 Open letter to my anti-theist friends
I’ve got something I want to say and I’ve wanted to say it for some time. I’ve hesitated because while I don’t agree with you, I respect your right to hold your opinions and advocate for them as you think best. I would never want or to try and silence you. In fact, I think your voice is important to hear in the public arena. The problem is you aren’t extended that same respect back to me and my fellow Humanists.
Humanism is a philosophy that is based in compassion. Compassion for everyone, including people we disagree with. This is not an abstract concept for us. We feel it deeply with every individual human we meet. It isn’t our lack of belief that defines us as Humanists. It is our compassion. When you denigrate people of faith, we feel pain and sorrow that anyone could be that mean to another human. It makes me want to cry just thinking of how much ugliness your approach is adding to the world.
This is a visceral reaction for me. It is based on my compassion for my fellow humans. When you yell at me and my fellow Humanists telling us we just don’t understand why you are so angry at religion, all I can think is how sad it is that you really don’t understand the power of compassion.
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 Mitt Romney and Bullying
Today it came out that Mitt Romney bullied a classmate when he was a senior. As I just published a book on bullying (http://thebullyvaccine.com), I’ve had people ask me to weigh in on this incident.
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 3 Reasons Why I Love Ancient Aliens
I love Ancient Aliens. Great show. I am a Humanist and totally committed to a scientific and natural understanding of our universe. And yes, I do realize that Ancient Aliens involves what is affectionately known s as crackpot science. Don’t care. Love the show anyway. Here’s why:
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 Women’s Health Care and Religion
The big topic of debate right now is whether religious organizations should be allowed to not provide women with a full spectrum of health care coverage because their religious beliefs prohibit certain types of health care, specifically reproductive health care.
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 Three
Rules for Religion
6/6/09
A while ago, Rob Kall at Op Ed News, wrote a short piece about
the need to create 3 rules for religion, the same way Asimov wrote 3 Rules
of Robotics. As we know, no set of rules, not matter how short, can ever be
considered complete, but I did like the idea. Particularly since other societies
have recognized the fact that religion is not always benign and some forms actually
cause harm and so regulated religion to better protect their people from cults,
and to protect themselves from challenges to their authority. Anyway, here is
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