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A Community in Dialog- An Interview with Rana Ahmad by RDF Germany
Oct 13, 2016 · 1Rana Ahmad is a Syrian, born and raised in Saudi-Arabia. After she discarded her religion, she had to escape because she was threatened with death by her family and the government. Five years ago Rana started to read books by Richard Dawkins, Darwin, Nietzsche, and Voltaire. This changed her view on the world and her …
Life Driven Purpose, pg 55
Oct 11, 2016 · 29“I think most believers are good people. Although religious doctrine is generally irrational, divisive, and irrelevant to human values, some religions have good teachings sprinkled in with the dogma, and many well-meaning believers, to their credit, concentrate on those teachings. Surveying the smorgasbord of belief systems, we notice that they occasionally talk about peace and …
The Necessity of Secularism, pg 11-12
Oct 3, 2016 · 12“What is the point of my life?” This question cannot have haunted many people in earlier centuries; they were too busy scratching out a living, providing food and shelter for their families, fending off threats to their health and security. But now that we have pretty well solve the most pressing problems of staying alive, …
Coming Out Atheist, pgs 99-100
Sep 27, 2016 · 10“But some families will go in the other direction. Rather than ignoring or denying the reality they’re not happy with, some families will actually force the issue. They’ll pressure their family members to confirm their religiosity – often because they already suspect that it’s weakening or gone. In doing so, they force the nonbelievers to …
Women Beyond Belief – A Book Review
Sep 26, 2016 · 49Editor’s Note: Here’s another excellent review by Alexis Record, who keeps up with secular literature and is kind enough to share her reading experiences with us. I wish I had read this book when I was interviewing non-believing clergy. It would have confirmed what I was finding – all deconversion stories are not alike. Why …
Question of the Week – 9/21/16
Sep 20, 2016 · 51The U.S. presidential debates will begin on Monday, September 26. If you could have the moderator ask any question of the candidates, what would it be? Our favorite answer wins a copy of A Brief Candle in the Dark by Richard Dawkins (no repeat winners). And please don’t forget to send in your submissions for …
This Week in Science (Sept. 11 – 18)
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The complete tree of life on a single page
Sep 16, 2016 · 9OneZoom – UK Charity 1163559 For immediate release 15th September 2016 The complete tree of life on a single page Charity ‘OneZoom’ unveils a beautiful and comprehensive guide to the evolution of life on earth, encompassing almost two million species. The freely available online resource aims to do for the living world what Google Earth …
Necessity of Secularism, pg 81
Sep 12, 2016 · 27Long ago, Plato, in his dialogue Euthyphro, exposed the fundamental flaw in the first role assigned to God, that is, God as moral dictator, a being whose word defines what is right and wrong. Here is the dilemma that exposes the flaw. Either there is a way for us to determine what is right and …