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Author Archives: John C. Snider
Podcast #177 – Trouble in Lumpkin County
There’s trouble in Lumpkin County, with a capital T that rhymes with P and that stands for Prayer! At least fifty students and four teachers at Lumpkin County High School (north of Atlanta) ditched class for SIX HOURS to participate … Continue reading
Posted in children, christianity, civil rights, podcast, religion, religious rights
Tagged lumpkin county, prayer
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Podcast #176 – Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia
We interview Susan Gerbic, coordinator of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia, an international team of writers and editors whose goal is to ensure that skeptical topics on Wikipedia are fair, accurate, and have the level of detail they deserve. Those interested … Continue reading
Posted in children, interviews, podcast, religion, skepticism
Tagged guerrilla skepticism, susan gerbic, wikipedia
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Letters to a Young Scientist
Whether you’re “young” or not (for that matter, whether you’re a scientist or not), who wouldn’t want a little advice from E. O. Wilson? Dr. Wilson (and shame on you if you’ve never heard of him!) is a biologist and … Continue reading
Posted in books, evolution, science
Tagged e. o. wilson, letters to a young scientist
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Podcast #175 – Frans de Waal (The Bonobo and the Atheist)
We interview Dr. Frans de Waal, world-renowned primatologist and author of The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism among the Primates (available in hardcover and for Kindle). In this new book, he looks at the pre-human basis for morality, how human beings … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, books, ethics, evolution, interviews, podcast, religion, science
Tagged 911 cross, bonobo and the atheist, frans de waal, resolution 494
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Podcast #174 – Religious Belief and Hardcore Criminality
We interview Dr. Volkan Topalli, co-author (with Dr. Thomas Brezina and Mindy Bernhardt) of the new research paper “With God on my side: The paradoxical relationship between religious belief and criminality among hardcore street offenders,” just published in the February … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, civil rights, ethics, gay rights, interviews, podcast, religion, science
Tagged criminology, green street umc, rob portman, volkan topalli, with god on my side
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The Lord Is Not on Trial Here Today
If you haven’t heard of Vashti McCullom, you should have. She was the force behind the landmark ruling McCullom v Board of Education, in which the Supreme Court ruled that religious teaching in public schools was unconstitutional. A few years … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, civil rights, history, movies, religion, religious rights
Tagged the lord is not on trial here today, vashti mccullom
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Capuchin monkey loses his shit
I’ve been reading primatologist Franz de Waal’s new book The Bonobo and the Atheist (highly recommended!), in which he discusses, among other things, research that implies that morality predates homo sapiens and is not now exclusively a human characteristic. One … Continue reading
Has Michelle Shocked gone nuts?
I was a big fan way-back-when of East Texas singer/songwriter Michelle Shocked, but I never particularly held her up as any kind of role model or anything. Plus… I always just assumed she was Of Alternative Sexuality. But who cares? … Continue reading
SCOTUS declines KY Homeland case
Well, this is disappointing. The Supreme Court has declined to hear American Atheists vs. Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. As a reminder, the Kentucky legislature passed a law back in 2002 that required the Executive Director of the Office of … Continue reading
Posted in civil rights, politics, religion, religious rights
Tagged kentucky homeland security, scotus
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Podcast #173 – Chip Walter (Last Ape Standing)
We interview Chip Walter, author of Last Ape Standing: The Seven Million Year Story of How and Why We Survived, an excellent new summation of the best current understanding of human evolution. It’s available in hardcover and for Kindle. For … Continue reading