Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
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 […]
Blogger Stephanie Zvan recently published a blog post containing a great deal of philosophical confusion following blogger PZ Myers’ philosophical confusion. In this post — a response to Myers and Zvan’s post — I discuss what an argument is and talk about thought experiments with hope to dispel all of this confusion. I previously commented on atheist […]
A local newspaper, the Citizen’s Voice, has published my letter to the editor concerning my upcoming “Does God Exist?” debate with Catholic philosopher Dr. Ronda Chervin on August 19. Hopefully many local people (from Northeastern Pennsylvania) will tune in and theistic callers will interact in the question and answer session following the debate. For more […]
I recently received a handwritten ‘thank you card’ from the Secular Student Alliance concerning my recent speaking/panel appearance at the 2012 annual Secular Student Alliance conference in Columbus, Ohio. I was invited to speak about my experiences as a non-religious student on religious college campuses (King’s College and Marywood University) and my failed efforts to […]
I published a new article for Examiner.com titled “Westboro Baptist Church responds to new military funeral legislation.” Read the first paragraph of the article below and click the above link for the full story. President Obama recently signed legislation which places restrictions on protests of military funerals. New legislation, the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring […]