The videos from Freethought Festival are out! Currently, this video from Dale McGowan has the fewest hits, which is a shame. It’s a wonderful talk on raising–not atheists–but real freethinkers, willing and able to grapple with all sorts of ideas.
This is a must-see for anyone who has a chance to influence kids.
Stephanie Zvan is one of the hosts for the Minnesota Atheists' radio show and podcast, Atheists Talk. She serves on the board of Secular Woman. She speaks on science and skepticism in a number of venues, including science fiction and fantasy conventions.
Stephanie has been called a science blogger and a sex blogger, but if it means she has to choose just one thing to be or blog about, she's decided she's never going to grow up. In addition to science and sex and the science of sex, you'll find quite a bit of politics here, some economics, a regular short fiction feature, and the occasional bit of concentrated weird.
Oh, and arguments. She sometimes indulges in those as well. But I'm sure everything will be just fine. Nothing to worry about. Nothing at all.
The joyce meyers section was scary. I’m with the guy yelling, “What!”. It’s quite possible that raising someone religious is really hard (impossible?) to do if they are also permitted to think. So many of the religious ideas are delusional; think about them as a kid and the game is over.
His overall direction is great. I’ve made it a point, however, to let my son know that the supernatural(magic) is never the actual mechanism for anything.
Dale is my Hero!
I really enjoyed that. Thank you for posting it here.
Indeed, a valuable lesson every parent should see.
The joyce meyers section was scary. I’m with the guy yelling, “What!”. It’s quite possible that raising someone religious is really hard (impossible?) to do if they are also permitted to think. So many of the religious ideas are delusional; think about them as a kid and the game is over.
His overall direction is great. I’ve made it a point, however, to let my son know that the supernatural(magic) is never the actual mechanism for anything.