One morning, my father died at home. I awoke to a call for help – my name shouted once, loudly, desperately,...
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Bad things happen for a reason, and other idiocies of theodicy
The problem of evil is a classic dilemma in the philosophy of religion. The relative ease with which the problem can...
What the childless fathers of existentialism teach real dads
Existentialists encourage their readers to take full responsibility for the course of their lives, and also to venture...
Who can Prove that 1 = -1?
I came across this really intriguing question a few day ago in my readings. You might find it somewhat geeky if math is not your thing; otherwise,...
What Good Is Thinking About Death?
In the heart of every parent lives the tightly coiled nightmare that his child will die. It might spring at logical times—when a toddler runs into...
Sam Harris: Death and the Present Moment
Another of Sam illuminating talks. It doesn't really matter to me what one's concept of the God or the Afterlife is...it really only matter that to...
Sam Harris: It is Always Now
I am an avid reader of all things Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. I totally enjoy their frank and clear point of view regarding religion,...
Pastor Yousef: Convert or Die – Tehran delays execution to try to force Christians to apostalize
Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian cleric facing death for the crime of apostasy against an Islamic faith he never held, has been...
Saudi woman beheaded for ‘witchcraft and sorcery’
A woman was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for practicing witchcraft and sorcery, the kingdom's Interior Ministry said, prompting Amnesty International to...
Dr. King Weeps From His Grave
THE Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was to be dedicated on the National Mall on Sunday — exactly 56 years after the murder of Emmett Till in...
American Theocracy Revisited
During George W. Bush’s presidency, many liberal and secular Americans came to regard religious conservatives not merely as their political...
Dangerous White Stereotypes
One of the most noteworthy movies of the summer is “The Help.†Set in Jackson, Miss., in the early 1960s, it focuses on the relationships...