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West Michigan Freethought Group on the Move
The West Michigan Freethought Association is making big changes. This thriving group of skeptics, non-believers and freethinkers in West Michigan has now become the official Michigan chapter of the Center for Inquiry, an international organization whose purpose is “to promote and defend reason, science, and freedom of inquiry in all areas of human endeavor.” This is a major step for an organization that has grown from only a few members to several hundred over the last decade.
West Michigan Freethought Group on the Move Ed Brayton Wednesday, October 3, 2007 The West Michigan Freethought Association is making big changes. This thriving group of skeptics, non-believers and freethinkers in West Michigan has now become the official Michigan chapter… More »Author: Religious fights not all about God
Secularism is not new, says Susan Jacoby, a former Washington Post reporter and author of seven books.
Contrary to claims of today’s “right-wingers,” American political discourse has always included appeals to reason outside of religious belief, she said. It was no accident that God is left out of the U.S. Constitution, she said.
Download PDF »Scientist Dismayed by Creationist Tactics
Elsberry said intelligent design proponents continue to find new ways to interject a religious-based theory of life’s origins into public school science classrooms. He said those efforts include inserting intelligent design curriculum in philosophy classes and morphing the name of their movement from creationism to scientific creationism to intelligent design.
Scientist Dismayed by Creationist Tactics Saturday, July 21, 2007 By Paul R. Kopenkoskey The Grand Rapids Press GRAND RAPIDS—Wesley Elsberry couldn’t shake off the dismay he felt four years ago while touring a museum dedicated to the belief in a… More »Evolution Education Why Bother
Understanding the nature of science is central to a quality science education. Science is more than a collection of facts, theories and formulas as science involves a process of empirical exploration of our natural world by which we seek to explain observed phenomena with reference to natural law e.g., laws of chemistry, physics, biology, etc.. A struggle faced by all science educators is one of attempting to balance breadth versus depth in the coverage of their curriculum. All too often the victim of such balancing acts is the instruction in the nature of science beyond the rote recall of the scientific method in its many morphs.
Download PDF »Author tells of the healing, hurtfulness of religion
GRAND RAPIDS—Religion has been a source of repression as well as of comfort to women around the world, according to Nancy Falk, a recently retired comparative religion professor from Western Michigan University.
Falk, who recently spoke at a gathering of the Freethought Association of West Michigan, told of Lily, the producer of a New Delhi television show, whose husband ran off with another woman.
