The Atheist and the Cub Scouts

Bear Grylls

I’m an atheist. It’s not something I wear on my sleeve because I’m not a militant atheist. I don’t walk around my town wearing a sandwich board declaring everything that’s wrong or objectionable about scripture. That’s the Internet’s job. In real life though, I’ve never been made to feel dirty or discriminated against because of [...]

Communion

Rachel did her First Holy Communion yesterday, the high point of a long week of preparing the house for invasion by relatives. We are anti-houseproud. We just don’t care. Except on special occassions, then we rush around like mad things painting, decorating, cleaning and tidying. My week has been consumed with refreshing the woodstain on [...]

I am an Atheist Dad

I am an Atheist Dad, and I’m coming out of the closet. Actually, I was never really in the closet. I parted ways with religion when I was roughly 16. The provability of Christianity’s claims was a sticking point. Growing up in Northern Ireland was a large part of it. I grew up in the midst [...]

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