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May 20, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “Is Morality Just Culturally Relative?”

This is a new installment of my "Empowerment Ethics" series. Anthropologists, sociologists, historians, social psychologists,...

May 19, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “Is Morality Just Subjective?”

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

May 19, 2014

Study the God Debates in Philosophy, Ethics, Gender/Sexuality, or Secularism This Summer Online With Secular Thinkers

This post is about both my independent videoconference philosophy classes and about Secular Leader Online...

May 17, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “How Can Atheists Condemn Rape Without Theistic Moral Absolutism?”

This blog post is a new installment of my "Empowerment Ethics" series, in which I systematically explain, develop,...

May 16, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “Can Morality Mean Something Other Than Absolutist Morality?”

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

May 15, 2014

When God Or Religion Come Up, Should You First Identify As An Atheist Or A Humanist?

This post is about how atheistic humanists should go about presenting their relationship to religion...

May 14, 2014

My Responses To Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Remarks On Philosophy

Recently Neil DeGrasse Tyson made some controversial comments dismissing the value of philosophy for scientists...

May 13, 2014

“Why Do Outspoken Atheists Care So Much About What They Don’t Believe In?”

Why are we so outspoken about what we don't believe in? Because it stands in...

May 13, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “Is Empowerment Ethics Atheistic?”

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

May 12, 2014

In Defense of the Honestly Atheistic Approach to Conservative Christians

Recently I wrote about how when I deconverted I essentially leapt straight from devout biblical literalist...

May 12, 2014

What A Fair and Balanced Debate on Climate Change Would Look Like

John Oliver illustrates a key point effectively at the end of this video. It's not...

May 12, 2014

Join Me In The 5th Circle of Atheist Hell

Andrew at Laughing At Purgatory explains my place in the fifth ring of atheist hell: Fifth Ring...

May 11, 2014

Blot Mom

by Ryan Lake of Chaos Pet Happy Mother's Day everyone! Your Thoughts?

May 10, 2014

Dear Fellow Atheists, STOP Saying Christians Believe God is a Bearded Man in the Sky. They Don’t.

So, I'm an atheist blogger and a professional philosopher. So this puts me in the...

May 10, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “How Can We Find External Criteria To Assess Morality’s Truth and Authority?”

The post below is part of a series of posts and originally appeared on Secularite. My...

May 09, 2014

“God’s Not Dead” Fans, I Dare You To Study The Existence of God With Me, a Real Atheist Philosophy Professor.

New Classes in January 2015! Enroll Now! Select a Weekly Class Time and Click Subscribe...

May 08, 2014

Morally Bad Atheists Don’t Refute Atheism

On Monday I wrote a post in which I argued that since Christians claim that...

May 07, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “Who Is Anyone To Tell Others What To Do?”

The post below originally appeared onSecularite. My inaugural "Empowerment Ethics" post was greeted with the...

May 07, 2014

A Debate Whether Death Is Final. (With Sean Carroll and Steve Novella on the Skeptical Side)

Sean Carroll's description: This is an Intelligence Squared debate, which is a series of Oxford-style formal debates...

May 06, 2014

Philosophical Advice For A Lesbian Atheist With Religiously Homophobic Future In-Laws

Dear Dr. Fincke, I am at a complete loss when it comes to my future...

May 06, 2014

Becoming Alert to Conservative Protestant Sexual Abusers and Their Enablers

Last night I listened to the new Reasonable Doubts podcast, which included a detailed account of the case...

May 05, 2014

“You Must Have Mistakenly Left The Perfect Christ Because The Fallible Church Hurt You”

One of the very most irritating things Christians do is infer that all those who...

May 05, 2014

Please Use This Song

The latest parody song from the brilliant Jon Lajoie: (H/T: Wade Anes) At the recent...

May 04, 2014

Empowerment Ethics: “What Is Empowerment Ethics?”

I am a moral philosopher developing a distinctive approach to humanistic ethics, within the larger...

May 03, 2014

A One Woman Band, Kawehi Covers “The Way You Make Me Feel”

In response to the cool video I posted earlier today in which Anthony Vincent sang...

May 03, 2014

1 Katy Perry Song In 20 Styles (From Nirvana to Sinatra to Michael Jackson and more)

Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs has struck on a novel formula. He has taken...

May 01, 2014

For The Doubters

As many in the atheist community and even beyond us know, The Clergy Project is...

May 01, 2014

Empowerment Ethics is Coming to Camels With Hammers

I'm moving the Empowerment Ethics series from its own blog to Camels With Hammers. Every...

May 01, 2014

An Amazing Tribute To Breaking Bad

This tribute by Alexandre Gasulla stands as a kind of interpretation of Breaking Bad, not...