Recently I’ve been preparing for the inevitable. Last month, I reached an age at which I can say, “Four score and seven years ago, my mother brought forth on this continent a new baby ...” That was me. I’ve never been 87 before, never dreamed I’d make it this far. I’d wondered whether I’d see the turn of this century! But I did, so what’s next?
Read More »The Evil in this World: The Evil Men Do
There is evil in this world. I have seen it. And I have experienced it.
Read More »Sacred Texts: I Have No Sacred Texts
There are no sacred texts in my life. As I have written here before, I am an atheist. I do not believe in God.
Read More »Ask An Atheist: A Strictly Negative Position?
In a philosophical sense atheism is at ground a rejection of supernatural entities as informative principles
Read More »Ask An Atheist: What Are The Concrete Beliefs of Atheists?
Which leads us to the modern usage of the term, which has broadened to mean those who do not hold belief in any gods at all.
Read More »Ask an Atheist: What happens after death?
Nothing. Dying is not unlike going to sleep, when our consciousness shuts down, only this time no waking up.
Read More »