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Texas Public School Requirements: Reading, Writing and the Bible
The Texas legislature passed a bill (80(R) HB 1287) in 2007 requiring all public school districts to offer “elective courses on the Bibles Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament and their impact on the history and literature of western civilization” starting in the 2009-2010 school year.
Prior to this there have been a number of [...]
The Affirmations of Secular Humanism – A Series
During the question and answer period following John Loftus’ presentation last month, an astute believer in attendance noted that it’s much easier to critique or tear down than to create or build up. His particular point was that if you eliminate the Bible, what are you offering in its place as a literary work [...]
The Future of FreeThought
I have spent the last few days putting my thoughts to digital paper but they weren’t really my thoughts. They were thoughts that I only think are mine but really have come about from reading Susan Jacoby’s Freethinkers, A History of American Secularism. In my first post on the matter I mentioned how profoundly this [...]
FreeThought in the 20th Century
[ December 21, 2008; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] This is the 3rd in a series of posts exploring the Past, Present and Future of FreeThought. In this installment I would like to discuss how poorly FreeThought faired in the early parts of the 20th century but I promise to end on a high note. The primary focus will be from the turn of [...]
The Golden Age of FreeThought
In my continuing series on the history of freethought and secularism in America I would like to spend a little time focusing on the “Golden Age of FreeThought”. It’s called by the author of Freethinkers, A History of American Secularism, Susan Jacoby, the Golden Age for good reason. During the period following the Civil War [...]
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