Accommodating Perspectives
I was at CFI Ontario recently and was bored so I started thumbing through a recent edition of the “Humanist Perspectives” magazine, mostly because a lead story in the magazine was about separate...
View ArticleCan we call humanism a religion?
Currently, the only place in Canada where humanist officiants exist and perform weddings is in Ontario (correct me if I’m mistaken). In most provinces, weddings are relatively heavily regulated, and...
View ArticleBanned Assisted Suicide Commercial
This commercial, posted by Bulletproof Courier, ties into my post from a few weeks ago stating that the right to die is the next battle that humanists should step up to defend. It was created by Exit...
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The Council for Secular Humanism 2010 Conference: Or, why are humanists so old?
This last weekend I attended The 30th Anniversary Conference of Free Inquiry and the Council for Secular Humanism in Los Angeles, CA. This was my first atheist/humanist/freethinker type of conference,...
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Gnu Atheist Questions
By Andrew Komar The factually challenged wingnuts over at the Discovery Institute have asked the scary new atheist movement some questions. I’ll do my best to answer them, but if the courtier’s reply...
View ArticleDecember dilemma, revisited
A couple weeks ago I wrote about my qualms in preparing a December celebration party for our secular parenting group. Part of my worries were thinking that educating kids about religious...
View Article“Snip the Snip”
Selected articles from Free Inquiry magazine are online. In the article, “Snip the Snip”, featured in the Faith and Reason section of the magazine, Edan Tasca argues against male circumcision using a...
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The Ten (Liberal) Commandments – from NYT circa 1951
My buddy sent me this. I thank him, for it is truly inspired. I need not add anything; but felt absolutely compelled to share. Take from it what you will: It originally appeared in the December 16,...
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CFI Canada Mourns the Death of Humanism Giant and CFI Transnational Founder...
I would like to share with you CFI Canada’s beautifully written email honouring the memory of Paul Kurtz: Paul Kurtz 1925-2012 The Centre for Inquiry Canada is saddened to announce the death of Dr....
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Are You a Humanist?
Are You a Humanist? I scored 90% on the Humanist Quiz: We calculate you are 90% humanist. You are a humanist or very close to humanist thinking. Many people are, often without even knowing it! P Z...
View ArticleIs secularism unprincipled?
Canadian Ian Pollock, writing an article for Rationally Speaking, asks an intriguing question: Is secularism unprincipled? (Note: because this isn’t a philosophy blog, I have to stress that Pollock is...
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