Author: Adam Lee

I’ve revised the “About the Author” page that can be found via a link on the bottom of the sidebar. The first version of this page was dashed off just before Daylight Atheism was launched, and was never very informative. The new version is more detailed, so if you want to know more about the…

The Case for a Creator, Chapter 7 To start off his interview, Lee Strobel asks Gonzalez and Richards about humankind’s great demotion: the medieval religious belief that we were at “the center of the universe, sort of the throne of the cosmos, the most important place that everything revolved around” [p.160] and the overturning of…

November is a good month for poetry. Most great poetry is about transience, and with autumn in full swing, there’s much in November to inspire the poet’s thoughts on that topic: the last yellow and brown leaves raining from the trees; the early fall of dusk as the days continue to shorten; the gray skies…

This past summer, I was visiting the New York Botanical Gardens when serendipity struck: this beautiful little creature alighted on a stone railing around the edge of a pool, staying just long enough for me to snap this shot: I think, though I’m not an expert, that this is a blue dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis. I…

Sunset over the Statue of Liberty from the Staten Island ferry, May 2008. Photo credit: Alex Weaver.

The Case for a Creator, Chapter 7 Chapter 7 of Case is about the argument from planetary fine-tuning. This time, Strobel has two interviewees: Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Wesley Richards, both affiliated with the Discovery Institute. Since we’re keeping count of scientific “authorities”, which is whom Strobel claims to be interviewing, let me point out…

By Sikivu Hutchinson Taking its “life begins at conception” charade from State Legislature to State Legislature, one of the most dangerous political forces in the U.S. is stepping up its crusade for the “rights” of the unborn. Backed by an organization called Personhood USA, the latest offensive from the Religious Right involves a renewed movement…

(Author’s Note: The following review was solicited and is written in accordance with this site’s policy for such reviews.) Summary: Sparkling writing; marvelous characters; could have benefited from a tighter narrative. This is the first time I’ve ever reviewed a work of fiction for Daylight Atheism, but this one was well in tune with my…

The comments in a recent thread on same-sex marriage have been heading in this direction, so I thought I’d offer some thoughts about polyamorous relationships and how we can view them from a humanist standpoint. The reason I (and others) advocate full marriage equality for same-sex couples is straightforward. Marriage is a civil ceremony which…

Sunset with clouds, Hudson Valley, August 2009. Photo by the author. Click for larger version.