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Here are some of my writings divided into appropriate categories. Some
may repeat if they fit more than one category.
Fiction & Poetry | Experiences
& Reflections | Relgion & Spirituality
Pseudoscience & The Paranormal | Skepticism
& Critical Thinking
Reviews & Editorials | Humor
& Satire
Fiction & Poetry
- The Man Who Heard Music
- A man caught in the vicious rhythms of life learns a lesson of
music from a mysterious stranger.
 This story appears
in the current issue of Stillpoint (2001).
- Drive-thru love
- Lust to go.
This poem previously appeared in Monkey magazine.
- Athens
- Hometown visions.
This poem won first place in the Claytonstreet.com literature contest.
- I am ancient history
- Heartache.
- My distant heart's beat
- Longing.
- Chant (to be read in one breath)
- Anxiety in a lung-full of air.
- Whole lotta lotto
- Gambling away dreams.
 Experiences
& Reflections
- The Grief of an Atheist
- Some thoughts on grief and loss from the atheist perspective.
This piece was
a March 2001 Featured
Essay on The Secular Web and
was broadcast in truncated form on WUGA
91.7FM on March 30.
- Eulogy for Granpa (1918-2001)
- A eulogy I gave at Granpa's funeral, February 3, 2001.
- Chain Reading & The Mystery of Mystery
- Does solving a mystery destroy its magic? I don’t think so.
- Memory Stream (see Thoughts
on Deconversion from Religion)
- A stream-of-consciousness journey through different moments of
my life.
- I, Chickenhawk (see Thoughts on Deconversion from Religion)
- Growing up with religion.
- Unifying Chaos
- Reflections on James Gleick’s Chaos: Making a New Science.
 Relgion
& Spirituality
- The Wedge: A Christian Plan to Overthrow Modern Science?
- Article examining the new creationists.
- New Theory: God Did It
- Satirical Associated Press article on the end of science.
This article currently
appears in the latest issue of Skeptic magazine.
- Can We Be Good Without God?
- A partial transcript of my quasi-debate with Christian philosopher
and author Dr. Jay Budziszewski of the University of Texas at Austin.
- The Legality of Human Sacrifice
- Does piety become murder when parents withhold medical treatments
for children at the behest of religion?
Currently in press with the U.K.'s Family Action and Information Resource.
- Thoughts on Deconversion from Religion
- Series of essays on my deconversion as well as what it means
and why it is important.
- Creationism is Crap
- Editorial on creation “science.”
- Faithless Reason
- Which is better: faith or reason? How can we decide?
 Pseudoscience
& The Paranormal
- How To Make $$$ By Talking to the Dead
- Step-by-step instructions on how to bamboozle the living by "talking"
to the dead.
This article now appears on the Danish skeptic web site Para-nyt as "Tal med de døde og tjen dollars."
- The House on Gintilly: A Case of Synchronicity
- When Sharon bought her new house, she didn’t know she had bought
the wrong one.
- Creationism is Crap
- Editorial on creation “science.”
 Skepticism & Critical Thinking
- Mere Skepticism (Part 1)
- Essay describing the world-view of skeptics.
- Mere Skepticism (Part 2)
- Essay describing some of the fundamental principles of skepticism.
- To Think or Not To Think
- Introduction to my Doubting Thomas column.
Who was Thomas and what is skepticism?
- Faithless Reason
- fsfsfs
- Skeptics & True Believers by Chet Raymo (review)
- fsfsfs
- Chain Reading & The Mystery of Mystery
- Does solving a mystery destroy its magic? I don’t think so.
Reviews & Editorials
- The Demolished Man
by Alfred Bester (review)
- In the future, everything has changed except the ancient instinct
for murder.
- Skeptics & True Believers by Chet Raymo (review)
- Scolding the Fair-Weather Voter
- Is a vote for Nader a vote for Bush?
- Unifying Chaos
- Reflections on James Gleick’s Chaos: Making a New Science.
- Creationism is Crap
- fsfsfs
Humor & Satire
- New Theory: God Did It
- Satirical Associated Press article on the end of science.
This article
currently appears in the latest issue of Skeptic magazine.
- Another Message from the Oklahoma
State Textbook Committee
- A parody of Oklahoma’s evolution disclaimer that is placed
in the inside covers of any book that discusses evolution.
- How To Make $$$ By Talking to the Dead
- Step-by-step instructions on how to bamboozle the living by "talking"
to the dead.
This article now appears on the Danish skeptic web site Para-nyt as "Tal med de døde og tjen dollars."
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Skepticism & Critical Thinking