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I have great respect for Richard Dawkins read a number of his books and some of Darwins. I am wondering if someone could answer this question?1.)How did gender evolve at the beginning of life on...
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Any advice for me? My little daughter fears death. She's worrying about the day her mam and dad will die. She has constant nightmares. Do you know about a book we could...
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The Australasian school in which I work has offered to host a presentation by Academy Conferences http://www.academyconferences.com/ that will be attended by some of my school's students and others from around the city. This is...
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Maybe succession isn't the right word, and maybe this sounds like a silly question, but I've been wondering where the younger spokesmen are for the subjects that men like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Christopher...
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In the last several decades, it's no secret that the post-modernists have reduced the education system into a drivel of pointless coursework — logical assessment has been replaced with an emphasis on feelings over facts, promoting...
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Good afternoon all, I am writing a paper on the modern evolution taking place in humans to address the questions by most creationists; "If humans evolved, why arent they still evolving?" As...
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Does anyone have recommendations for books introducing evolution theory to young children, aged 4-10? Obviously, I am perfectly willing to read to them, and explain the pictures in the book. There are many books telling bible...
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Growing up Christian (and then turning to Mormonism), my parents always completely rejected (and still do) Evolution in any way, shape or form. Although I was always quite spiritual etc, in the back of my mind...
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I have recently been applying for head teachers posts. Can I declare my atheism and still fulfill the spiritual requirements imposed upon schools? For example we have to provide collective worship. How can I do...
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Well, I would take the liberty of raising the question how to react to the trends we are seeing here in Russia. Teaching biology is only one of the points worth mentioning. Just recently a...
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I was first brought to consider this by a question one of my year 10 students asked me during an RE lesson. “Miss, what do you think about abortion?”, she said. I paused....
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Hello all,I know by the title of this post you might say why did you do that, but for my son, the school we have sent him to was the best option for him in...
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I've come to ask you folks for a bit of advice and information, but let me give you the context before making the request.I'm in a medical ethics course at a private Catholic university. In almost...
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What role should television play in promotong secularism, atheism, or freethought? Should we have our own cable network, much like many religious entities do? Should we have a syndicated program to air every Sunday morning...
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Perhaps some of you have already read about a case in Colorado in which the parents of a transgender girl (born boy, identifies as girl) of six are suing* for her right to use the...
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As I have indicated in other posts (some published some yet to be), I work at a very prominent Canadian University as administrative support staff. Recently I was informed of the following policy at my...
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Bertrand Russell is someone whom I have found to be of great inspiration. While I am sure many of the readers here will be more than familiar with him, I wanted to share a quotation...
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Hi Everyone. For my first ever post, I'd like to ask thoughts & opinions on an uncomfortable predicament that I face. I live in the Philippines (I'm not actually Filipino) and, as you're no doubt...
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As far back as I can remember I’ve always had a phobia for all things religious. However through the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune I’ve found myself teaching 6th grade Astronomy at a Catholic...
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I'm looking for some comforting words to tell our 6-year old son. We don't believe in an afterlife and don't want our children to believe in this either. (We do allow him to believe in...
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I have been distraught by a deep moral issue lately. There is no way I will ever teach, or let my children follow religion. But I commonly relate religion and santa clause. I have been...
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Hey everyone,I'm an 8th grade science teacher. We will be coming up in a couple of months in my curriculum on geologic time and evolution. I have been looking for some sort of a graphic...
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I work with a group that teaches science online via YouTube animations. Our past projects have dealt with the topic of genetics which is typically not a religiously controversial...
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It is possible to have free higher education (with many other improvements in the civic enterprise). We do not have to suffer under the current system of institutions (universities/colleges), governments (federal/state or province) and unions...
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Hi there,I was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to recommend me a book on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. I have scoured the web and the books that I have found are not very...
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I wonder if anyone has given any thought to developing a course to educate people to the world of realism and atheism. What I am thinking of would be a step by step "course", designed...
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Hey everyoneI'm from India and recently moved to Dubai for work. I've majored in Biological sciences and back in India I was assisting geologists in their excavation projects, from those trips I happened to learn some geology, paleontology etc,...
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Hey, I have an unusual request: does anyone know of any texts by Christopher Hitchens that have been translated into Arabic?I ask cos I know an Arab fan of Hitch - she has seen him on...
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I just noticed that 'Big History' that teaches everything from the Big Bang to evolution to modern day is being brought into high schools through a Bill Gates funded project. Looks pretty good. Hope it...
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If there was one magazine on Science/Evolution/Physics or all of the mentioned that is a must read, what would you choose? I'm not just talking about paper, internet sources are great too.I've been reading so...
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Please check out this BBC article, written by former UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, about the Day of Action planned for Malala Yousafzai and the other 32 million girls in the world who are denied...
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I teach Science at a secondary comprehensive school in the UK. As part of my teacher training, I previously had to teach at a Roman Catholic School. Having to teach evolution as 'just' a theory and the slant on...
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Hello all,This is my first post and it concerns bringing up my child. I have tried looking up all this stuff on the internet and discussing these issues with friends, but I also wanted to ask...
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At a recent Richard Dawkins convention, I (an animator) met hip hop artist Anthony Danzl. Over a quick chat after the convention we realized that both of us were feeling a need to branch out...