Many new-age “channeled” books talk about how everything in our experience is a choice. We supposedly chose to incarnate and chose all the things that will happen to us before we were born, therefore, we are not victims of anything because we knew getting into this ride exactly what would happen, until we got born [...]
There are lots of misconceptions about atheism that are very pervasive. Perhaps you share some of them and don’t know it. Here’s a primer to help people understand the truth about atheism.
1. What exactly is Atheism?
a = not
theism = belief in a supernatural creator
a + theism = not having belief in a supernatural creator
Atheism is [...]
When I was growing up, I alternated between living with my atheist, almost nihilist father, and my very spiritual mother.
My dad would dismiss out of hand anything supernatural, while my mother was almost too eager to believe in anything supernatural.
Of course, when you are a child, you want to believe in fantastic things. You want [...]