Blog Archives for July, 2009
Nigerian Nightmare
Guest Blog from Norm R. Allen Jr.
July 31, 2009
A Humanist Conference in Nigeria Has Been Disrupted by Christian Fanatics
6 Comments
CFI’s Michael De Dora Jr. Pushes Secular Humanism on FOX News
Out of My Skeptical Mind with D.J. Grothe
July 31, 2009
Rarely do you hear the ideals of secular humanism so eloquently advanced on Fox News.
2 Comments
The Koran-The Official American Version
No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
July 30, 2009
Uncle Sam shouldn't be deciding which religious text is best.
4 Comments
Thought-Reader Banachek
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
July 30, 2009
Internationally known performer astounds
Secular invocation delivered at a meeting in Cobb County, Georgia
Guest Blog from Nathan Bupp
July 30, 2009
Ed Buckner, president of American Atheists, causes quite a stir.
The Transience of Hip
A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper with Ben Radford
July 29, 2009
A look at the "Must" list of a popular pop culture magazine from 2005 sheds perspective on fleeting fame
A Plea for Skepticism
It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 28, 2009
This fashionable nonsense about keeping an "open mind" must stop. An open mind knows when to stop believing.
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The Most Amazing Meeting
Out of My Skeptical Mind with D.J. Grothe
July 27, 2009
TAM 7 was an event to be remembered. Magicians, skepticism and community created the best convention of its kind.
9 Comments
Obama nominates Francis Collins to become director of the National Institutes of Health
Guest Blog from Nathan Bupp
July 27, 2009
Does Obama’s new nominee for director of the NIH believe that we must look to religion to explain our moral sense?
6 Comments
CFI Civic Days—On the Hill and In the Halls
Freethought from the Heartland with Reba Boyd Wooden
July 25, 2009
CFI Civic Days are an opportunity to promote the scientific outlook to our nation's decision makers.
Former President Jimmy Carter denounces the Southern Baptists again
It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 20, 2009
Jimmy Carter explains why no religion can justify any inequality of women, with special condemnation for Christianity and Islam
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The IIG Awards
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
July 16, 2009
Thanks from an award recipient
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Skeptical MonsterScience.org Web site & Podcast Launched!
A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper with Ben Radford
July 14, 2009
A new educational Web site about the science of monsters is now available: MonsterScience.org.
4 Comments
Free Speech Watch: Gagging in Ireland but blaspheming in Canada
It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 10, 2009
Ireland passes a bill criminalizing blasphemy. On the very same day, Canada affirms free speech.
2 Comments
Famous ‘Psychic’ Blindsided
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
July 10, 2009
Rosemary Altea fails to “see” self being scammed.
1 Comment
Michael Jackson, Larry King, and me
Guest Blog from Tom W. Flynn
July 07, 2009
An irrelevant (to say nothing of irreverent) reminiscence about the Kings of Pop and Talk
1 Comment
Not Islam v. Christianity, but Islam v. Humanism in Britain
It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 05, 2009
Bishop announces the Church of England is dying. The opposition to sharia law now rests with humanistic principles of democracy.
6 Comments
Crop Circles Evolve
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
July 03, 2009
England’s crop-circle formations prompt an iconological study.
2 Comments
The Secular and Secularism
It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 02, 2009
Philosopher Charles Taylor describes the meanings of the term "secular" and then discusses the future of the Secular.
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