Archive for August, 2008
Women and FreeThought
One of my heroes is Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Her intellect was stunning for today, let alone the mid to late nineteenth century. Along with Susan B. Anthony, she spearheaded the more agressive and progressive faction of the women’s rights movement, beginning in 1848 at the conference at Seneca Falls, New York.
I read about her a [...]
Big Foot Press Conference
SETI produces a great podcast (Are We Alone) on critical thinking. The latest one (Aug 25th) examines the Big Foot press conference and photos. This is a great way to teach evidence based reasoning and see how easy it is to pull off a media frenzy. They interviewed the costume manufacturer (wasn’t part [...]
Evolution as symbol of the clash between Faith and Science
The New York Times ran an article, A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash, last Saturday. The article follows a teacher in the Florida education system and one of his Christian students. The teacher was instrumental in the adoption of the new Florida education standard that now requires all Florida public schools [...]
Interesting Interview with Randall Balmer
I found this on NPR from religious professor and historian Randall Balmer. He had another interview recently on Fresh Air.
According to Balmer, the religious right movement began in the late 70s. The impetus being a legal battle between Bob Jones University and the IRS. The IRS contended that because BJU did not admit African Americans, [...]
John Loftus book “Why I became an atheist” has been released
Just as a quick note, John Loftus’s book, Why I became an atheist and published by Prometheus Books has been released. Use the link above to purchase from Amazon.com and John will get a little extra cheddar.
Here’s the announcement on John’s blog, debunkingchristianity.net
Interview with John W. Loftus and Robert M. Price (Video)
It was a great pleasure to speak with two ex-ministers about a wide range of secular topics on Episodes 11 and 12 of “The Enlightenment Show.” They both have preaching backgrounds and are still preaching but their message has changed.
Robert M. Price is author of “Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today’s Pop Mysticisms.” [...]
Getting People to Ask Questions
I found this video in which everyone’s favorite atheist (at least mine) Richard Dawkins introduces a group of kids to evolution by showing them fossils on a beach. It goes beyond that to demonstrate contemporary evolution with genetics, specifically, how certain prostitutes in Nairobi have natural resistance to HIV.
This video is such a great, uncomplicated [...]
FreeThought Fort Wayne’s September Meeting
What: FreeThought Fort Wayne September Meeting
When: September 10th, 2008 7PM-9PM+
Where: Main Branch, Allen County Public Library, Meeting Room B
Desc: At this meeting we will decide on the Adopt-a-Highway proposal among other items. If you have any ideas or questions please feel free to shoot me an email below or post a topic in the forums. [...]
FreeThought Happy Hour
Announcing a FreeThought Fort Wayne Special Event. We are trying something new. FreeThought Fort Wayne will be having a FreeThought Happy Hour (except there won’t be discounted drinks and will likely last longer than one hour).
We will be meeting Wednesday, August 27th @ 7PM at Henry’s downtown. This is a purely social event, there will [...]
Robert M. Price article mentioned on the Enlightenment Show about moral trends
During The Enlightenment Show round table interview with John W. Loftus and Dr. Robert M. Price, John pointed out the following article that I included below which Robert wrote last year. We were talking about the lack of “family values” of Jesus and the bible. (I will have the shows posted in [...]
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