Daniel Sampson

Center for Inquiry launches Living Without Religion multimedia campaign

The Center for Inquiry has launched a national multimedia campaign to push the message that it is possible to live a moral and happy life without religion.The campaign kicked off on March 1st with a series of advertisements on...

Four in Ten Americans Believe in Creationism Only

According to a Gallup poll released last week, when asked about the origins of human life four out of ten Americans said they believed in the Creation story as presented in the Bible. The poll conducted over the phone presented...

Fighting Words: Why Conversations about Religion Always turn Nasty

There are few conversations as reliably contentious as those involving religion. A discussion of a given faith and its vices and virtues is very likely to end in discord, with one or all parties becoming increasingly agitated. Even a general...

Center for Inquiry DC Fourth Anniversary and Fundraiser

The DC branch of the Center for Inquiry is celebrating its fourth anniversary on Saturday, November 13th. The event will be held in the Langston Room of Busboys & Poets' 14th Street location, and will include a full...

Event Review: Sam Harris at George Washington University

Science makes its business in discovery, in essence it is the search for truth and the explanation of the world around us. However, it has not, up to this point, concerned itself with moral questions. Many scientific advancements are the...

Free Speech for All - Even the Westboro Baptist Church

I consider myself a First Amendment absolutist and, as such, I believe the expression of all viewpoints (no matter how unpleasant) should be protected under law. This week the Supreme Court is reviewing a decision to throw out a civil...

Event Review: Richard Dawkins at Howard University

The second panel discussion of the day at Howard Universities Cramton Auditorium was an affair marked more by its affable nature than for anything else. Rounding out the panel alongside Richard Dawkins was Anthony Pinn, Professor of Religious Studies at...

Event: Parenting Beyond Belief - Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

One of the most enduring philosophical debates is over the source of morality. Where does the impetus to live a good life, and to treat those around you with kindness and consideration, come from? For some, morality is innate, an...

Opinion: Florida Church Reaches New Low with Qu'ran Burning

Religious antagonism has reached a new low with the pledge from a Florida church to publicly burn "several hundred" Qu'rans this Saturday, 11th September, the ninth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in...

Video: Secular Coalition for America - Stand Up for Fact-Based Education

The Secular Coalition for America has released the latest in its series of videos calling attention to, and asking for support of, secular issues affecting the United States. In this edition Sean Faircloth, executive director of the Coalition, calls on...

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