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Download PDF »One in 10 People Profess Non-Religious Beliefs
Professor Luke Galen, an associate professor of psychology at Grand Valley State University, conducted both a local and an international survey of Center for Inquiry members that sought to identify a profile of the non-religious demographic. Galen presented the results of his surveys in a lecture, “Who Are You: Profiles of the Godless from the Non-Religious Identification Survey,” hosted by CFI at the Women’s City Club in Grand Rapids.
According to research conducted by the Gallup Organization, nine out of 10 Americans identify with a specific religious tradition, with 90 percent of this group professing faith in some form of Christianity. Statistics such as these are far from surprising,… More »GVSU Professor Lays Blame for Global Warming
Figen Mekik, an associate professor of biology at Grand Valley State University, presented a lecture titled “Global Warming Is Your Fault!,” where she discussed the scientific evidence for climate change and how it can be linked to human activity.
In the midst of bitter wind chills and continuous snowfall, the subject of global warming may not be a frequent topic of discussion. Nevertheless, in a lecture held Wednesday at the Women’s City Club in downtown Grand Rapids, Figen Mekik,… More »Schools still split over evolution, creationism
LANSING—Fifteen billion years ago the universe began, with the largest explosion of all time that created everything that exists today. As time progressed, molecules created by atoms became more complex, until a molecule came about that could crudely copy itself. This molecule, created unintentionally, copied itself through time until the process became more elaborate, then sprung slowly evolving forms of life. Or so says the perspective of science.
However, some private schools don’t teach evolution and natural selection while teaching creationism instead.
LANSING—Fifteen billion years ago the universe began, with the largest explosion of all time that created everything that exists today. As time progressed, molecules created by atoms became more complex, until a molecule came about that could crudely copy itself.… More »Movie Opens Discussion of Religious, Nonreligious views
After watching “Religulous,” the new Bill Maher movie that gleefully rips religion limb from limb, a group of religious skeptics gathered at a TGI Friday’s last week to celebrate the event. For many of them, Maher’s mockery of religious faith was a kind of coming out for their besieged minority of atheists and agnostics. They were out in force on opening night, helping to fill a theater with more than 75 members of the self-described free-thinking West Michigan Center for Inquiry.
After watching “Religulous,” the new Bill Maher movie that gleefully rips religion limb from limb, a group of religious skeptics gathered at a TGI Friday’s last week to celebrate the event. For many of them, Maher’s mockery of religious faith… More »
