Author Richard Dawkins will get you thinking about “god” and what you really believe about the “god” you believe in–or not. From the Crusades to 9/11, he argues religion has consistently been a divisive and oppressive force in the world....
Letter to a Christian Nation builds on Sam Harris’ previous book, The End of Faith, which puts forth a startling contention: that from religious fundamentalists to non-believing scientists, most people agree that science has nothing to say on the subject of...
In a recent Harris Poll, 54% of U.S. adults expressed skepticism about evolution, up from 46% in 1994. Evolution has also become a hot-button issue out there in the “culture wars.” Author David Sloan Wilson does a great job in defusing the evolution vs....
Without in any way demeaning human’s attraction to religion, anthropologist Pascal Boyer seeks to isolate its “biocultural” origins. Focusing on evolutionary biology and cognitive psychology, Religion Explained grounds religious experience in...
Written before The God Delusion, The Greatest Show on Earth is Richard Dawkins’ effort to put to rest any lingering doubts as to whether evolution might be “just a theory.” Dawkins assembles a case for evolution that is encyclopedic in scope, but...
@Paula_JKnight And trying to heal your inner child by having a child is a selfish act. To put that on a kid sure is not thinking about the kid first. One can argue that a person is not ready to have a kid Until they deal with healing their own inner child. #pronatalism
As you know ; ) points to the deep #pronatalist assumption that we are all supposed to want children. If we think we don't, we also don't know our own mind, bcz we will eventually realize we do want them. Hogwash, but so ingrained! twitter.com/ChildFreeBC/st…