Day: May 31, 2008

Barker Versus D’Souza By Dan Barker It was a strange feeling to be standing in the pulpit of a church again–but I was not preaching. I was in Harvard’s Memorial …

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Why We Chose Humanism By Harold Saferstein  My wife and I were both brought up in orthodox Jewish families. I was bar mitzvah’ed and my wife was bat mitzvah’ed (as …

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By Annie Laurie Gaylor One of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s many distinguished members happens to be David Randolph, conductor of the famed St. Cecilia Chorus, which, despite its inherited …

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By Rochelle Weiss Please answer the following questions. 1. Does a good righteous person strive for peace in this world? Jesus didn’t. In Matthew 10:34, Jesus states, “You must not …

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By Arturo Vivante Distinguished author Arturo Vivante submitted this article shortly before his death at age 84 on April 1. We are honored to be publishing Mr. Vivante’s story for …

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By Barbara Walker Anthropologists and archaeologists have ascertained some general trends in pre-patriarchal societies, worldwide, that show decided contrasts with our own civilization. Dr. James DeMeo sums them up in …

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