iDeas about Belief

Dear God

Dear God, I have never come across anyone who has been the recipient of the amount of criticism you have been. And I have never heard of...

Conversation

I think the conversation about what to believe needs to be changed. It is not constructive to proselyte a system of belief that millions...

Thirty Five Years as a Devout Mormon

wishing i could have all those years back. I spent thirty-five years of my life as a devout Mormon. I followed the doctrines and did all...

Developed Nations God - DNG

one that just doesn't make a lot of sense for third-worlders. I believe in the superiority of the human race; that each individual is an...

A Good Belief System

should have sticky elements. I’m not into denigrating people for their beliefs. I may not agree with their chosen philosophies, but I...

The Concept of Jesus

let those who love him thrive along with him. I don’t accept Jesus as my personal savior, so I’m not a Christian. But I love the concept...

Happy Holidays

but does it have to be about the stuff? I see a lot of snowmen painted on store windows these days. Reindeer too. And I see plenty of...

Human Nature is Amazing

and so much more interesting to study than dusty old religious books. I stopped studying religion when I stopped needing to study things...

Wayfarers Chapel

a gift from believers. It’s Sunday and I’m at Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes. The church is empty, but there are plenty of people...

Dear God

my letter to the wind. Dear God, I have never come across anyone who has been the recipient of the amount of criticism you have been. And...

Conversation

it's time to change it. I think the conversation about what to believe needs to be changed. It is not constructive to proselyte a system...

Honey Boo Boo Binge

She's a Western God Darling. One nice thing about being an atheist is that there is no entity to let me down. I don’t question why God...

Chadwick's Jesus

He's kind of, a means to an end. “I’m not much of a Jesus guy,” Chadwick, in a quiet whisper confided in me. He had polished off one of...

We Sure Are Blessed. Not so sure about the other guy.

When a believer in God is blessed (by God) with something for free or drastically discounted by another in distress I question whether a...

Groovy Guru Talks With God...and God talks back.

“I’m not God, they just say I am. I’m just a guy who reached infinite potential.” We sat next to each other on a rock in my mind. ...