On this day, a child is born …

Is not the biggest absurdity of life – the fact that it ends ?

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When humans get treated like vermin

Today is Pearl Harbor Day. In fact, December 7 falls on the same day of the week this year – Sunday – as the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor did, in 1941. But many folks living today, might understandably wonder at the United States Victory over Japan, that hinged on a pair of equally infamous…

My response to goaloflifeadmin – or Exercise in morality 101

This post began as a response to comments left by WordPress blogger goaloflifeadmin, concerning my previous article, Deconstructing the hard edge of religion. It was getting a bit long – and I felt it touched on some things that deserve a closer look. goaloflifeadmin, I don’t know why you would automatically assume that atheists…

Deconstructing the hard edge of religion

Apparently (having never done it myself) folks who go ‘crabbing’ on various Atlantic beaches, in the moonlight, never have to worry about using lids, to keep track of the crabs being tossed into their buckets. And it’s because crabs in a bucket evince a peculiar dog in the manger attitude towards any of their…

Leaves sometimes get left unraked

Just a reminder, that life comes with that Full Guarantee. If you break in half – you usually get to keep both halves. Then most of us suck it up, and carry on – counting our blessings. I raise a toast, this Halloween – to everyone less fortunate than I. – Donnie

Sometimes we can win – even while losing.

Popular UK blogger Charlotte Kitley – known to her readers as Charley – died Tuesday. She debuted her blogger site, Life as a Semi-Colon, after being diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer, 2 years ago. Her blog was subsequently picked up by The Huffington Post, in the UK. Her final post, And so there…

Kate Kelly’s religious conundrum – examined

Though this bit of prose reads more like poetry, those who can recognize and internalize its message, will have gained a surprisingly concise tool. One that speaks to and answers any number of religious, and religious/political, conflations – in understanding their overweening need to be right.

Reflecting on our need to be right

Now that Kate Kelly and the Ordain Women’s movement have, for the most part, concluded their high-profile run at the LDS religious oligarchy – having managed to momentarily make direct and predictably mortal contact with the corporation’s particularly low-hanging, power-ceiling fan – we’ve all had a chance to reflect on what any of it…