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That Old Time Secularism by Hiram Crespo 9 May 2013 | 04:15 am
As the annals of history have it, in the sixth century Emperor Justinian had all the schools of philosophy that competed with Christianity finally closed. This was the last we heard of the Epicurean S...
Higher Power by James Orbesen 17 Dec 2012 | 01:48 am
Before I left the house for school or to see friends, my mother would always tell me to be good. She said it with the finality of a goodbye. Be good. She had done her best to keep me good. But she was...
Living Without an Afterlife by Doug Muder 25 Jun 2012 | 07:52 am
A few weeks ago I found myself at a funeral where no doctrine of the afterlife was preached. No one assured us that the deceased was with Jesus now, or in a better place, or had moved on to another in...
A Marvelous, Godless Universe by Jonathan Bellot 4 Jun 2012 | 06:56 am
One of the most persistent criticisms against giving up one's religious views I encounter is that the world would thereby become bleak, dull, meaningless, absurd, a place more worthy of death than lif...
Loving-Kindness on the Brain by Rick Heller 16 Apr 2012 | 11:50 am
Paul J. Zak is founding director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University. He has a Ph.D. in economics from University of Pennsylvania, and post-doctoral training in n...
Reason Rally 2012 by Siobhan Riordan 5 Apr 2012 | 09:38 am
Leaders within the secular community speak often about the shape of the secular movement today and its pressing need for organization. One main focus is on the widespread lack of affiliation the movem...
Science Fiction vs. The Bible by Paul Chiariello 19 Mar 2012 | 10:45 am
We need more Science Fiction. The world that we find ourselves in is changing too fast to rely on genres that look backwards for their answers. So as a society we need something that will engender hab...
Less Than Paradise by Jonathan Bellot 26 Jan 2012 | 06:19 pm
There are times I think the postcolonial condition in my island has made it neo-medieval. This is not a condemnation. Rather, it seems to describe a world where the majority has little to no opportuni...
Humanism in a Religious Education Curriculum by Paul Chiariello 21 Dec 2011 | 04:46 am
It is true the UK has a smaller population of church-goers than the US, but that doesn't mean the country lacks its own debates over how religion should play out in society. As always, education is a ...
Beyond Meditation by DT Strain 19 Dec 2011 | 04:47 am
Many Humanists, atheists, freethinkers, and other naturalists are beginning to discover some of the advantages of meditation. Meanwhile modern science, aided by developments in technologies that can m...
