Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Michael Nugent, writer and chair of the advocacy group Atheist Ireland, has authored a blog post addressing a recent Youtube video I uploaded. I recently provided advice for people sharing controversial opinions to reduce the negative feedback they experience on the internet. I will respond to Nugent’s post, addressed to me, which has two questions. I will […]
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 […]
The following is a special guest post from Dr. David Kyle Johnson – Associate Professor of Philosophy at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre. Johnson has contributed chapters and edited books for the Wiley-Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, appeared on a live episode of the Rationally Speaking podcast at NECSS 2012, appeared on an episode of the […]
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 […]
