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Category: Commentary

Commentary

James Croft: The Fierce Humanism of Amanda Gorman’s “Earthrise”

James Croft, Humanist and Leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis, thinks that Amanda Gorman‘s poem “Earthrise” is “the finest Humanist poem ever written – and it was written …

Commentary / Conspiracy theory

Paul Braterman: We cannot ignore young Earth creationism conspiracy theory

Why creationism bears all the hallmarks of a conspiracy theory A replica of Noah’s Ark from the biblical tale at the Ark Encounter theme park in Kentucky. Lindasj22/Shutterstock Paul Braterman, …

Commentary

Greg Epstein: A truly inclusive vision of America recognizes the nonreligious, too

At our program earlier this month with Greg Epstein, the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, he mentioned that he was writing an opinion piece for The Boston Globe on …

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Freethought Quotes

  • “It is clear, then, that if Negroes got their conception of religion from slaveholders, libertines and murderers, there may be something wrong about it, and it would not hurt to investigate it. It has been said that Negroes do not connect morals with religion. The historian would like to know what race or nation does such a thing. Certainly the whites with whom Negroes have come into contact have not done so.”
    by Carter G. Woodson, historian, author, founder of Negro History Week (now Black History Month)
    https://kurtz.institute/news-commentary/religion-and-the-mis-education-of-the-negro
  • “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. ”
    by H. L. Mencken
  • “Don’t blow your one and only shot at happiness by selling your birthright and squandering your meaning and purpose on someone else’s undeserved glory. Live your own life. If you are reasonable and kind, you will discover that meaning is not handed to you from on high; it emerges naturally from your own life-driven purpose.”
    by Dan Barker, co-President of Freedom From Religion Foundation; co-Founder of The Clergy Project
    Life Driven Purpose: How an Atheist Finds Meaning
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