Posts under ‘Essays’

I value truth.

This article shows a slightly different perspective than we get here. Dahl talks about his childhood in East Germany, where religion was an anomaly. I wonder how you could ever avoid it in Europe, where religion is so intertwined with history, art and architecture, but so be it. It does underscore the idea that Americans [...]

Beth Lehman is an atheist, a Tacoman, and guest blogger here at Tacoma Atheists.com. See her blog here.
“Philanthropist” is a word which, translated from Greek, literally means “lover of humanity.”  There is no caveat attached to this term that dictates that the lover of humanity must also believe in a god or gods, but it [...]

The power of social networking has struck again.
Most of us have connected with people that we haven’t seen in a long time, by Facebook, Myspace, Classmates or other social media sites. Sometimes, it’s an opportunity to do a little harmless catching up, combined with a chance to see what became of person X. In some [...]

There is a great deal of controversy surrounding the practice of late-term abortion. Moral arguments, religious and non-, may be made both for and against the procedure, the details of which are readily available, and to a certain extent central to the argument. In the State of Kansas, there were only three doctors who provided [...]

What are your goals as far as atheism is concerned?
Eventually, I want not to have to talk about atheism and religion anymore. I don’t care about people having a religion (I care in that I think that religion breeds hatred and violence). I wish they were a lot more rational about the world, and cared [...]

From Valerie Tarico:
Prometheus Books is interested in publishing a book of testimonies of college students who have left the fold, including the testimonies of founding members of the various freethought campus groups that have sprung up across the country in the last decade or so. There will also be room for testimonies by “leavers” from [...]

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Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington.  She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle.
Evangelicals across the political spectrum, from Pat Robertson to Jim Wallis, seek to [...]

Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington.  She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle.
Are more social ills associated with religion or a lack thereof?
If you’re honest, your answer [...]

Courtesy of a member of TA, (former evangelical, now atheist):

Bigger is not always better. (David vs. Goliath)
If you’re going to get somebody else’s wife pregnant, you’d better be God. (Matt. 1 “Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of [...]