Read More American Ethical Union For our latest All-Society Platform on July 24th at 12pm ET, we will be celebrating the importance of volunteerism to the Ethical Culture movement….
Read More American Ethical Union For our latest All-Society Platform on July 24th at 12pm ET, we will be celebrating the importance of volunteerism to the Ethical Culture movement….
Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation Dear Mickey, To the guy who threatened to kill all MRFF members, please ensure he has my name as well. While not on your roster of members, I am a fellow traveler. (name withheld)
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This article originally appeared in The Skeptic, Volume 15, Issue 3, from 2002. Loch Ness Monster – bunkum; yeti – a Himalayan bear; Bigfoot – a man in a monkey suit. In Why People Believe Weird Things, Michael Shermer compiled a little list of “popular ideas” without scientific support and included amongst other things “Bermuda
In Search of Monsters? A defence of cryptozoology Charles Paxton The Skeptic Read More »
Read More Skeptic Shermer and Bloom discuss: “Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes” — Jane Elliott famous racism experiment • reactions to it (in the classroom, locally, nationally, internationally) • whether the “experiment” was really more of a demonstration • public interest, from Johnny Carson to Oprah Winfrey • the questionable ethics of the experiment • what it reveals
Read More Skeptic The Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice positions on the contentious abortion issue outline the terms of the debate. In this article Michael Shermer defends the position of choice and women’s reproductive rights as the most moral and rational position, even while acknowledging that Pro-Life proponents have good arguments. Ultimately this issues comes down to
Abortion: The Case for Choice Michael Shermer Skeptic Read More »
Read More Atheists for Liberty There’s a saying: “Don’t think of a pink elephant.” In other words, what one resists can dominate and even control one’s mind, making the action a person wishes not to do the action that person ultimately does. Religious believers often use this accusation against atheists. We allegedly “resist” or “deny”
Atheists Should Have No Secular Devil Kristine Harley Atheists for Liberty Read More »
