I Do, I Did, I Don’t: Getting Sound Mind out of Cognitive Dissonance
I Do, I Did, I Don’t: Getting Sound Mind out of Cognitive Dissonance By Carolyn Lueders Burica Staff Writer My latest favorite word phrase is “Cognitive Dissonance.” This is the internal, cerebral struggle that occurs when behavior and belief do not align with one another. For me, that misalignment came from the years-long struggle I […]
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 […]