Full audio and some text from my HACS talk

On July 17 of 2012, I appeared as a special guest for a philosophy class titled “Atheism and the New Atheism” for students at Holy Apostles College and Seminary – an evangelical Catholic university in Connecticut. I delivered an opening speech and participated in a question and answer session which followed. The entire event lasted one […]

NEPA Freethought Society Podcast – Episode 11 – Interview with Ethereal Collapse

Episode 11 of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast is now available in video and audio format! Follow this link for the podcast through your method of choice. Podcast Topic: Joining us for this podcast — hailing from Wilkes-Barre, PA — are members of the melodic death metal band Ethereal Collapse. We discuss themes of philosophy […]

The vapid Christian response to the death of Tyler Winstead

(Image from Citizen’s Voice article) For those who are not from Northeastern Pennsylvania — or otherwise do not know — a 14-year-old boy named Tyler Winstead was recently shot and killed while walking home from playing basketball at a Christian Youth Center by an assailant who is still at large and unknown. Local media has described Winstead as a […]

“Debunked Science” admits of openness, progress

Persons who try to discredit science or otherwise are quite skeptical of the scientific enterprise frequently voice the following claim almost immediately betraying a very fundamental misunderstanding: You can’t trust scientific findings! Scientists got it wrong so much in the past and what we think was a fact constantly gets overturned! Everything we know today […]