Welcome to Rational Compassionate Living! This is the personal website of Steve McRoberts. On this site I have included my poetry and music, as well as my writings on ethics and religion. (And other things -- as you can see from the navigation menu on the left.) Please make yourself at home: feel free to browse around, I welcome your comments, so contact me with your thoughts or questions. I publish most correspondence as-is in the Mailbag (in fact, some of my best writing can be found there.) Books & articles Falling In Truth The Education of a Jehovah's Witness A journey into & out of the Watchtower. "Excellent!" "I couldn't put it down." More reviews The Bible Can the Bible be God's word? "I've read the Bible 100 times and never realized these things for myself!" The ultimate cure for fundamentalism! More Poetry The Collected Poems of Steve McRoberts More God Can the God of the Bible Exist? Clear, concise, & convincing. More Layers of Truth A novel of perception It's time to burn those "No Blood" cards when King David appears at Beth-Sarim and challenges the Governing Body with the most comprehensive argument in favor of blood transfusions ever given in this intricate murder mystery! More   Some of our most popular articles: Rational Compassionate Living What Would Jesus Do? An Open Letter to Jehovah's Witnesses from "The World" Why Not Be a Jehovah's Witness? Beyond Humanist Ethics Transcribed Videos On Vegetarianism On Bloodsports (e.g. sport hunting & fishing) Answering arguments against animals Does "America" deserve a "blessing" or is it in need of forgiveness? Empathetic Activities (Good Deeds you can do!) Action Some of the Results Go vegan! You'll save 96 animal lives each year, use 1/12 of the land resources, cause less pollution, and have a better chance at a longer and healthier life! Lay down your guns, bows, knives, traps, & fishing rods. Spread an attitude of non-violence, peace, and respect for all life. Use mass transit (or walk, bike, or carpool). Save us from greenhouse gases and oil drilling. Stop smoking. You won't contribute to the second-hand smoke that kills tens of thousands of non-smokers each year. Reduce, reuse, & recycle. Conserve our limited resources & reduce pollution caused in manufacturing new goods. Stop calling yourself a "consumer": start thinking of yourself as treading lightly on the Earth and taking only what you need. Donate blood. Save lives! Your blood is desperately needed (97% will need a transfusion sometime in their lives: only 3% ever donate blood) Don't buy products with animal ingredients or that were tested on animals. Lessen the needless suffering in the world. Don't support wars of aggression. Reduce the amount of needless human tragedies and hatred in the world. Volunteer! Giving of your time and/or talent is richly rewarding for all involved. It is one of the great joys in life! Show your love! Think of Love as a verb. Saying 'I love you' is nice, but showing your love by actions makes the statement come true. Make it an important goal in your life to cause as little suffering and death as possible. It is easy in our industrialized, high-tech society to turn a blind eye to the needless suffering we indirectly cause. Your day to day choices can have a big impact on others, on animals, and on the planet. Have no more than 2 children. You won't contribute to the human overpopulation problem: there will be less of a burden on Earth's resources, and more to go around. Click on the following links daily. Small cash donations will be made to the causes below by their various sponsors each day you click.

This site is concerned with: ethics, compassion, empathy, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Watchtower, poetry, philosophy, atheism, and animal rights.