FEATURED FREETHINKER Don Domanski: The Bard of Cape Breton
TWO NATIONS UNDER GOD: AN AMERICAN
PERSPECTIVE
Much like the Pledge of Allegiance in America, the Canadian anthem (O,
Canada) was originally created without any religious acknowledgements or undertones.
The official Canadian National Anthem, written in 1880, had no mention of a “God”
in its original lyrics…
CRITICAL
THINKING AMONG YOUNG ADULTS
For the
young adult mind, popularity is equated with value. Something that is popular
is perceived as being higher quality than something that is not. This attitude
bleeds over to philosophical concepts such as the truth about what is real and
what is not…
WHY
ATHEISTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE
Each
religion (at least all successful ones) has a built-in form of reward and
punishment system that ensures - to a high probability - that the beliefs and
practices are passed…
THE
NEXT STAGE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
Animals
have changed through natural selection but humanity will evolve because of
human selection and the choices human beings will make individually and
collectively…
EVOLUTION
AND RELIGION: ARE THEY COMPATIBLE?
Science tries to document the factual character of the natural world,
and to develop theories that coordinate and explain those facts. Religion, on
the other hand, operates in the equally important, but utterly different, realm
of human purposes, meanings, and values…
THE
HIJAB: MISGUIDED FASHION OR MISOGYNY?
When one sees a Muslim man wearing a light-coloured short-sleeved shirt
and no hat and his wife dressed in what appears to be a dark-coloured body bag,
and the temperature is over 30 degrees Celsius, is this attire really her
choice?
A
GHOST IN THE MACHINE: WHERE IS THE SOUL HIDING
The image of the brain that is familiar to most people - the organ of
convoluted gray matter, about the size of two fists held together - is actually
an image of just the cerebrum, the outermost and topmost area of the brain…
CONVERTING
TO CATHOLICISM TO TEACH
Unemployed, non-religious educators, are turning to Catholicism in an
attempt to secure a coveted teaching position, even if it means lying in
confession about whether they’ve had pre-marital sex…
THE
VATICAN’S NIETZCHEAN MOMENT
Central to Catholicism is the doctrine of Grace: the idea that a life
led in conformity with Catholic teachings, particularly through receipt of the
sacraments, confers on the individual soul the favour of God and, upon natural
death, the promise of everlasting life…
MAGGOTS
AND LEECHES IN MEDICINE: NASTY OR NECESSARY?
Nine years ago, a small cut on Mitchell’s left heel turned into a
diabetes-related infection two inches round and down to the bone. Another wound
developed in her right foot, owing to dry, cracked skin. Doctors tried
everything - creams, antibiotics - but nothing worked…
DARK SIDE OF THE SIMULATION ARGUMENT
Hawking has said that, “If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as
when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native
Americans”…
