The BC Humanist Association is commissioning a poll of British Columbia to determine religious identity, belief in God, and views on how religion should intersect with government and education. The BC Humanists are aware that Canada is drastically under polled when it comes to religion. There is no reliable data … Continue reading
Sara Mayhew: Creating Skeptical Heroes
Sara E. Mayhew is an international award-winning manga artist, writer and illustrator. AtheismTV presents Sara’s Eschaton 2012 talk: “Creating Skeptical Heroes.”
One Publicly-Funded School System in Ontario
1,144 people have signed the petition to encourage the Ontario Legislature to adopt legislation to establish a single, non-sectarian, publicly funded school system made up of English and French language school boards. 1,144 people is a miniscule fraction of the population of Ontario. Does this mean that the majority of … Continue reading
“After God: What Can Atheists Learn from Believers?”
The question, “What Can Atheists Learn from Believers?” in the title of a March 27th article in the New Statesman deserves a one word answer: nothing. However, the Friendly Atheist feels that While [the] answers will make some of you cringe, they really do make a lot of sense — … Continue reading
Bad Science Watch Stop Nosodes Project
Bad Science Watch has launched its Stop Nosodes project Homeopaths and naturopaths that use homeopathy in their practice offer preparations called “nosodes” that they claim, among other things, are capable of preventing infectious diseases. Using homeopathy for this purpose is known as “homeoprophylaxis”. Some homeopaths even claim that nosodes can … Continue reading
Update: CFI Canada and Office of Religious Freedom
The text of an April 4, 2013 CFI email follows: Dear Freethinkers, This morning CFI Canada Board Chair Kevin Smith and National Director Michael Payton met with Dr. Andrew Bennett, Ambassador of Religious Freedom in a historic meeting to discuss the growing number of international cases of atheist discrimination … Continue reading
Atheist Spirituality
Twitter is a gold mine of information; unfortunately, some of the information is fool’s gold. Last night BC Humanist @BCHumanist tweeted “Is this for you? A new forum for exploration of the meaning of spirituality for atheists” and provided a link to Atheist Spirituality: A Forum for Exploration of the … Continue reading
Jesus and Mo Wednesday
Mo uses gallows humour to answer Jesus’s question: sword Seriously, a bad back can put you out of action for weeks. On a related note, help get this apostate’s book into every school library in England and Wales.
No Free Lunch
Yesterday, Larry Moran at Sandwalk announced, I’m going to a meeting (Responding to 21st Century Atheism) on Saturday, April 13. Are you going? What a coincidence! Another Canadian Atheist writer and I are going as well. We signed up in January. The course costs $50.00 and does not include a … Continue reading
New Book on Bullying Education and Prevention
Three top experts in the study of bullying and bullying prevention have recently published [Bullying Prevention: What Parents Need to Know ] a new book for parents who are concerned about the society-wide problem, which affects children of all ages. The authors, Wendy Craig, Debra Pepler and Joanne Cummings, are the … Continue reading