Month: April 2010

Good Without God

I read Greg Epstein’s Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe over the weekend. It’s a decent enough book. Epstein isn’t interested in criticizing religion or supernatural claims; he’s concerned in describing how the godless might live as decent people and fellow citizens. Indeed, as the Humanist chaplain at Harvard, he represents Good Without God

A Not-So-Good Friday

Sorry, but I cannot let this Good Friday pass by without making a comment on my favorite topic: the resurrection of Jesus. I am uniquely qualified to write about Good Friday, because, unlike most human beings, I have been crucified. Actually, technically, I crucified myself. That probably sounds horrific, or at least a bit kinky, A Not-So-Good Friday