Divine TragedyIn an age of times unrecorded, unthinkably remote and arcane,A conclave of gods indescribable, adrift in a cosmic domain.Non-physical, non-temporal, in eternal ennui they mire,Godlike yet flawed, a celestial middle management’s choir. In a realm devoid of matter, where existence was but a jest,They’d languish, ponder, dally, trapped in this celestial quest.Yet amidst the …
Author Archives: The Secular Community
God Is Dead
By Doutimiye Owonaro Chinese folks and other Asians look alike. Africans look alike. Caucasians look alike. Members of the same ethnic group usually share a lot of similar features, all hinting at a common ancestor. Taking it a step further, humans share 98.8% of our DNA with chimpanzees, 98.4% with gorillas, 96.9% with orangutans, and …
Religious Authority is Fraudulent
By Joe Simonetta A July 2022 religious-related incident that got much publicity occurred in the state of Wisconsin in a Walgreen’s store. A Walgreens cashier refused to sell a man and his wife condoms and cited his faith as the reason why. Beyond this being yet another of countless examples of religious overreach, it raises …
Who Said God Created the Earth?
By Steven Darian Who was there to see it? Who was there to report it? Or to record it? Actually, they didn’t even have written language at the time (whatever “the time” means). Written language doesn’t even begin until around 3000BC, with Egyptian hieroglyphics. It must have been a human being; except that human beings …
Should We Dream of a Religion-Free World?
by Rajendra Kumar Ojha As science is proving its effectiveness globally in fighting Covid and natural calamities – even leading to places of worship being shut during the pandemic – I feel this is the time for a new social initiative. The time is ripe for us to collectively work towards a religion-free world. The …
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A History of the Bible – Part I
by Robert Clark I just wonder how many Christians actually understand what they read in the bible or know the history behind it and the way it was transformed over the generations? That also engenders the question of what is secular humanism and why it is superior to fundamental religious doctrine? To that I have profound opinions, …
Several Research Studies Find That Skeptics Are Brighter Than Religious Believers
by James A. Haught Several research studies find that skeptics are brighter than religious believers. More than 60 scientific reports were analyzed in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review, which said the results “showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity.” Newsweek (May 18, 2017) summed up the article: “Atheists tend to be more intelligent …
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Now’s the Time to Convert Our Secular Values into Effective Action
by Gary M. Linscott I doubt you need to be reminded: We are living through extremely troubling times. Threats to the very survival of humankind abound. Unless quarreling nations can work in harmony to rapidly bring global warming under control, it seems inevitable that catastrophic climate change will occur in our lifetimes. Now a pandemic …
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The Coronavirus and Religion
Many people around the world, rightfully, are focused on the coronavirus (also referred to as COVID-19), its spread and impact. This past week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus a pandemic. WHO defines a pandemic as a disease for which people do not have an immunity and has spread across the globe. Pandemics …
Problems with Bible classes
by James A. Haught Here in Appalachia’s Bible Belt, conservatives in the Legislature want to force all West Virginia public high schools to teach Bible classes, as occurs in several other Republican-controlled states. I wonder how such classes handle Bible topics like these: First, the Bible decrees that gay males must be killed. Leviticus 20:13 says: “If a …