Cultural Relativism: 4 Arguments For & Against
Different cultures believe different things. One doesn’t need to be an anthropologist to see that the morality, ritual, and religion vary more and more the further you travel, no matter […]
Monthly Archives: May 2013
The Importance of Buildings: An Agnostic’s Reflection on Church
I am not religious. Despite this, I often find myself in many Catholic churches due to the socio-cultural legacy of my family. And were it not for the fact that […]
Debate Review: “Animals Off the Menu?”
My diet has gone through many incarnations throughout my life, influenced in no small part by where I lived: from Boulder, CO where wheat grass shots were plentiful, to the UK, where […]
“Muslims Want to Chop Your Head Off!” Ambiguities and Verses from the Bible & Koran
A while ago I had a little debate with an old friend of mine over e-mail. He said, I simply can not accept the notion that Islam is a religion […]
Rationalizing Rape is What Poisons the Well
By Raj Gopal I remember the first time I found myself in the backseat of a car with a girl, and at some point it occurred to me that […]
Religion as Love: An Ode to My Colombian Grandmother
My grandmother is a tough woman – tougher than I’ll ever be. I, for one, do not envy her having had to raise five kids on an elementary school teacher’s […]
Warm Universe, Cold Universe
by Barry Klassel, Humanist Chaplain at Rutgers University It’s almost midnight. Two friends in their twenties walk down the beach toward the water. Behind them, the lights of the city […]
Applied Sentience 