Category Archives: Humanism

Come Out!

Posted on October 11, 2008 by

Today, October 11, 2008, is National Coming Out Day. That day was created in 1988 as part of the GLBT rights movement to encourage people to come out and celebrate. Based on this Coming Out campaign, a couple more campaigns … Continue reading →

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Marital Status Discrimination

Posted on August 21, 2008 by

The recent California Supreme Court decision in the Benitez case, shows who will be missing out with the focus on the right to marriage in the GLBT movement: Unmarried and single people. The doctors for Lupita Benitez refused to provide … Continue reading →

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The End of a Cracker

Posted on July 24, 2008 by

PZ Myers posted the “desecration” of a cracker – the consecrated wafer used by Catholics during Mass – today, including a history of the murder of Jews who were – collectively – accused of desecrating crackers by (supposedly) stabbing them … Continue reading →

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Science and God

Posted on June 11, 2008 by

I just got the latest eSkeptic, a weekly email sent by the Skeptic Society. Michael Schermer has just edited a pamphlet for the (gasp) Templeton Foundation entitled “Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?”. Although I think that Schermer made … Continue reading →

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Atheism and Marital Status

Posted on June 1, 2008 by

The Pew Forum on Religion breaks out religious affiliation by marital status. According to their detail table, the highest percentage of never marrieds are amongst atheists (37%), almost twice the rate as in the total population (19%). This might be … Continue reading →

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Two Views of the Universe

Posted on May 26, 2008 by

Richard Eckersley presents in his book Well & Good “two scientific descriptions of the world, which represent the extremes of the modern scientific worldview” (220). At least that is his claim. He first presents a description by Richard Dawkins from … Continue reading →

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