Life Without a Net
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving: What it means for *this* atheist.
Thanksgiving is a tough holiday for the thoughtful non-theist. For a non-theist with progressive values, it’s difficult not to view it with utter disdain. It is at once a distillation of the privilege of religious insinuation into public life, and the glorification of materialism and selfishness. Despite this fact, Thanksgiving has become for me a … Continue reading
A Thanksgiving Project for Non-Believers
On November 5, I wrote an article about Anne Gaylor for the Atlanta Atheism Examiner. In it, I described her decades old foundation which provides funds for women who cannot afford abortions. (Think about it… if they can’t afford an abortion, can they afford a child?!) She has been doing this charitable work almost entirely … Continue reading
Thanksgiving
I’ve spent a lot of time contemplating holidays since leaving religion. It’s been more traumatic than you might think. Easter was the only easy one. I no longer celebrate Easter because it’s pretty much completely identified as a Christian holiday celebrating how Jesus dripped multicolored blood on eggs and turned his cross into chocolate bunnies … Continue reading
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