Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Readers of this blog and those paying attention to news important to secular Americans may be aware that Pennsylvania lawmakers have been notorious for — if not outright violating the Establishment Clause — blurring the line separating church and state. While sectarian Christian prayers have permeated House of Representative sessions (mentions of Jesus’ blood and […]
I recently spoke with Damion and Chas from Oklahoma Atheists for an episode of their podcast. This episode was recorded shortly after my resignation from the Pennsylvania chapter of the Secular Coalition for America and the surrounding controversy (which is one of the discussion topics). Here are the show notes for the episode: Last week, […]
The last weekend of September was extremely busy, fun, and rewarding. I had been invited to speak at NEPA BlogCon and the PA State Atheist/Humanist Conference which had taken place on Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend. Both conferences were fantastically organized; they were well-promoted, sold out or close to it, ran on schedule, […]
For immediate release October 4, 2012 – 12:15PM EST For more information, please contact Justin Vacula: http://www.skepticink.com/justinvacula/contact/ @justinvacula on Twitter Justin Vacula resigns leadership position with Secular Coalition for America Following a lengthy period of self-reflection and deliberation, I am freely resigning from my position as co-chair of the Secular Coalition for America’s Pennsylvania chapter. The […]
I’ve been waiting for the blogging network move in order to promote the newest episode of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast which I host. …so here it is! I interviewed Dr. David Kyle Johnson — assistant professor of philosophy at King’s College — concerning his newest paper titled ‘Natural Evil and the Simulation Hypothesis.’ We […]