We are hosting family over the Thanksgiving holiday this year so I will leave you with links to last years thoughts, which I feel still hold true, and an e-card which amused me greatly. Give us Thanksgiving Thanksgiving, something CS does Right* I also really liked Margaret & Helen's Thanksgiving Letter to the Family 2013 … Continue reading A few thoughts on Thanksgiving
mental malpractice and cookies
Most of my e-mail comes from clicking the "follow comments" option on another blog post, but every now and then something original sneaks past my tricky-to-get-right e-mail address. Sometimes it is a fellow former-Christian Scientist who has been inspired, or simply one who is glad to hear they are not alone. Other times, it is … Continue reading mental malpractice and cookies
how do i leave christian science behind?
This post was inspired by a conversation (or two) with the writer of Emerging Gently, who also has an excellent post about How to Leave Christian Science. This is a question that was posted in a "Time 4 Thinkers" forum, the cool, hip face of the Mother Church aimed at teens and young adults. how … Continue reading how do i leave christian science behind?
Praise be unto He
Regular commenter Bill S. left me a link proclaiming "Scientists say they've proved God exists, and then it gets complicated" (1). I followed that link to the logical conclusion, through four more links (see below, 2) until I came across the abstract of the paper (3): Goedel's ontological proof has been analysed for the first-time … Continue reading Praise be unto He
An Open Letter to Debi Pearl
Growing up, I knew many Christian Science parents who followed ideas that mirrored those of in To Train Up A Child wrapped in other ideals, under the guise of "parent-led" decisions - strict scheduling, extreme sleep-training, boot-camp-style potty training and parent-led feeding of a nursing baby. At the end of the day, you have to … Continue reading An Open Letter to Debi Pearl
what I’ve been reading – Bible Air Drops & Athiest Mega Churches
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the New Testament: Christian group air-drops Bibles over North Korea using 40-foot hydrogen balloons Does worship divide or unite? Conservative U.S. Catholics Feel Left Out of the Pope’s Embrace Atheist 'mega-churches' take root across US, world
triumph of the light of right & reason
A regular reader recently e-mailed me a link for the Center for Inquiry. Everything I know about them, I learned from their about page and website http://www.centerforinquiry.net. The mission of the Center for Inquiry is to foster a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. To oppose and supplant the … Continue reading triumph of the light of right & reason
Policy at Principia: What are they afraid of?
Although I have not written much about Principia's policies recently, Jesus couldn't go to Principa College continues to be a popular post. It was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek piece pointing out that even the Son of God (or God himself depending on your theological perspective) wouldn't stand a chance with Principia's Admissions Department, but … Continue reading Policy at Principia: What are they afraid of?
Friday Night Fun: Are you Rapture Ready?
This evening R. L. Culpeper shared a link to a cringe-worthy two question quiz on Elucidations on Atheism. How bad could it be? Well, he thoughtfully linked to Check Your Spiritual Health at RaptureReady.com. It is a Friday night, I've got nothing better to do... yeah, it is cringe-worthy. Question 1: How would you best describe … Continue reading Friday Night Fun: Are you Rapture Ready?
what I’ve been reading – money & the church
Megachurch pastor tells his congregation his newly built 16,000-square-foot house is gift from God* German 'Bishop of Bling's multi-million euro mansion to be used to serve needy Scientology's fraud conviction upheld in France Incredible skeletal remains of Catholic saints still dripping in gems and jewellery discovered by 'Indiana Bones' explorer Sort of related, when you … Continue reading what I’ve been reading – money & the church
kind-ism 