FtBCon 2: A Conversation about Science
In this FtBConscience 2 video Aron Ra, John Wilkins, and PZ Myers discuss science outreach:
Daily Archives: February 1, 2014
Can Atheists Be Spiritual? Spoiler: No!
Personally, the word “spiritual” makes me cringe. Although I understand its completely secular etymology from the Latin noun, spiritus, “breath”, when I hear it, various images enter my mind uninvited: unicorns, Deepak Chopra and those annoying Jesus messages religious relatives post on Facebook on Sundays. However, with Sam Harris’s new book, Waking Up due out later… Read more »
Introducing Michael Said
Michael Said is a Canadian website run by Michael Leamy, the author of The Atheist Bible. Leamy’s latest article is “The Billion Dollar Tithe,” an article that praises progressive Quebec and criticizes Ontario: Ontario never had a quiet revolution, so the anachronistic school boards from hundreds of years in our past still exist. Quebec ended… Read more »
Let’s talk about Freedom of Conscience
Justin Trottier, Centre for Inquiry Canada co-founder, gave a talk at the Let’s Talk About Freedom of Conscience: A Gathering for Curious Minds conference in Bancroft ON on Oct 05 2013. The topic of Trottier’s presentation is “Freedom of Conscience and Speech”: http://youtu.be/8pFiknoMWBE
“Religion Is an Addiction”
While he softens the blow by saying, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many advocating for human rights whose compulsion to faith is not divisive, but there does exist a select number where religion is an addiction. Kevin Smith, a member of the board of directors for the Centre for Inquiry, is right: religion… Read more »