Faithless Feedback

Let me state up front that it's far from my intention or desire to turn this website into something focused on bashing religion. Those posts I write in which I do so are thoughts of my own that I wish to express, but not the focus of this work on the whole. In fact, I've been thinking a good deal lately about what I want to focus my time and energy on here, and it's definitely not to leave behind a bitter, angry, complaining and cantankerous view of the world. I'd sincerely like this effort to be more about those posts in which I try and share and convey my own enjoyments, periods of reflection, growth, and the occasional 'attitude adjustment' that comes with realizing how precious the unknown amount of time we have here truly is... and that we should not get caught up in the downward spiral of complete cynicism.

That said, the right balance of skepticism and objective reasoning, alongside an appreciation and respect for the wonder of the world around us, and the fleeting blink of an eye that is the time we get to experience it is a balance I strive for.

*BUT* I do want to share a couple of items I've been exposed to through my recent rant/post about preaching to the backs of the choir.

1. I've had a brief offline exchange with my staunch republican brother-in-law. And regardless of how we push each other's hot buttons and cause each other to have bruised foreheads, the result of banging our heads on our desks as we read each other's emails and posts, he still loves and respects me. And I, him. So the feuds will continue, but the family ties won't come unraveled. How cool is that?

1. Jeff Schwartz sent me a "brilliant" (said with a British accent) article by Ricky Gervais. It's a quick read and a refreshingly well-stated summary of what living without belief means.

1. If you've never seen Penn and Teller's "Bullshit!" series, you're missing some great fun and critical thinking. One of the segments from their first season discussed the Bible. It's on YouTube and worth watching. I've embedded it below.

Once again, for the record, you should not expect that this website is on its way to being a platform for rallying against religion. If I reach a point that I feel so compelled to dedicate a website to doing so it'd not be here. And there's plenty out there that do so already. But once in a while I'll go off on a rant. Look for more humor and 'Isn't life great' posts in the near future.