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Toward a Science of Morality

Sam Harris
May 7, 2010

Print: The Huffington Post

Sam Harris elaborates on his theory of scientific morality, in a rebuttal to a critique by physicist Sean Carroll.

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Why teaching abstinence is secularly healthy!

Teaching self control is secularly healthy!
March 30, 2010

Print: Newsweek

Congress loves abstinence-only programs so much it has thrown big bucks at them. The public? It’s got better ideas.

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Science can answer moral questions

Sam Harris
March 28, 2010

Video: TED Talks

Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can—and should—be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.

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What would You Substitute for the Bible as a Moral Guide?

Robert Ingersoll
March 16, 2010

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Ingersoll describes in detail why he does not find the Bible to be a moral guide.  He illustrates his point with examples from various books and teachings within the Old and New Testaments.

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There is No God

Penn Jillette
October 27, 2009

Print: NPR's Morning Edition

Penn Jillete discusses the lack of evidence for God and the richness of life based on reality rather than the supernatural.

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Does Morality Derive from belief?

IAtheists
September 28, 2009

Video: Israeli Atheists

A short explanation on why morality does not derive from scriptures and a comic pictoral montage.

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Top Myths About Atheism & Atheists: Answers, Refutations, Responses

Austin Cline
September 3, 2009

Print: About.com

The author discusses misconceptions about Atheism, including that “Atheism is a Denial of God That Requires Faith,” “Atheists Lead Meaningless Lives of Despair Without Love or Beauty,” “Atheists Worship Satan, Themselves, Money, or Some Other God,” and more.

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Adam Carolla on Atheism

Adam Carolla
August 9, 2009

Video: YouTube

Adam Carolla discusses being an atheist.

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What If All Atheists Left America?

Mark
August 9, 2009

Video: Proud Atheists

What would happen if all atheists left America?

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A challenge to atheists and anti-theists: stop talking about God

by Kris Hartung
July 24, 2009

Print: Examiner.com

Kris Hartung argues that atheists should abandon talk of God all together and take a different approach. He argues the talk of God legitimizes the concept further and creates an “either or” scenario that is hurting the chances of progress.

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Good books?

Danny Postel
July 21, 2009

Print: The New Humanist

What can humanist parents use in the battle against religious indoctrination? Danny Postel investigates.

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Thoughts of God

by Mark Twain
July 2, 2009

Print: Mark Twain Papers Series University of California Press

A harsh critique of god from a master of the written word and fellow atheist.

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MORAL INFLUENCES IN EARLY YOUTH. MY FATHER’S CHARACTER AND OPINIONS

by John Stuart Mill (1873)
June 19, 2009

Print: AUTOBIOGRAPHY

In this writing, the British Philosopher Mill recounts his childhood education at the hands of his father James Mill, also a philosopher and historian.

Daniel Dennett - The Genius of Charles Darwin: The Uncut Interviews

Daniel Dennett
June 7, 2009

Video: YouTube

Richard Dawkins interviews Daniel Dennett for BBC TV series “The Genius of Charles Darwin”

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Secular Believers - 6/6


May 28, 2009

Video: BBC Learning Zone

BBC special on secularism.

Secular Believers - 5/6


May 28, 2009

Video: BBC Learning Zone

BBC special on secularism.

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May 28, 2009

Video: BBC Learning Zone

BBC special on secularism.

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May 28, 2009

Video: BBC Learning Zone

BBC special on secularism.

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May 28, 2009

Video: BBC Learning Zone

BBC special on secularism.

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BBC Learning Zone
May 27, 2009

Video: YouTube

BBC special on secularism.

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