Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Leo Igwe, a fellow at the James Randi Educational Foundation, recently wrote about a popular story concerning murder and torture of a woman in Papua New Guinea who was accused of sorcery. According to Igwe, Papua New Guinea is a hotbed for beliefs about sorcery and hundreds of people are murdered annually because of these […]
A trusted anonymous source has sent me a press release from the Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network (PPN) with headlines Atheist Mom Touts Next Generation for Free Thinkers and Pennsylvania Pastors’ Network Cites Unbelief of the Rising Generation as a Threat to Liberty and Freedom. The press release responds to a recent piece on CNN.com which […]
Discussions with proponents of theistic religions, from my experience, can often be difficult to ‘get off the ground’ because of various ‘conversation stoppers.’ Rather than addressing objections and questions being voiced concerning specific claims, variations of ‘I have a right to my own opinion’ and ‘respect my beliefs’ (which I discussed in an episode of […]
Herb Silverman, the president of the Secular Coalition for America and author of the autobiographical book “Candidate Without a Prayer,” was recently interviewed for episode 97 of the Angry Atheist Podcast hosted by Reap Paden. Silverman discusses his book, his motivation for founding the secular coalition for America, separation of church and state, morality, what […]
The Times Leader — a newspaper from the Northeastern Pennsylvania area — frequently contains letters to the editor from local readers who expostulate about what they consider to be the evils of homosexuality, abortion, healthcare, President Obama, gay marriage, and much more while insisting that the main problem in the United States is godlessness. One […]
