It will be a few more days until I revive the endless debate on the radio. My scheduled appearance on CIUT tomorrow has been pre-empted by another more urgent discussion.
If I’m confirmed for next week I’ll let you know.
So enjoy sleeping in tomorrow (but don’t blame me if you skip work).
In my old age, I get forgetful. I forget that while I have made my stance on religion very clear in a number of writings elsewhere on teh interwebz, readers here may not be familiar with that stance. It is therefore easy to confuse my irritation and frustration over the … Continue reading
Don’t say Canadian scientists never stood up to a bully. The union representing hundreds of federally-employed Canadian scientists has just launched PublicScience.ca in an attempt to bring awareness to the work they do and fight back against restrictive censorship that’s been placed on them by the Harper government. What’s the … Continue reading
So, you might be wondering what an atheist could possibly get out of a multi-faith conference about Faith. This is a good question, and it is exactly why I went. I wanted to know, and I was curious to hear how each faith rep would spin this faith-rescuing agenda. Central … Continue reading
This is not my attempt to rekindle the debate that’s still raging in the comments of three posts (I won’t link to them, but you can find them in our archives), but I do want to discuss two related topics. First, over at HuffPo, Chris Stedman adds his two cents … Continue reading
The voting has begun in the final round of the Canadian Blog Awards and we need your help to get Canadian Atheist into the #1 spot. To help you vote, I’ll even embed the poll right here: Be sure to go over to their site and vote for and discover … Continue reading
There is a really tiresome lie that gets a lot of play, even among the atheist community. That lie is that religious folks just want to be left alone to practice on their own, and that atheists should just pipe down and not be so hostile to religion. After all, … Continue reading
Check this out: Bad Religion lead singer, UCLA professor of biology and past Humanist of the Year Greg Graffin was on NPRs Science Friday last week to discuss his new book “Anarcy Evolution: Faith, Science and Bad Religion in a World Without God.” It’s a really interesting clip, although they … Continue reading
You know what’s not a big deal but almost seems like it should be: today (or yesterday depending where/when you’re reading) was the first time Canadians elected a Muslim as mayor. Even more shocking, it was in Calgary, Alberta. I’ll even admit that I’ve been rooting for him as I’ve … Continue reading
Thanks to everyone who helped support Canadian Atheist in the preliminary round of the 2010 Canadian Blog Awards. With your support we’ve made it to round 2, the finals. I’ll post when voting opens for round 2, but until then give yourselves a nice pat on the back.