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2015-10-08T11:23:24-05:00

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Catching the rainbow

Last updated on: October 8, 2015 at 11:23 am By Dale McGowan

| By Dale McGowan | Our family has a longstanding relationship with the speed of light. We take care never to exceed it, for one thing, no matter how tempting. But there’s more than that. I had all sorts of light-related fascinations when I was a kid — that light had a speed at all, and that it was so unimaginably fast, yet also finite and measurable. I knew the moon was a light-second away, the sun eight light-minutes, and... Read more

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2015-10-01T07:30:00-05:00

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The Planned Parenthood Debate 101: What You Need to Know

Last updated on: October 1, 2015 at 7:30 am By Guest Contributor

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Most people know about the Planned Parenthood debate. But not everyone understands just how important it is in terms of American politics. Read more

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2015-09-29T13:26:18-05:00

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Does a Liberal Humanism Follow from Atheism?

Last updated on: September 29, 2015 at 1:26 pm By Guest Contributor

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Does being an atheist imply anything about one's ethics or politics? Read more

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2015-09-24T13:18:17-05:00

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Carl, Francis, and Elizabeth: A Church/State Test

Last updated on: September 24, 2015 at 1:18 pm By Guest Contributor

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Is the U.S. visit of the head of the Catholic Church one big church-state violation? The answer is more interesting than you might think. Read more

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2015-06-30T14:04:43-05:00

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Anti-Theists and Diplomats: The Roundtable

Last updated on: June 30, 2015 at 2:04 pm By Dale McGowan

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Earlier this month, Peter Mosley and Kaveh Mousavi described why they identify as anti-theists, and James Croft and Steve Neumann described why they identify as atheist diplomats. The series concludes with the four together in a roundtable. Read more

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2015-06-30T14:12:49-05:00

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Listening to the Atheist Diplomats

Last updated on: June 30, 2015 at 2:12 pm By Dale McGowan

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Are anti-theists and diplomatic atheists really like the cartoons they draw of each other? Read more

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2015-06-30T14:13:54-05:00

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Listening to the Anti-Theists

Last updated on: June 30, 2015 at 2:13 pm By Dale McGowan

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How best to approach religion and the religious is one of the central questions among atheists. At one end of the spectrum is the “firebrand” or anti-theist, usually defined as an atheist who goes beyond disbelief to actively oppose religion. Anti-theists generally see religion as harmful, and see diminishing or ending religious influence as a desirable goal. At the other end are atheists variously referred to as “faitheists,” accommodationists, or diplomats — those who emphasize cooperation and finding common ground with the religious. This... Read more

2015-03-13T05:37:21-05:00

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How to Reconcile God and Evolution…and How Not To

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 5:37 am By Dale McGowan

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“We need to bring everything in our lives under the Lordship of Christ, and that includes our science.” Okay...but if science calls the very foundation of that lordship into question…what then? Read more

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2015-08-10T07:17:08-05:00

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Evolution is Our Story

Last updated on: August 10, 2015 at 7:17 am By Guest Contributor

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And what a story it is. Read more

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2015-01-29T07:41:24-05:00

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Breaking out of the silo

Last updated on: January 29, 2015 at 7:41 am By Dale McGowan

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[Fourth in a series on communication. Start at the top.] Two of the corners of my life in which I am the least siloed — in which perspectives and opinions bump against each other most — are family and Facebook. In most other ways, my family and Facebook are profoundly different. My extended family’s mix of perspectives is a received fact, and one for which I’m grateful, especially as a parent. By contrast, the diversity of my Facebook friends results from... Read more

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