Other Ways of Knowing

Often I’ve thought about showing
All the other “ways of knowing”
Of which faithful often remind me.
Science, you see, can sometimes blind me.

All but the True Believers© are deranged.
The only constant of dogma is change.
Other religions are obvious fakes.
Just look at all of the false claims they make.

It is not really fair
To scoff at the faithful with derision,
As [...]

Affirmations of Secular Humanism – #3

Democritus

(This post is the third in a series discussing the affirmations of secular humanism. The introduction to the series can be found here, the first post here, the second here.)

We believe that scientific discovery and technology can contribute to the betterment of human life.
As he often did, perhaps Carl Sagan said [...]

Affirmations of Secular Humanism – #2

(This (long overdue) post is the second in a series discussing the affirmations of secular humanism. The introduction to the series can be found here, the first post here.)
We deplore efforts to denigrate human intelligence, to seek to explain the world in supernatural terms, and to look outside nature for salvation.

The [...]

Humanist Symposium #25

Welcome to the Humanist Symposium News Channel brought to you by FreeThought Fort Wayne, I’m your host Skeptigator and I want to know, “How are you today?”.
Our top story tonight is the recent announcement that Matter is better than spiritualism coming out of Chromium Oxide Green. Maria Silva asks why the “supposed spiritual world is [...]

Tennessee Intolerance

About four days ago, I was in a hotel room out of town when the news came on television about a church shooting in Knoxville, Tennessee.
To be perfectly honest, my first thought was that I was glad I was so far away. My next thoughts drifted back to the families of the victims and what [...]

Do You Mind if I Ask a Personal Question? (A mini-series?)

[ December 21, 2008; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] I listened to John Loftus’ speech to us again on why he rejects Christianity from the position of a former evangelical minister and apologist.  It is a good listen.  (Check out his referrals on his latest book! That is a long list of famous people who mostly are going to hell.  We were lucky to [...]

Thanks, John, For A Great Meeting

I have to admit I was reluctant to even attend John W. Loftus’ presentation last Wednesday, especially after the unexpected press we received. (I had someone in my office – whom I would never expect to have heard about us – ask “Did you hear there’s a former preacher that’s gonna teach people how to [...]