In which one of my students takes on the issue of conversion therapy, and whether or not homosexuality is a mental illness.
Category Religion
In which one of my students shines the light of reason onto the dark and shady world of “reparative therapy.”
In which one of my students takes a trip through history to Nigeria to look at the origins of the idea of a zombie and reports on the scientific investigations looking into Vodun zombism.
In which I review Jacoby’s latest book, focused on the great Robert Green Ingersoll, forgotten icon of American freethought.
In which one of my students turns the light of science on and shines it at the topic dream analysis and interpretation.
The film Unstoppable is the latest installment of Kirk Cameron’s many video and film projects that attempt to appeal to Christian youth and to much broader popular tastes in film. Read on to see the context of what the film is trying to accomplish, and how it falls short.
In which I, a jokester, deconstruct the “atheist on an airplane doesn’t know shit” joke and show the problems therein.
One common problem that many people face today, regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof, is how to be a good parent. I think this is quite understandable since, unlike many species, we don’t seem to have a full set of “parental instincts” built into our biology. Sure, you might have to carry around a flour sack for a week in high school or have a brief introduction to developmental psychology in an introductory psychology course, but very few of us have direct instruction in how to be a good parent.
In which the Secular Therapy Project reaches 2000 clients in the first year of operation!
(Fairly relevant image, and also really fun game)
Since I was fairly young (pre-teens, certainly, although I can’t put an exact date on it), I have been fascinated by mythologies of all types. The earliest ones I was exposed to were the Greek and Roman myths, quickly followed by Egyptian stories and Norse sagas. Thanks to growing up in Oklahoma, I also got lots of early exposure to Native American stories, particularly ones from the Kiowa tribe. Reading stories like the Epic of Gilgamesh and learning more and more about comparative mythology was a critical step in my road to embracing a naturalistic worldview.