Posts Tagged ‘ Secular ’

A Voice for the ‘Nones’ (Podcast)

August 15, 2012
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Edwina Rogers

Edwina Rogers

Executive Director Edwina Rogers Discusses the Secular Coalition for America’s Lobbying Efforts

Despite the pervasive religious privilege and influence in American culture and politics, the secular community is growing. The PEW Research Center recently reported that 19 percent of Americans identify with no religion. The Secular Coalition for American lobbies for this constituency in Washington D.C., led by Executive Director Edwina Rogers, who was hired in May. Rogers discusses the coalition’s 50-state expansion goal, the current presidential race, and her republican party affiliation and past, among other topics.

Silverman Video Added; Another MG Podcast in Works

August 2, 2012
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I just added the video of my recent podcast with Herb Silverman to YouTube. It features screen shots of Silverman’s most interesting statements. I received great feedback from listeners about this conversation, and I appreciate all those who listened and enjoyed it. I’m currently working on the next podcast – I have an interview schedule next week. Stay tuned.

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July 30, 2012

A Jewish, Yankee, Liberal Atheist Runs for Office in South Carolina

Click here to for a link to the Secular Coalition for American, and here for the group’s presidential candidate and congressional scorecards.

A Jewish, Yankee, Liberal Atheist Runs for Office in South Carolina (Podcast)

July 30, 2012
By
Herb Silverman

Herb Silverman

An Interview with Herb Silverman

Herb Silverman, president of the Secular Coalition for America, talks about his childhood as an orthodox Jew in Philadelphia, his eventual atheism, and his political career in the South. His new book, Candidate Without a Prayer, An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt, recounts his bid for governor of South Carolina in 1990, when he challenged a law that prohibited public office to anyone who denied the existence of a supreme being. His story is funny, poignant and intelligent.

The Demons Never Came (Conclusion)

June 22, 2012
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Deboarding the Jesus Train This is the conclusion of a multi-part series detailing my path from Christianity to non-belief. Click here to read the previous chapter, The Women-Hater’s Handbook. My previous post described the repugnance I felt while reading the Bible after more than 20 years since my devout Christian…

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The Demons Never Came (Part 3)

June 19, 2012
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The Women-Hater’s Handbook This is the third of a multi-part series detailing my path from Christianity to non-belief. Click here to read the previous chapter, From Religious Credulity to Healthy Skepticism. My previous two posts detail my Christian past, and how I eventually began to question my beliefs after the…

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The Demons Never Came (Part 2)

June 15, 2012
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From Religious Credulity to Healthy Skepticism This is the second of a multi-part series detailing my path from Christianity to non-belief. Click here to read the previous chapter, Why I Disliked the Family Dog. The Christian church comprised the bulk of my social life when I was young. When I…

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The Demons Never Came (Part 1)

June 13, 2012
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Why I Disliked the Family Dog This is the first of a multi-part series detailing my path from Christianity to non-belief. The Christian literature I consumed as a youth offered much for a young pre-adolescent American boy in the 1970s to be frightened of. Satan was alive and well, cruising…

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Christian Writer’s Childish Notion of ‘Secular’

May 8, 2012
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Writer Andrea Palpant Dilley left the Christian church at the age of 23. She rose in the middle of a sermon and walked out after leaning over to her father and whispering, “This is bullshit.” In a recent column for CNN.com she writes, More than just that sermon, I was…

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Killing Newborns, ‘After-Birth Abortion,’ Infanticide – My View

March 14, 2012
By
Peter Singer

No one will be happy after reading this post. No one should be happy after reading this post. Those with an over-active ability to emote may need to proceed with caution, as the subject I’m discussing makes even me, a professional misanthrope, a bit edgy. I recently took Christian apologist…

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Robert Fulghum, Kindergarten, and Morality

September 4, 2011
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Robert Fulghum, Kindergarten, and Morality

During dinner a few weeks ago, a friend of mine mentioned Robert Fulghum. We were discussing morality, and Fulghum’s name came up in the context of his popular poem, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, published in 1988. Fulghum served as a Unitarian parish minister in…

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