Science Network, an educational organization based in California, recently sponsored a La Jolla, California conference entitled “Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason and Survival.” According to this article, the conference rapidly escalated into an invigorating intellectual free-for-all.” You can watch videos of the sessions here. The speakers were numerous well-credentialed scientists…
While Americans were enjoying the companionship of family and friends on Thanksgiving day, secular violence continued in Iraq, with more than 230 people either killed or found dead. One attack alone claimed 161 lives. America might have taken away Iraq's dictator, but we appear to have exchanged tyranny for genocide, which raises…
Here is a link to a 2006 documentary called "The Root of All Evil? - Part I," narrated by Richard Dawkins. In this elegantly written and presented documentary, Dawkins does not mince words. He explores the seductive beauty of religion, as well as the damage that religion, especially fundamentalist religion,…
Here's a short video of Richard Dawkins recently answering this question.
According to this article, some airlines are starting to enforce policies that children shouldn't be seated next to unrelated men, because you never know what might happen . . . Frances Kemp booked an aisle seat on a recent British Airways (BA) flight because she had a bad leg that…