Tag Archives: Humanism

Lamar W. Hankins : The Failure of Religion-Based Public Grief

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

On Sunday night, December 16, President Obama spoke at a vigil for those who died at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Image from The Washington Post.The failure of religion-based public grief My dissonance came from the very words … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : A Humanist Response to the Newtown Killings

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Whitney Curtis / Getty / The Guardian.A humanist respondsto the deaths at Newtown As a matter of public policy, there is no justification for allowing the widespread dispersal of semi-automatic weapons in the United States. They have done … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : A Humanist Looks at Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Orator and humanist Robert G. Ingersoll. Image from the Council for Secular Humanism.Robert Green Ingersoll:A humanist looks at Christmas By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | December 22, 2011 Robert Green Ingersoll is one of the least known … Continue reading →

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Dr. Gerry Lower : Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Human Evolution

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin / Graphic from Wikipedia CommonsPierre Teilhard de Chardin and Human Evolution Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a well-educated French Jesuit priest who first attempted to blend evolution with religion in his book ‘The Phenomenon of Man.’ … Continue reading →

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