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Once again thumbing my nose at the publishing guidelines for Canadian Atheist, I am cross-posting the summary I wrote on this event here. Readers should be aware that I was not present at any of the described events. What follows is my amalgamation of the impressions of a diverse group of skeptics working in different [...]
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Movie Friday: Spooooooky ghoooooosts!
October 29th, 2010 
Crommunist Because it’s almost Hallowe’en, I thought I’d take a bit of a side-trip from my usual topics and talk about some good old-fashioned non-religious superstitious nonsense. Yep, I’m talking about ghosts: Part 2/6 Part 3/6 Part 4/6 Part 5/6 Part 6/6 Many of you probably don’t know Derren Brown. I say this because up until [...]
Priestly abuse not unique to RCC
October 28th, 2010 Crommunist I sat on this story for a while, because I was hoping to find something to connect it to. Unfortunately, nothing appeared in the past couple of weeks, so I present it here on its own: An archbishop who has held positions in a number of Canadian communities has stepped down amid allegations of sexual [...]
Some Hallowe’en crapitalism
October 28th, 2010 Crommunist So I realize it’s not actually Hallowe’en, but I don’t care. I’ve explained before why it’s important to fight against belief in superstition – in order to co-operate with each other we need to use transparent and reality-based mechanisms. If we instead rely on dewy-eyed “respect” for each other’s ridiculous beliefs, we can end up [...]
More good news for free speech in Asia
October 27th, 2010 Crommunist …which is a title I find myself shocked to be writing. I’m not so young that I don’t remember the Sri Lankan “civil war” under President Suharto. The entire region was destabilized by sectarian violence that was a combination of ethnic and religious conflicts crystallizing in violence. I am, however, far too young to remember [...]
Another interesting development in China
October 27th, 2010 Crommunist It’s a major understatement to say that I’m far from an expert on Chinese culture (Major Understatement *salute*). However, the bits and pieces I do know suggest to me that their is a tradition that gives far more credibility and respect to elders than we do here in North America. That is why I find [...]
Bolivia doesn’t have a race problem
October 26th, 2010 Crommunist Okay, now I’m stretching the point a bit… Bolivia actually has a long history of racial problems. Much of Central and South America is still reeling from Spanish colonial rule. With only a handful of exceptions, the economic and political power in these countries are held by people of Spanish descent. Bolivian President Evo Morales [...]
New Zealand doesn’t have a race problem
October 26th, 2010 Crommunist Those of you who are newcomers to this blog (I honestly have no idea how many new people there are from day to day, but the numbers are gradually getting larger so I can only assume…) won’t understand the context of the title of this post, or the 4 or 5 others in this series [...]
The joy of the godless (parte the firste)
October 25th, 2010 Crommunist I was recently accused by a commenter of being the wrong kind of atheist: There is a difference between the honest atheism of the nihilist, who believes there really is no God and acknowledges the implications of such, and the self-delusionary humanism of the New Atheist, who does not really mean what he says when he [...]
Special Feature: I speak at New Bright Lights
October 23rd, 2010 Crommunist Welcome Pharyngulites and redditors! Please make sure to check out the preamble to this post before watching the videos. Many of you are probably aware that I was invited to speak about race, racism and its relevance to the skeptical movement at the beginning of the month. The event was part of a lecture series [...]
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