ACLU Files Free Speech Lawsuit Against County of Lackawanna Transit System

ACLU Files Free Speech Lawsuit Against County of Lackawanna Transit System FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2015 CONTACT: Sara Mullen, ACLU of Pennsylvania, 215-592-1513 x122, smullen@aclupa.org PHILADELPHIA – The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit today against the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) over its refusal to allow a local […]

Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower mag demonizes skeptics

A 2011 piece from the Jehovah’s Witness publication The Watchtower considers apostates to be mentally diseased criminals who should be shunned and avoided. A frequent criticism of organized religion I and others voice is that religion often creates division. While creating division does not necessarily make particular religious ideas false, one can focus on the harm that […]

Selective action and prayer’s incompatibility with free will

I discuss the incompatibility of prayer with free will and difficulties Christians face in arguing for God’s selective action. Last month, in a piece titled ‘Prayer and the false cause fallacy,’ I argued against common reasoning Christians provide to argue for the efficacy of prayer – that because an event happens following a prayer we can […]