Platitudes, Schmatitudes

By Carolyn Lueders Burica Staff Writer   “God has a plan for you…” “When God closes a door, he opens a window” “It was God’s will…” “Don’t be sad, he (she) is with God now…” I have always cringed when someone spoke any of the above phrases to me. I haven’t been able to figure […]

Meet An Atheist, Brittany Wilcox Arnold

By Brittany Wilcox Arnold Meet An Atheist I’m an atheist living in Wisconsin, there aren’t too many of us in the up here, but I still love northern life. Most folks are nice until you say you’re an atheist and then they ignore you or cut you out, which has happened with friends and family. […]

An Open Letter to Christianity

By Carolyn Lueders Burica Staff Writer   Dear Christianity: Well,  you’ve lost another one here. After years of believing in God, going to church, taking communion, and all the other things that revolve around Christianity, I’m giving up. I’m done. I was raised a Catholic, but am now in recovery. In fact, I’m an atheist […]

The Damage of Shaming Others

By Carolyn Lueders Burica Staff Writer   Whenever I need a quick pick-me-up, I head over to http://www.dogshaming.com to look at the humorous pictures of dogs caught in shameful situations. Being a dog owner myself, I can relate to a lot of the pictures. Nothing says “I’m a beagle, I had to do it” better than a […]

Coming Out Atheist

By Carolyn Lueders Burica Staff Writer  I spend a lot of time on Twitter and Facebook, perusing the following hashtags: #catholic #religion and #atheist. Why? Because I enjoy learning what’s going on in people’s heads and disseminating these blurbs between what is just opinion and what is fact. Right now, in the game of logic, fact and […]