Category: Agnosticism

I’ve been told on more than one recent occasion that I “think outside the box.” I appreciate that left-handed compliment. It’s nice to know people pay attention to what I say or write or think. That’s the whole point of being a blogger, right? Being different. But it also strikes me that minority thoughts will…

Pastor Tim Brown, the “Reluctant Xtian,” has written a sequel to his excellent blog post…Here, then, are “5 Phrases I Think Christians Should Say More Often.”

Gentle Reader, I’m thrilled to announce the release of a new e-book. Here’s the trailer: Rereading the Bible includes updated material from this site, plus a bonus chapter on evolution vs. intelligent design and a full section on the book of Revelation. Buy it now on Smashwords, where it’s only 99 cents for over 50,000…

Dear Ask an Agnostic, I love my boyfriend, and he tells me everyday that he loves me. We’ve been an item for over five years now, but he always shies away from conversations about marriage or engagement. I want to be with him forever, so I can’t help wondering why he hasn’t proposed. We almost…

It surprises people when I point out the Bible changes its mind several times about the nature of death. The Bible was written from stories and ideas conceived over thousands of years, so it’s inevitable that philosophy would evolve. In the Old Testament, heroes and villains alike go to Sheol, the Land of Forgetfulness. The…

Before I get to the meat of this overlong soliloquy, I want to share a few juicily germane excerpts of The Daily Show‘s new Earth (The Book). It’s a cover-to-cover NSFW giggle-fest. Enjoy: “The manner by which life originated and developed on Earth was a matter of some debate for us. Scientists believed it required…

If you haven’t read this week’s Volcano, feel free to catch up here. My old friend and longtime reader Scott chided me for being “accommodationist” in my article “Rise of the New Atheism.” Well, he’s right. Unfortunately, what often happens in mass media writing is I have to treat both sides as if they’re equally…

You may have noticed some changes to this site. The name has officially changed, for one thing; Carv’s Thinky Blog is back to being more about my day-to-day meditations than it is about selling books. I missed that less mercenary version, and I know some of you did, too. Among the changes: I’ve added old…

From Facebook, 7 September 2010: Heather C—-: “Absolute freedom, in the hands of idiots, is a dangerous thing. This, in my opinion, is the same as any other terrorist act. They are not burning these holy books to keep safe their church’s followers from the ‘evil’ teachings of the east. They are burning these books…