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I am an evolutionist who studies all aspects of humanity in addition to the biological world, as I relate in my book Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives.
In addition to my academic research, I manage a number of programs and
websites for expanding evolution beyond the biological sciences in
higher education(EvoS),
public policy formulation (The Evolution Institute),
community based research (Binghamton Neighborhood Project)
and the study of religion (Evolutionary Religious Studies).
Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
My wife Anne and I have accumulated an assortment of mugs that occupy a shelf of our kitchen cabinet. All of them perform the same function of holding hot liquid, but we seem to have developed a complex system for...
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Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
In addition to this blog, I write a monthly column for Big Questions Online, which is sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation. My latest column, titled "Rich Man, Poor Man", shows how poverty is not the root of all problems...
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Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
Imagine playing chess with someone who insists on continuing after his king has been taken. Or imagine a basketball game where the losing team insists on continuing after the final buzzer has sounded. These vignettes are so absurd that if...
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Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
Meet Connie Barlow and Michael Dowd, who deserve the "odd couple" award in the most charming possible way. Connie was a science writer in her earlier life whose books include Green Space, Green Time and The Ghosts of Evolution. Michael...
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Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
Wine connoisseurs on a budget often have a bottle of "the good stuff" that they reserve for special occasions. I feel like celebrating the conclusion of my Stealth series by breaking out the equivalent of a fine bottle of wine.
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Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
Sacred texts such as the Bible say so many things that almost any position can be supported by selecting the right passages. So it is with scientific hypotheses. In Stealth III, I listed six plausible scientific hypotheses about the nature...
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Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
Those who are following my Stealth blogs have been on the edge of their seats, waiting to know the true nature of religion (see Stealth III for details). It is a superorganism? A form of exploitation? A disease?
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Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
Is there any scientific (i.e., empirically verifiable) evidence for the existence of supernatural agents that intervene in natural processes?
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Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
My previous post attracted 250 comments, putting atheism right up there with Britney Spears as one of the most newsworthy issues of our day. Seriously, there are important issues at stake with the New Atheism movement, meriting a follow-up blog....
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Category: Atheism as a Stealth Religion
In today's polarized world, the conflict between atheism and religion is shaping up to be the fight of the century.
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