Next week I’ve been invited by the Unitarian Fellowship of Regina to give a talk on secular parenting. Here’s the little blurb I wrote for it: Growing up godless: Strategies for the 21st century secular family A 2008 survey found that 1 in 4 Canadians don’t believe in God. Another … Continue reading
Darwin Day 2012
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — Darwin Day (February 12th), and a time for us all to celebrate SCIENCE! Here’s a list of events going on around the country (feel free to add some that I’ve missed in the comments): Friday, February 10th in Ottawa: Evolution and … Continue reading
re·ject
As it’s Oscar season, I’m busy catching all the nominees for the best picture — which means I caught the critically acclaimed ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin‘ (which I was sure was going to be nominated in some way, but wasn’t .. and that’s a subject for another post). … Continue reading
Atheist cinema, part 1: for apostates
I’m hoping to have a regular series of posts of film recommendations for atheists and nonbelievers. Feel free to give some suggestions in the comments! A couple weeks ago Café Apostate took our usual monthly meeting to the movies, and we watched the film Higher Ground. Here’s the trailer. I … Continue reading
Three jeers for Christian charity!
In response to the American Atheists “What myths do you see?” billboards, the Catholic League just launched a new holiday campaign of their own — Adopt an Atheist: Today we are launching our “Adopt An Atheist” campaign, the predicate of which is, “We want atheists to realize that there may … Continue reading
‘Tis the Season
This holiday season, give the Salvation Army kettles a pass and give to a secular charity instead! Here are some ideas to get you started: A huge list of atheist, non-theistic, freethinking and secular charities by ThinkAtheist.com Give a microloan to someone in a developing country by joining Kiva.org’s lending … Continue reading
Secular family resources
One of the bigger shortcomings in the Canadian atheist community (in my humble opinion, of course) is the lack of resources/groups for secular families. As far as I know, there’s only one secular parenting group in Canada (though I would LOVE to be corrected in the comments!). That said, I … Continue reading
Help for the disadvantaged middle-class white man
In the past I’ve had my share of run-ins with Men’s Rights Advocates, so when I saw this article in The Star, my interests were piqued: Men are the new underclass. The article features a picture and quotes from the former Executive Director of CFI Canada, Justin Trottier. A few … Continue reading
“But you don’t have to take MY word for it!”
[hopefully someone out there will get my Reading Rainbow reference] Last weekend was the Texas Freethought Convention, and I was able to vicariously enjoy parts of the gathering thanks to social media. An article of interest popped up that described Christopher Hitchen’s appearance at the convention. It’s his first public … Continue reading
Happy Blasphemy Rights Day!
What heretical ways will you celebrate? In 2009, the Center for Inquiry started the Blasphemy Day event (didn’t our own Katie Kish help start it?) to commemorate the anniversary of the publishing of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons. We all remember how well those cartoons went over, don’t we? No idea … Continue reading