Tag Archives: prayer

Ask Jon 10 – Say a Prayer for Me, Mr. Cuomo

by | June 18, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Jonathan Engel, J.D. is the President of the Secular Humanist Society of New York. Here we talk about God and the Governor of New York. *Interview conducted on May 11, 2020.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I want to touch on two points, as covered before. Prime Minister Trudeau, son of the late Pierre… Read more »

Ask Jon 4 – “You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children”

by | May 22, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Jonathan Engel, J.D. is the President of the Secular Humanist Society of New York. New Yorkers are great conversationalists. Here we talk about prayer in the time of coronavirus. *Interview conducted on March 16, 2020.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This one is a little more time stamped. So, it is March 16th. The… Read more »

Press Release: Atheists Release Report Highlighting the Discriminatory Practice of Prayer in the BC Legislature

by | September 17, 2019

By British Columbia Humanist Association (Vancouver, BC) — Today, BC Humanist Association (BCHA) released a groundbreaking report entitled “House of Prayer: An Analysis of Prayers in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 2003-2019.” The report details the discriminatory and exclusionary nature of prayer in the BC Legislature, and is part of a broader effort by… Read more »

Spend the holidays listening to prayers… for science!

by | December 18, 2018

Whatever you celebrate (or don’t) around this time of year, things tend to quiet down, meaning everyone has a bit more time to relax. If you’re the type who likes to keep busy or is looking for something to do to get away from the family debates about religion and politics, why not listen to… Read more »