The sound secular position is that governments ought to have no power to coerce belief, or enforce lack of it. That was the principle on which our Republic was founded, and it ought to be the model for all the earth.
Read More »Ask An Atheist: Atheist or Secular?
To be secular in a personal sense means not governing ones life based on religious dogmas, even though one can appreciate their social sides.
Read More »Trump By the Movies (Popcorn Optional)
In “Back to the Future” Doc Brown was incredulous in 1955 when Marty McFly told him that Ronald Reagan was president in 1985. What would be the reaction of 1985 audiences, to be told who would be Chief Executive in 2019?
Read More »Ask An Atheist: What if I Believe in Reincarnation?
The short answer is that a belief in reincarnation is not automatically an endorsement of gods (or "devils", whatever they are), and so you can believe in reincarnation and be an atheist too.
Read More »Ask An Atheist: I don’t know vs. I don’t believe
As an Atheist, what are your thoughts about the statements: "I don't believe in God" and "I know that God doesn't exist"?
Read More »Ask An Atheist: Did Jesus Christ Exist?
That's an easy one (for me at least): yes, at least the Jesus part.
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