January 18, 2023 – Free Thought News

Wisdom of the SkepDoc: Harriet Hall, MD (1945—2023) Michael Shermer Skeptic

Read More Skeptic All of us at Skeptic magazine—along with those in the larger skeptical and scientific communities—are sad to announce the passing of Harriet Hall, M.D., widely known as the SkepDoc. Michael Shermer always looked forward to editing Harriet’s SkepDoc column, not only because she was such a lucid writer and critical thinker, but …

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FFRF: SCOTUS’ new USPS case signals more religious privileging danielle@ffrf.org (Danielle) 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 disheartened that the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear yet another case involving a Christian plaintiff seeking to broaden religious exemptions in the workplace. Late last week, the high court granted review in a …

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FFRF: SCOTUS’ new USPS case signals more religious privileging danielle@ffrf.org (Danielle) News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

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FFRF: Wis. conversion therapy ban reversal will cause needless harm danielle@ffrf.org (Danielle) 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 Madison-based national Freedom From Religion Foundation denounces Wisconsin legislators who have reversed a ban on conversion therapy, a discredited anti-gay practice favored by Christian fundamentalists and other religious extremists. Often targeting dependent minors, it involves therapists who actively attempt …

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Congratulations to MRFF on Merchant Marine Academy Victory and Growing Jewish Media Coverage from Chaplain, Col, USAF (Ret) Rabbi Joel R. Schwartzman: “Nachat!” MRFF Admin Military Religious Freedom Foundation

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Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation From: Rabbi Joel SchwartzmanSubject: Nachat!Date: January 18, 2023 at 8:48:48 AM MSTTo: “‘mikeyw4444@icloud.com’” mikeyw4444@icloud.com To sheb nachat is to garner honor. The MRFF’s efforts are gaining more and more recognition and honor in the Jewish media. I just saw a reference to the MRFF’s victory over the painting of …

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Remove insurrectionary Christian nationalist flag, FFRF tells Rep. Grothman danielle@ffrf.org (Danielle) 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 appealing to a home state member of Congress to get rid of a Christian nationalist flag associated with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., has a flag reading “Appeal to Heaven” flying …

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Testing Determinism Gary J. Whittenberger Skeptic

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Read More Skeptic The philosophical problem of free will and determinism—how can humans have any sort of volition in a world determined by the laws of nature?—has troubled thinkers since the time of the ancient Greeks, and here in the 21st century there is still no consensus among thinkers on a solution to the problem. …

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FFRF demands that Indiana sheriff halt inmate baptisms gfletcher@ffrf.org (Gregory Fletcher) 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 Immediately cease your unabashed Christian proselytizing, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting to an Indiana sheriff’s department. On Dec. 29, the Decatur County Sheriff’s Facebook page posted a series of photographs (see FFRF letter) displaying Decatur County Detention Center …

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Avoiding antisemitism when discussing the Jewish billionaire family bankrolling antivaxxers Aaron Rabinowitz The Skeptic

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For my final article about the Better Way antivaxxer convention in Bath, I want to discuss the relationship between antivaxxerism and antisemitic conspiracism. For years now I’ve written about the reverse Godwin effect and the overrepresentation of Jews in conspiracy narratives. In the eight months since I started this series, antisemitic conspiracism has had yet …

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Iran: More executions, more protests in Iran, UK and everywhere. Silence is inhuman, unethical and self-defeating AAI Blog Atheist Alliance International

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Read More Atheist Alliance International Submitted by Maryam Namazie. For more information, please contact her at: m.namazie@onelawforall.org.uk. On 7 January, Iran executed another two young men on charges of ‘spreading corruption on earth’ during the morning call to prayers. This time it was Mohammad Mehdi Karami, 21, a karate champion and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, 20, …

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