Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Youtube user ‘Vincen Levine’ released a strange video titled “Defend My Faith” in which two Christians accuse up-and-coming atheist speaker Dr. Peter Boghossian of demagoguery and intellectual abuse. This video has it all: ominous music, oddly placed text, and — to top it all off — a cardboard cutout of Dr. Boghossian.
I recently had a debate/discussion with Christian fundamentalist Pastor John Murray from Tree of Life Christian Fellowship Church at NEPA Pridefest 2012 (an LGBT festival) in Kingston, PA. Murray and fellow churchgoers arrived to preach to/protest at NEPA Pridefest 2012. We chatted for about 45 minutes about homosexuality, faith, theological fatalism, free will, the problem of […]
Episode 12 of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast is now available! Below is information copied directly from the podcast’s page: Podcast Topic: The episode – largely a discussion between Dr. Boghossian and the podcast’s host Justin Vacula – covers three interrelated topics: what religious faith means and why it is, as Boghossian calls it, a […]
Diversity initiatives in higher education, with the intent to foster harmony and understanding of others, seemed to have undermined some of the primary goals of higher education: leading students to critically self-reflect and hold justified true beliefs. Some diversity initiatives have reinforced the very harmful idea that disagreement is disrespectful and have also assented to […]
Philosopher Peter Boghossian will be appearing on an episode of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast that will be recorded on May 5 and released on a future date. Boghossian will be discussing practical strategies that listeners can use to combat faith and promote reason and rationality. He will be specifically addressing effective strategies to challenge […]
