Show us a human, we’ll show you a collection of rituals. Though the word “ritual” comes to us from the Latin “ritus” (rites), what the word articulates transcends the church and even Latin itself. Human beings are suckers for having habits. Throw in a little of the sacred and even a mundane habit can becomeContinue reading “Of Rituals, Rites And Wrongs””
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The Faitheism Project Podcast, Episode 30: “Does Your Dogma Bite?”
Bread and butter. Oil and vinegar. Religion and dogma. Got the one, the other just seems to go right along with it. Bread is improved by butter, oil is given life by vinegar, but religion is given what-exactly by religion? Rules, for one thing. Why do religions need rules to begin with and is itContinue reading “The Faitheism Project Podcast, Episode 30: “Does Your Dogma Bite?””
The Faitheism Project Podcast #23: “America — Sink Or Swim?”
America feels increasingly like a powder keg, its fuse lit. It’s making it hard to have conversations about spirituality — our preference here at the Faitheism Project Podcast. But, perhaps spirituality (at the end of the day) will be our, um, “salvation”. Perhaps spirituality (unblemished by dogma) will be the common ground that gives usContinue reading “The Faitheism Project Podcast #23: “America — Sink Or Swim?””
A Presbyterian Pastor & A Hardcore Atheist Walk Into A Podcast Together: The Faitheism Project Podcast — Episodes 1 – 14
In a time of rancor, malice and polar division, the Faitheism Project Podcast offers a strong measure of level-headed, respectful conversation about the Really Big Things. For all their theoretical differences though, life-long atheist (and TV-film writer-producer) A L Katz and Presbyterian Pastor Randy Lovejoy, over the course of a 15 year friendship, have discoveredContinue reading “A Presbyterian Pastor & A Hardcore Atheist Walk Into A Podcast Together: The Faitheism Project Podcast — Episodes 1 – 14”
One Can Still “Do Unto Others” Even If The Book That Teaching Comes From Is Fiction
Fiction: literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people. By comparison — nonfiction: prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history. Going strictly by definition, it’s damned hard to call the Bible anything but fiction. Yes, yesContinue reading “One Can Still “Do Unto Others” Even If The Book That Teaching Comes From Is Fiction”
How A Devout Atheist & A Presbyterian Pastor Became Very Good Friends
From The Atheist’s Point Of View… You know what they say about oil and water not mixing. It’s true. Without a whole lot of chemical intervention, you cannot make oil and water mix. But, on closer inspection, you may realize that what you thought were oil and water are actually both variations on water orContinue reading “How A Devout Atheist & A Presbyterian Pastor Became Very Good Friends”