A time to change Time

Dear secular friends, it’s time to change Time. Reset the Gregorian calendar free of Christian references Let’s be brutally honest: A.D 2013 is not only an entirely meaningless date to 6 out of 7 people on the planet, it is also a demonstrably erroneous one. The Common Era did not begin 2013 years ago. Nothing … Continue reading →

A letter to Sir Paul Nurse, The Royal Society

Update on The Secularists Playbook: Part 1, Time Sir Paul Nurse, The Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG 7th of January, 2013 Re: Recalibrating the Gregorian calendar Dear Sir Paul, members of the Royal Society, 261 years ago members of your esteemed academy made a frightful error which I’m hoping you might now … Continue reading →

The Secularists Playbook: Part 2, the Courtroom

Like all good daydreams this one concludes in triumph and something like this New York Times headline: “Archdiocese Humbled, Court Concedes No Evidence for Heaven.” The same daydream begins earlier that same day as the chief justice of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Alice M. Batchelder, hears opening remarks in Michigan Secular Student Alliance … Continue reading →

The Secularists Playbook: Part 1, Time

Let’s be honest, without substantive action this thing called (New) Atheism is just a fart in an elevator. Sure, it infuriates the more obnoxious of theists but it’s otherwise perfectly harmless. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m glad (New) Atheism offends religious fundamentalists. I’m glad this rationalist, deeply humanist movement exists. I’m glad it’s the … Continue reading →