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May 2014

May 31, 2014

Last Chance To Sign Up For My Class On God’s Existence!

May 31, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “Are Moral Issues Too Subjective To Argue Over?”

The following originally appeared on Secularite as part of my "Empowerment Ethics" series, which now...

May 30, 2014

#YesAllMen Are Responsible

Last Saturday in California a young man carried out a killing spree that appears to...

May 29, 2014

Secular Coalition’s Lobby Day 2014 and Top 51 Must Read List

So, I just got an e-mail alerting me to two neat things from Secular Coalition...

May 29, 2014

“Gratified By Humiliating and Dominating A Helpless Human Being”

The connection between conservative religiosity and greater proneness towards corporal punishment and authoritarian parenting styles...

May 28, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “Does Everyone Mean Something Different By The Word ‘Good’?”

The following originally appeared on Secularite as part of my "Empowerment Ethics" series, which now...

May 27, 2014

Should Women Get “Menstrual Leave”?

Thought provoking, had never considered this before and I'm interested in Your Thoughts after you...

May 26, 2014

13:24: A Gripping Thriller About Religiously Justified Child Abuse

This is a guest post by George Waye of the blog Misplaced Grace. This post is...

May 26, 2014

Important Schedule Changes For My Summer Online Classes

As many readers know by now, I teach online philosophy classes available to the public....

May 26, 2014

The Deep Web and the Dark Web

NPR has a great feature on the so-called "hidden internet" where everyone from drug dealers,...

May 26, 2014

Honest Trailers: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Even though I loved the Star Wars prequels, I have also grown to love the...

May 25, 2014

How To Soften People’s Stances On Issues

The BBC has an article that puts experimental research behind advice I've long been giving...

May 25, 2014

XKCD’s Randall Monroe’s Ted Talk Answering “What If” Questions

The man behind XKCD, live, answering what about what would happen if a baseball were...

May 25, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “Is Morality Relative?”

The following originally appeared on Secularite as part of my "Empowerment Ethics" series, which now...

May 25, 2014

One Way To See Sisyphus Happy

Background. By Existentialist Comics. Your Thoughts? If you enjoy reading my philosophical blog posts, consider...

May 25, 2014

Elton John + System of a Down = “Crocodile Chop”

This mash up of some of System of a Down's vocals for "Chop Suey" with...

May 25, 2014

Feeling Old.

Some perspective: Take THAT Buzzfeed. Your Thoughts?

May 24, 2014

Handy Summation of Legal Limits on Prayer at Legislative Sessions

Greece v. Galloway gave much too much latitude for sectarian prayer at legislative meetings. (I'm against...

May 24, 2014

For The Bible Tells Me So, A Documentary Chronicling Conservative Christian Homophobia

Since Tuesday, I have been talking about the devastating impact of the conservative Christian church...

May 23, 2014

Ex-Muslims of North America Covered In The New York Times

My friend Heina Dadabhoy, who writes for Skepchick and is soon to have her own...

May 23, 2014

Islam Is Not A Race–But Anti-Muslim Bigotry Is Still Very Often Racist

As a particular sociocultural phenomenon, "New Atheism" is usually traced back to the anti-faith backlash many...

May 23, 2014

A Powerful Letter To Christian Homeschoolers

This letter by Darcy should be mandatory reading for the Christian parents who homeschool their...

May 23, 2014

How’d Women in Secularism 3 Go?

Jennifer Bardi wrote a recap of last weekend's Women In Secularism 3 conference, put on...

May 23, 2014

Ron Reagan Declares Himself An “Unabashed Atheist…Not Afraid of Burning in Hell”

A great ad for the Freedom From Religion Foundation! Here's the script: Hi, I'm Ron...

May 23, 2014

An Empirical Study of the Link Between Suicidal LGBT Youth and Religious Upbringing

On Wednesday, I published a piece placing some of the blame for the horrifying rates...

May 23, 2014

Are Solar Roadways The Future?

This is a well done and entertaining advertisement for an indie gogo fundraiser. I am...

May 22, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “Are Individuals’ Moralities Merely Personal?”

The following originally appeared on Secularite as part of my "Empowerment Ethics" series, which now...

May 22, 2014

My Appearance on Faith and Skepticism to Discuss “God’s Not Dead”

Faith and Skepticism is a podcast with both a Christian host named Jason Ramey and an...

May 21, 2014

The Gay Enemy Threat In The Christian Home

In this country we have an epidemic whereby 40% of homeless youth are either gay,...

May 21, 2014

My Apology For Losing My Temper On The Faith and Skepticism Podcast

Last night I was a participant in the pre-recording of a podcast (now available to listen...