Author Archives: chasdarwin
Evolution skeptics will soon be silenced by science: Richard Leakey
Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history.
Why Don’t TV Meteorologists Believe (sic) in Climate Change?
Climate scientists agree in vast majority that human-caused global warming is occurring. But most U.S. weather forecasters don’t. Why?
9 Great Freethinkers and Religious Dissenters in History
Here are some non-believers who left a profound mark.
Whose Blasphemy? The Atheist Case for ‘Religious Freedom’
From: Religion Dispatches By: Austin Dacy “It is hard to imagine a less hateful person than Alexander Aan. Mild and soft-spoken, the 30-year-old Indonesian bureaucrat recently told Al Jazeera, in an interview conducted just outside his jail cell, “As a democracy and part of the global community, because we are not isolated from the outside world, I [...]
How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking — and What That Means For Our Kids’ Future
The education of our children is a core cultural and political choice that reflects the deepest differences between liberals and conservatives.
Engels on the State, Family, Education and Sex
From: Political Affairs By: Thomas Riggins “ In the last chapter of his book Anti-Dühring, Engels treats of the state, family,education and sex by critiquing the views of the German “socialist” and professor Eugen Dühring‘s on these subjects. Dühring had created, on paper, a complete system of socialist governing thru means of collectives which, Engels has [...]
Religious Concern over growing secularism
It’s a movement that concerns Catholic leaders worldwide, including Pope Benedict XVI.
Should Atheists Slam Religion or Show Respect?
As the atheist movement expands, we need to consider whether non-belief will gain more traction if prominent atheists are more respectful of religion.
How Critical Thinkers Lose Their Faith in God
Religious belief drops when analytical thinking rises
The Consolation of Philosophy
An update by the author of “A Universe from Nothing” on his thoughts, as a theoretical physicist, about the value of the discipline of philosophy
