Harvard University’s radio station did a nice story on the upcoming New Humanism conference. The reporter, Alyce de Carteret, spoke to Greg Epstein, the Harvard Humanist Chaplain; Amanda Shapiro, president of the Harvard Secular Society; and myself. You can download the piece here (MP3). (Guess which one of us did the interview by phone?) [tags]atheist, atheism, New Humanism, Harvard University, Alyce de Carteret, Greg Epstein, Humanist Chaplain, Amanda Shapiro, Harvard Secular Society, Hemant Mehta[/tags] Read more
While we’re talking about new blogs, here’s one by Professor Stephen D. Solomon of New York University. Solomon went to Georgetown University for law school and has a new book coming out late next month: Ellery’s Protest: How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer is about Ellery Schempp. If the name isn’t familiar to you, here’s a brief description of who Ellery is: On November 26, 1956, Ellery Schempp protested mandatory Bible reading and… Read more
Everyone say hello to Atheist’s Wager, written by a newbie to the blogosphere! In his first post, we read: I have been an atheist since I was twelve years old. Most of my friends are atheists too, so sometimes I forget that most people have a belief in God. I’m not much for political correctness and rarely censor myself, but I don’t go around provoking religious people. There is very little to be gained by arguing with those who have… Read more
If you live in Minnesota, you have no excuse for missing my lecture tomorrow in Roseville at 1:30 p.m. (CST)! Even the Star Tribune newspaper’s Faith & Values section is promoting the event. Glad that settles it. See you all tomorrow! [tags]atheist, atheism, Minnesota, Star Tribune, Faith & Values, Pamela Miller[/tags] Read more
When I was the president of Students WithOut Religious Dogma, the first group for non-religious students at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), we wanted to plan a big event during our second year of existence. The biggest atheist in the news at the time was Michael Newdow, right in the heat of his lawsuit to remove “Under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. I thought it would be amazing to have him speak at our school. I emailed… Read more
