The number of atheists in my family is growing! Sort of. My brother and I became atheists independently from each other about the same time. One day, we were talking, and the truth just kind of came out. So it’s been the two of us saying the “atheist prayer” at family dinner: you know, the [...]

I love Christmas! I confess to being more excited about it this year than my three-year old! I admit, I even like the Christmas hymns. Maybe that makes me a bad atheist ( ), but I realized coming home from a last minute shopping trip as I sang “Away in a Manger” at [...]

1. The census Luke speaks of wasn’t during the time period of King Herod written about in Matthew.
But even if it was, we know that it wouldn’t have happened the way it was described because:
2. The census Luke writes about would have created disruption beyond belief, and would have been remembered. But no independent source [...]

Yesterday, I did the worst thing a secular parent can do: I took my kid to see Santa Claus.
Okay, so maybe that’s not the worst thing, but I fluctuate between thinking Santa is harmless and thinking I don’t want to encourage delusions. But somewhere along the way, Julieanne learned about Santa and she loves the [...]

Okay, I admit it: we are broke. Very broke. So broke, I don’t see how we will ever get un-broke, as bills and student loans pile up and our income goes down. Both Steve and I are students (though I am taking a break next semester–even if I can’t find a job, at least I [...]

Next time someone complains about how everyone is taking the “Christ” out of Christmas, feel free to point out the following (all gleaned from Wikipedia’s article on Christmas, which goes into much more depth than I am):
It started out as a celebration of Mithras and Sol, but over time, it became a conglomerate of several [...]