Writerdd

Donna Druchunas is a freelance technical writer and editor and a knitwear designer. When she's not working, she blogs, studies Lithuanian, reads science and sci-fi books, mouths off on atheist forums, and checks her email every three minutes. (She does that when she's working, too.) Although she loves to chat, she can't keep an IM program open or she'd never get anything else done.

WriterddNovember 30, 2008
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Why do people have to be so stupid?

OK, so I spend a lot of time talking about how Christians and atheists can be friends, and then some stupid person proves me wrong. This is also the type of thing that makes me proud and embarrassed to live in Colorado. These billboards have been put up, sponsored by theÂ Colorado Coalition of ReasonÂ (COCORE), in Denver and Colorado Springs. A…
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WriterddNovember 23, 2008
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Afternoon Inquisition 11.23

Hi, I haven’t been posting these questions on Sundays lately, but I have one for today. I’ve noticed that conservative Christians have a persecution complex. They think society and secularism and homosexuals and atheists and Democrats are out to get them, and to destroy their way of life. Most of this alleged persecution is imaginary. I find that atheists and…
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WriterddNovember 22, 2008
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Reading Updates and Can Christians and Atheists be Friends?

Good morning everyone. Here’s an update on the book selections. Because it’s Christmas season, I’ve shuffled the schedule a little bit to keep it light. I know most everyone will be busy until after Jan 1. December:Â A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists by David G. Myers. A short and inexpensive book that is subtitled “Musings on Why God is…
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WriterddNovember 18, 2008
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is religious fervency hormonal?

I don’t mean this as a joke, but as a serious question. One of the big turning points for me as I was leaving religion, was realizing that the times I felt moved by the sermons in church were usually when I had PMS. I realized this during a period of time when I was struggling because I couldn’t find…
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WriterddNovember 14, 2008
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Being Pandora by Dale McGowan

Since I have no kids, I don’t have much to contribute to our discussion of The Ghost on Saturday Night or finding good nonreligious and skeptical books for kids. Instead of flouting my ignorance, I decided to inviteÂ Dale McGowan, editor and co-author of Parenting Beyond Belief to weigh in with his thoughts. So without further ado… Being Pandora by Dale…
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WriterddNovember 9, 2008
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reading and writing updates

Hi everyone. I’ve been out sick for a couple of weeks and have gotten terribly behind on our reading selections. I’ve just askedÂ Dale McGowan, author/editor ofÂ Parenting Beyond BeliefÂ to help me get caught up by writing a guest post about finding good non-religious reading selections for children. After I post that in a week or so and we have a little…
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WriterddOctober 22, 2008
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Society Without God

Here’s some news about a new book that I just received in Sam Harris’s newsletter. I guess it’s interesting if you’ve never left the United States. But I don’t think this will surprise anyone who lives in Europe, travels outside the US, or who reads much foreign news. Â Contrary to the views of many conservative pundits and the Christian…
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WriterddOctober 21, 2008
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Phil Plait at Boulder Bookstore Tonight

I just got this announcement in email this morning: Phil Plait -Â Death From the Skies! Tuesday, October 21, 7:30pm According to research astronomer Phil Plait, the sky is full of danger, with seemingly endless varieties of calamities waiting to befall us.Â InÂ Death From the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End, Plait tackles these disaster scenarios with a…
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