October 18, 2022

FFRF launches drive in dozen-plus states to preserve student rights apal@ffrf.org (Amit Pal) News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is tutoring each and every school district in over a dozen states not to violate student rights by misinterpreting a troubling Supreme Court decision. In June, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Kennedy v. […]

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Thousands of Meals Packed at the Women of Color Beyond Belief Conference! GO Humanity GO Humanity

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Read More GO Humanity We partnered with Black Nonbelievers earlier this month for a big food packing event at the Women of Color Beyond Belief Conference. 40 volunteers packed 6,048 shelf-stable, nutrient-dense meals for the Greater Chicago Food Depository food bank! A huge thanks to donors who pitched in $2,669 to make the event happen!

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AHA Celebrates 15 Years of Defending Freedoms in the U.S. Watch Our Anniversary Video and Read a Special Message from Ayaan Hirsi Ali The AHA Foundation The AHA Foundation

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Read More The AHA Foundation Note: this post was adapted from our October 2022 newsletter. Dear Friend, This is a very special day.

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Meet the New AHA Staff Member: Jasmine Banks Peter Bjork TheHumanist.com

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Please welcome the AHA’s new Communications Director, Jasmine Banks! What is your educational and work background? I have a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Communications, a Master of Arts in Community Counseling. I am also a certified early childhood educator, certified crisis responder, and former licensed associate counselor. How did you first learn about

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Misinformation Masquerading as Truth Jeff Dellinger Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science

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Read More Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! This is the time of year when many people are getting ready for Halloween. You may be getting ready for a costume party or stocking up on candy in anticipation of trick-or-treaters at your door. Most of our

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Rabbi Eva Goldfinger 2022 Recipient of Sherwin Wine Lifetime Achievement Award SHJ Society for Humanistic Judaism

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Read More Society for Humanistic Judaism SHJ is thrilled to announce that Rabbi Eva Goldfinger is the 2022 Sherwin T. Wine Lifetime Award Recipient. Rabbi Eva Goldfinger is a rabbi at Oraynu Congregation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Please join us for the celebration on Zoom, December

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Dopamine and religiosity: keep taking the tablets… Steve Donnelly The Skeptic

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This article originally appeared in The Skeptic, Volume 15, Issue 4, from 2002. I have always had great difficulty in understanding why so many otherwise rational and reasonable people have beliefs in aspects of the paranormal. Even more difficult for me is understanding the fact that some of my fellow scientists are also capable of

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Tim Palmer — The Primacy of Doubt: From Quantum Physics to Climate Change, How the Science of Uncertainty Can Help Us Understand Our Chaotic World Skeptic Skeptic

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Read More Skeptic Shermer and Palmer discuss: doubt and skepticism • when doubt slides into denial • uncertainty as a measurement problem vs. inherent in natural systems • contingency and necessity, randomness and law • the butterfly effect • the geometry of chaos • quantum uncertainty • weather forecasting • climate change • pandemics •

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