What if you don't believe, won't believe or simply can't? Whether you're a hard core atheist, heretical apostate or just a wishy-washy doubting Thomas, the big human issues of meaning, ritual, belonging, death and suffering still have to be faced. Dick Gross has written and broadcast on these issues from a godless perspective for over a decade. Join him on his blog as he wanders through the big issues of existence without a god to help him. Even though he is more than a little neurotic, even Dick has found that a life lived without the ``G'' word is not so scary after all.
Poster boys for atheism
Dick Gross All too frequently, the world of faith somewhat paradoxically provides us with new heroes of atheism.
Death and the godless
Dick Gross Unique among terrestrial life, the human consciousness of our ineluctable mortality drives, torments inspires and shapes our transient existences.
God and the election
Dick Gross Traditionally, God doesn’t make much of an appearance in Australian elections.
A spin about lying
Dick Gross Is lying really so bad? Do we bandy the term around too frequently in public discourse?
Heroin and female genital mutilation
Dick Gross What do heroin and female genital mutilation have in common?
Faith healing in the USA
Dick Gross In March 2008, 11-year-old Kara Neumann lay on a mattress on the floor of her family’s home in Wisconsin while parents and friends around her were praying.
The mid-year review
Dick Gross Every six months I like to pay tribute to those who comment on the blog as a reflection of the vitality of readers and commentators to Godless Gross.
Selling celibacy
Dick Gross Pope Benedict XVI declared the year from June 19, 2009 to June 19, 2010 as the "Year of the Priest" and it has just ended with a massive mass at St Peter's in Rome.
I love two sunburnt countries
Dick Gross Israel and Australia are both at once ancient and youthful countries, both encumbered by desert and both blighted by the displacement of indigenous residents.
NSW ethics blue (not State of Origin)
Dick Gross In NSW, traditionally religion has been taught in state schools through an optional opportunity to attend an hour of tuition in various religions taught by volunteers.
What happened to compassion before condemnation?
Dick Gross If there is a choice between conspiracy and accident, let’s more frequently assume the latter.
Who is an atheist?
Dick Gross In my last blog there was a moderately spectacular blue between various parties . . .
Ethics of an atheist
Dick Gross In my godless world, I feel we atheists need to confront ethical dilemmas.
The best laid plans . . .
Dick Gross Let us wander through some historical precedents, in the wake of the burqa ban furore, to see just how successful any clumsy oppression might be.
Going berko about the burqa
Dick Gross There is a financial contagion threatening to sweep Europe but another contagion, just as destructive, is going pan European – Islamophobia.
The ETS and a crisis of faith
Dick Gross It has been a crisis of faith that has led to the ETS lying battered and bleeding on the floor.
The power of ceremony
Dick Gross Is there anything more moving or spellbinding than great ceremony?
