by skepticalseeker | Jan 6, 2013 | Atheism, Meaningfulness, Morality, Skepticism, Spirituality, Uncategorized
To live more rationally. It’s not really a New Year’s Resolution, but something that has been on my mind a lot lately. What does it mean to live the life of Reason? Yea, I capitalized it, though that seems a bit archaic and, well, 18th century. I am not a...
by skepticalseeker | Dec 1, 2012 | Atheism, Skepticism, Uncategorized
“Stop questioning me!” “What do you mean by ‘questioning’?” “STOP IT!” I don’t know how my times I was warned against questioning growing up. The first time I heard the word, I didn’t even know what was meant...
by skepticalseeker | Nov 12, 2012 | Atheism, Skepticism, Uncategorized
This past weekend, I attended Skepticon 5 with my husband and around 1,500 fellow atheists, skeptics, and Freethinkers. This is the second time we have attended the free (yes, FREE), student organized conference in Springfield, MO, and we were not disappointed. For...
by skepticalseeker | Jul 28, 2012 | Activism, Atheism, Skepticism, Uncategorized
Continuing with the speaker summaries and reviews from part 1… Brian Barnes Brian Barnes spoke about a model for critical thinking provided by the Foundation for Critical Thinking. Most people do not closely examine their own thought processes and rather blindly...
by skepticalseeker | Jun 30, 2012 | Activism, Atheism, Skepticism, Uncategorized
Here is the promised post from three weeks ago about SkeptiCamp Kentucky 2012. I will be reviewing the speakers that I heard, though unfortunately I wasn’t feeling well that day and missed the last four talks. First, an explanation of what a SkeptiCamp is. These...
by skepticalseeker | Apr 21, 2012 | Atheism, Skepticism, Uncategorized
I listened to a Thinking Atheist podcast last week. The title of the podcast was “Proof that God Exist,” which is the title for the website of the Christian apologist who was the guest speaker, Sye ten Bruggencate. The guy is a presupositionalist who...
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