The staff of Think Atheist asked the community to support one of our own– me!– in the goal of raising money for the Light the Night walk I participated in tonight. The money raised for this walk went to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. I met survivors tonight as well as people who were walking for loved ones they had lost, and it was an incredibly humbling and touching experience.

I am so grateful to those of you who shared the link and/or donated to this great cause.…

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Cross yourself and speak unto Jesus

And hope for the species that the people deceased

Are released from the pain and the suffering

Your faith is decreasing, the pages are creasing

In the only book you've been reading.

The idea is appealing, but somehow revealing

Of the fear that you're breeding.

And you're left needing...

You're only human.

A part of this species that does as it pleases.

If you do what they tell you then you will be…

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from Atheist Climber blog



I was asked recently by a very good friend of mine "But what gives an atheist a sense of hope?" We were at our 20 year highschool reunion, and it was very noisy, there were far too many distractions for both of us for me to give her an answer worth anything, so I simply said, "I'll get back to you." Lets call this friend "A" to protect the innocent.



Well A,… Continue

I always seem to start to write things like blogs but always stop halfway though and close my browser because I can't put into the right words my feelings. It is as if, though they are a part of me, they are something that I cannot explain or even begin to understand. In some ways, it is a scary feeling, an odd detachment from myself. I never know who I am because it feels that I am constantly changing my opinion.



A year ago I would have told you I was a Republican, that I was… Continue