"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious." --C.G. Jung Shadow As a psychological concept, Shadow, refers to all things which ...

I just find I don't believe in God. It just doesn't seem to be true, and no amount of thinking about it seems to make it true. It seems inherently ...

Al Gore's Oscar win must have really gotten under Matt Drudge's skin. Today, he stooped to a new low in his quixotic battle against the ...

Don't miss the HBO documentary Friends of God. It has two more airings on February 26 and 28. Set your TiVo or find a friend ...

It is a dark day for women's rights. From the Times Online: Zilla Huma Usman, the minister for social welfare in Punjab province and an ally ...

"The Universe says simply, but with every possible complication, 'Existence' and it neither pressures us nor draws us out, except as we allow. It all boils down to nothing, and ...

Modern healthcare is dependent upon large inputs of energy as well as an array of products derived from petroleum. Nevertheless it is silent on the threats posed by the end ...

In Breaking the Spell, in a chapter called "Belief in Belief," Daniel Dennett discusses how our beliefs sometimes are held simply because we don't ...

Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England on 12 February 1809 at The Mount, the house his father built in 1800 near the River Severn. He is most renowned ...

For the mullahs who teach a strict interpretation of the Quran, nothing must appear quite as fearsome as this little green $100 computer. In a part of the world where ...

What's clear is that believers can't tolerate apostates. We become a threat to their fear-based systems. For daring to speak up and risk whatever divine retribution might be doled out, ...

Nigerian militants are threatening to kill Filipino hostages if they don't get a larger share of oil revenues. This situation is just one small example of the human toll taken ...

I never cease to be amazed at the ever intriguing shape-shifting objections to dealing with global warming. The worst objection, of course is denial. But beyond that, there is a ...

$36,000,000,000 profit for Exxon. Hope they're happy. Here's the facts. No more denial bullshit from anyone. Might as well stick ...