but whose practical relevance...
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Ook ook!
Sometimes, I decide to share something which contains no intellectual contribution, no illustration of the value or comfort or truth of the humanist life. Sometimes, in short, I just want to hoot and...
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Foundation Beyond Belief
I am delighted to announce the launch of a new humanist-driven charity initiative, the Foundation Beyond Belief. Go to the site itself for full details, and to sign up. I’m just going to point out some...
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On death (recycled)
This is a repost of a comment I made back in September 2012 over at Dale McGowan’s excellent blog, The Meming of Life. It was in response to his request for thoughts about how atheists deal with death....
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In Faith, in Doubt, in Love All Over!
In Faith and Doubt, which comes out this month (August 2014), is a thorough look through the issues that you may need to navigate in a marriage between a religious person and a non-religious person.The...
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Not talking about death …
I’ve learned one thing more acutely than any other as a parent: now is the only time you have. Now is your only chance to have an impact on them. That might sound like trite, wishy-washy silliness, but...
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Kids and death: reincarnation
I talked recently about how the topic of death was co-opted by a religious meme that the kids were exposed to, which filled a gap left by their parents’ loud silence on the topic. Well, we’ve been...
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Unequally yolked: egg on whose face?
Earlier this month I reviewed Dale McGowan’s book, In Faith and In Doubt, which talks at a very practical, human level about the benefits and drawbacks of marriage between religious and non-religious...
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