“We have lost religion, but we have gained humanism.” …
Publications
Summer Solstice
“Stonehenge, like many other stone circles and standing stones throughout Europe, is aligned to catch the first rays of the summer sun. These moments are part of a universal acknowledgement …
Ira Cardiff
“What would Christ do about syphilis? Well, what should he do? Christ, being possessed of miraculous powers, why does he not obliterate syphilis from the face of the earth? Does …
Salman Rushdie
“I’m a hard-line atheist, I have to say.” …
Elbert Hubbard
“When you once attribute effects to the will of a personal God, you have let in a lot of little gods and evils — then sprites, fairies, dryads, naiads, witches, …
Supreme Court Affirms No Religious Test for Public Office
“[I]t was largely to escape religious test oaths and declarations that a great many of the early colonists left Europe and came here hoping to worship in their own way. …
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Juneteenth
Today is the anniversary of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, dating to 1865. On that date, Union soldiers landed at …
Paul McCartney
JEAN SHEPHERD: “You guys seem to be pretty irreverent characters. Are any of you churchgoers?” McCARTNEY: “Not particularly. But we’re not anti-religious. We probably seem anti-religious because of the fact …
Roger Ebert
“I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. I was perfectly content before …
