In the year before his death in 2017, retired literature professor Richard Lettis compiled many of his thoughts on atheism, as well as the convictions of philosophers, poets, and scientists, living and dead, on the topic. The result is “A-Theism: Believe It or Not.”Read More
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What Can You Believe If You Don’t Believe in God?
By Michael Werner I grew up in an area so Catholic that I had never met anyone or didn’t even know anyone who wasn’t Catholic. One day a Protestant family moved in down the street, which was the same as saying they were Pagans to me. You see, my vision of them came from seeing […]
Reflections on “What can you believe if you don’t believe in God?”
Friends, Michael Werner, past President of the American Humanist Association, gave a moving talk today entitled, “What can you believe if you don’t believe in God?” which is also the title of his new book (which you can read more about here). Werner explained that his talk is not an argument for atheism because atheism is all about what you don’t […]
Speaking of Ethics: Living a Humanist Life
Author: Joseph Chuman (CreateSpace, North Charleston, S.C., 2014) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn On the cover of Joseph Chuman’s Speaking of Ethics, a silhouetted male figure holds a bullhorn in his right hand. With his left hand extended, index figure pointing upward, he rallies his troops. Women and men gesticulating wildly join him in protest. Action […]
Mortality
Author: Christopher Hitchens (2012, Twelve, Hachette Book Group) Reviewed by Theresa Forsman Christopher Hitchens took on death much the same way he took on life—with an unsparing, combative gaze, an absence of sentimentality, and a deep need to figure it out by writing it down. Mortality is what he had to say about […]
Ethical Culture Is Not Atheism, But What Is It?
By Dr. Joseph Chuman, leader, Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County What I want to do for my first address of the new season is what I have always done, and that is speak of Ethical Culture directly. It is my opinion, and I believe a well-grounded one, that Ethical Culture strives to shape […]
