Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
David Silverman, president of American Atheists, is right. There is a secular argument against abortion. Confusion arises as people continue to conflate their atheism — lack of belief that any gods exist — with philosophical, political, and social beliefs. Individual atheists — for various reasons (I won’t speculate about their motives in this piece, but […]
PZ Myers In a recent blog post, biologist PZ Myers argued that philosophical and scientific arguments concerning abortion are irrelevant because the matter of abortion reduces to “a simple question.” I argue, as someone who identifies as pro-choice with a background in philosophy, that the matter of abortion isn’t as simple as PZ makes it […]
Here I am at the “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rally in Scranton, PA with my protest sign also promoting the NEPA Freethought Society’s website. In this post, in a narrative fashion of sorts, I will provide some of my thoughts concerning the rally and recount some of my protesting experience. I can write for […]
The Times Leader’s letter to the editor section has recently been a good source of fodder for this blog because it’s quite apparent that people have no idea what they are talking about and/or have simply fallen victim to religious propaganda. One of today’s letters, “Humans must embrace culture that respects life,” contains several logical fallacies […]
