Category: Philosophy

THE SKY GOD

The sky god is the imaginary god of atheists. The god is very impersonal so we cannot call this god a he or a she, so we must call it an “it.” The sky god goes by other names such, Evolution, Chance and is even known by some as the Universe. The sky god cannot be seen or experienced and it does not communicate with anything or anyone but apparently can be discovered by careful study. The sky god is very intelligent and creative but, since it is not personal, there is not much we can know about it. It does not reveal itself to people, it has been constructed from “evidence”collected and organized by the followers of the sky god. So, as you might suspect, it is very subjective. In this religion all evidence must fit into a particular paradigm of thinking.

Thomas Jefferson and Religious Freedom

Thomas Jefferson played it coy when it came to the content of his personal religion. He rarely shared his own views. He believed that every man was responsible to determine his own beliefs and those beliefs...