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Hemant Mehta, the internet’s friendly neighborhood atheist linked to a really interesting article on the founding of Patheos and the philosophy of its founders. They come across more as outsiders to religion sincerely devoted to providing accuracy and quality in the presentation of a range of viewpoints and to accomplishing the Herculean task of getting the [...]
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Hemant Mehta Declares WAR on Freethought Blogs!
November 20th, 2011 
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9 Comments »Asking Richard Wade About How Atheists Should Confront And Replace Religions
July 6th, 2011 Daniel Fincke In five previous posts, I have discussed with the Friendly Atheist’s advice columnist Richard Wade the origins of his “Ask Richard” column, the nature of family conflicts over atheism, the problems with forming one’s identity based on one’s beliefs (or non-beliefs), how atheists should respond to the possibly religious dimensions of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the ethics of advising [...]
Asking Richard Wade About The Ethics of Lying To Stay In A Protective Closet
July 5th, 2011 Daniel Fincke In four previous posts, I have discussed with the Friendly Atheist’s advice columnist Richard Wade the origins of his “Ask Richard” column, the nature of family conflicts over atheism, the problems with forming one’s identity based on one’s beliefs (or non-beliefs), and how atheists should respond to the possibly religious dimensions of Alcoholics Anonymous. In the installment of [...]
Posted in Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics, Atheism, Atheism, Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Ethics, Ethics, Featured, Morality, Morality, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, Secularism Tags: Closeted Atheists, Honesty, Intolerance Against Atheists, Richard Wade, The Ethics of Lying, Truthfulness 9 Comments »Asking Richard Wade About Atheism and Religions As Bases For Identities
July 3rd, 2011 Daniel Fincke In two previous posts, I have discussed with Friendly Atheist’s advice columnist Richard Wade the origins of his “Ask Richard” column and the nature of family conflicts over atheism. In what follows we discuss the intersection of belief and identity. Daniel Fincke: Part of the problem when families fight due to someone in the family [...]
Asking Richard Wade About Anger In Families Divided Over Religion
July 2nd, 2011 Daniel Fincke Below is part 2 of my 8 part discussion with Richard Wade of the Friendly Atheist’s “Ask Richard” column. In part 1, Richard discussed how he became involved in atheist issues and discussed how the idea for his “Ask Richard” column came about. Below we talk about the prevalent theme of anger in the letters [...]
Posted in Atheism, Atheism, Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Featured, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, Religion, Religion, Secularism Tags: Anger, Ask Richard, Family, Friendly Atheist, Religion, Richard Wade 7 Comments »Asking Richard: A Conversation With The Friendly Atheist's Richard Wade
July 1st, 2011 Daniel Fincke Recently I had the honor of interviewing my favorite atheist blogger, retired Marriage and Family Counselor and addiction medicine specialist Richard Wade who writes the “Ask Richard” column at Friendly Atheist. In his column, which was inaugurated two years ago this upcoming Sunday, Richard wisely advises atheists and religious people who seek his help in [...]
Posted in Atheism, Atheism, Featured, Islam, Islam, Religion, Religion Tags: 9/11, Billy Graham, Richard Wade 7 Comments »Atheist’s Parents Have Trouble Hearing The Word Atheist
January 31st, 2011 Daniel Fincke Richard Wade’s advice column this week is on a great topic, which is well illustrated by the comic he leads with: In the letter which occasions this topic of discussion, Trevor describes his mother’s reactions to his atheism: the next day she continued saying “I can’t believe you think you’re an atheist…how can you have [...]
Who Cares About Atheists?
January 5th, 2011 Daniel Fincke There are a lot of anti-atheistic responses to us that get indignant that we try to organize, have community, and make ourselves known as a public presence. A lot of people reflexively and unfairly respond to all of this by feeling it as inherently threatening and inherently rude and intolerant. The most upsetting part of [...]
Posted in Atheism, Atheism, Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Cultural Secularism, Cultural Secularism, Featured, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, Political Secularism, Political Secularism, Religion, Religion, Religious Secularism, Religious Secularism, Secularism, Separation of Church and State, Separation of Church and State, Skepticism, Skepticism, Uncategorized Tags: Richard Wade 9 Comments »How To Both Love And Debate People (And Knock Off The Attempts To “Save” Them)
July 5th, 2010 Daniel Fincke A somewhat unpleasantly hostile atheist is outraged that a nephew, with whom this atheist is admittedly not very close, announced on Facebook plans to study theology (in addition to political science). Here is what the atheist wants to say to the nephew “in a nutshell”: “In a nutshell, I think religion is: pernicious fraud and one [...]
Posted in Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics, Atheism, Atheism, Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Ethics, Love, Love, Religion, Religion, Virtues, Virtues Tags: Civility, Friendly Atheist, Judging People, Proseytization, Richard Wade, Value Judgments, Values No Comments »If I Could Read Only One Atheist Blogger, It Would Be…
July 3rd, 2010 Daniel Fincke …Richard Wade of Friendly Atheist, whose ”Ask Richard” column turns one fantastic year old today. It is a column by a retired therapist who gives atheists advice about atheistic parenting, the effects of one’s religious past on one’s present life and the way to go forward constructively in the future as an atheist, and, probably most [...]
Posted in Atheism, Atheism, Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Cultural Secularism, Cultural Secularism, Friendly Atheist, Political Secularism, Political Secularism, Psychology, Psychology, Religious Secularism, Religious Secularism, Secularism, Social Psychology, Social Psychology Tags: Ask Richard, Atheist Family Relationships, Richard Wade 7 Comments »The Perils Of Unrequited Love
November 11th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Richard Wade’s new column is typically sage, this time as he soberly and accurately advises someone who is unrequitedly in love with a friend: When a friend learns that their friend loves them romantically, but they don’t have that kind of love to return, they often feel a tension because of an odd quirk in [...]
Addressing Religious Friends’ Griefs
October 23rd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Richard Wade’s advice columns at Friendly Atheist are consistently excellent. This week he handles the question of what to say when the grieving religious person remarks that their lost loved one is in a better place when you cannot honestly say that you agree: When the more religious people talk about how the person will [...]
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