This is secular living with a pulse: sweat, appetite, style, thought, beauty, decent lighting, a kitchen that gets wrecked on purpose, and a mind that stays gloriously unbound with bullshit. We write about evidence-based wellness, fitness, culture, sustainable living, philosophy, and how to build a life so honest and fucking good that no sermon, no guru, and no smug little deity could ever compete with it.
In this video, I answer some of the questions I’ve been getting from people around the web.
2. What’s harder? Coming out as gay or coming out as an atheist?

3. Why do you make fun of religions?

4. Why don’t you criticize ...
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This is part two in a series about godless inmates in the US prison system.
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A letter from a reader asking for advice for coping with depression in a teen.
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The latest instalment of strange, funny and downright scary comments from my various social media spaces.
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I’ve written to dozens of atheist inmates, mostly in the U.S., to ask them what being an atheist in prison is like.
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When it comes to interfaith relationships, you have to ask yourself three questions.
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The latest, most abusive and hateful comments from those who represent their loving god
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It was New Year’s Eve and I was in over six beers. We had friends over, kids from my son’s school and their parents.
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This is an ongoing series telling the stories of wrongful convictions in North America.
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Stories from Blake who was a Christian and Anish, who was Hindu.
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I get these questions all too often. The ones that stump me; that have me lying awake in bed at night wishing I could actually do something.
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Two new videos! One about Atheist Christmas and a Holy Fucking Comments!
Read essayGodless Mom is a secular lifestyle blog written by Courtney Heard, exploring evidence-based wellness, ethical living, philosophy, culture, and the realities of life without religion.
Courtney Heard is the author of Don't Panic, But You Might Be An Atheist: A Field Guide For The Spiritually Confused and the Eternally Curious. Buy the digital download now!
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