by Carole Duff | Jul 26, 2021 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Modern Atheism 101 Remember the morning last May when I went upstairs to the loft and Keith read a passage from Rabbi Moshe Averick’s Nonsense of a High Order: The Confused World of Modern Atheism? Well, after he finished reading the book, he passed it along to me. As...
by Carole Duff | May 3, 2021 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
The crucial decision regarding the existence of God Last Friday morning—a delightful sunny day compared to today’s delightful rain—I went upstairs to the loft in order to place some end-of-the-month financial records in the file cabinet. Hearing my footsteps and the...
by Carole Duff | Feb 3, 2020 | Faith, Family, Nature, Writing and Reading |
“Is there a Santa?” my 6-year-old son asked. It was 1989. “Yes,” I said cautiously. “There is a Santa, and he’s Mommy and Daddy.” Concerned that my son might feel let down, I added, “There’s magic in the world, too. It’s called science.” A few years later, after my...
by Carole Duff | Mar 17, 2014 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
…quite often people confuse their fictional heroes with God. As they confuse their human lovers. Or themselves. It is a great hindrance to a happy life.– Jane Gardam, Crusoe’s Daughter While reading Adam Gopnik’s review of recent books about atheism – see “Bigger Than...
