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John Shook is Vice President and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry Transnational in Amherst, N.Y., and Research Associate in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, since 2006. He has authored and edited more than a dozen books, is a co-editor of three philosophy journals, and travels for lectures and debates across the United States and around the world.

Natural Brain vs. Supernatural God

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 26, 2010
Natural Brain vs. Supernatural God
How could any evidence for God be found inside the brain?

The Origins of Morality really do Matter

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 23, 2010
If there is a replacement for traditional religious morality, we need a correct account of morality's origins.

Is Atheism the Party of No?

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 20, 2010
Problems with the individualistic approach to the world

Religious Rights don’t extend to Murder

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 15, 2010
Freedom of religious expression stops where the right to life and liberty starts

Where can Science and Religion conflict?

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 9, 2010
Where can Science and Religion conflict?
The "intelligent" design of religion could help avoid conflict with science

Why is there a Universe, and how did it come from Nothing?

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 5, 2010
Why is there a Universe, and how did it come from Nothing?
Alan Guth and Lawrence Krauss explain the universe's origin from nothing and dispel religious arguments along the way

Will young adults gravitate more towards Humanism?

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 2, 2010
Young adults are more pluralistic and secular, a new Pew study finds

Secular Reason vs. the Sky King

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
February 23, 2010
Will secular society come crawling back to God eventually?

Racism is linked to Religious dogmatism

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
February 16, 2010
Racism is linked to Religious dogmatism
A new analysis of religious attitudes shows how the devout are more prejudiced

Morality evolved first, long before Religion

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
February 10, 2010
Morality evolved first, long before Religion
Religion is an artificial way of enforcing humanity's natural morality.

Religious freedom is self-contradictory?

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
February 2, 2010
Religious freedom is self-contradictory?
Friends of religion apparently need another lesson about defending religious freedom.

Praise God for 150,000 dead in Haiti

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
January 25, 2010
Praise God for 150,000 dead in Haiti
It's time to give credit where credit is due.

Homeothapy skeptics plan mass overdose on useless pills

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
January 22, 2010
Homeothapy skeptics plan mass overdose on useless pills
A United Kingdom anti-homeothaphy group is staging a protest by swallowing huge doses of homeothapic "remedies".

Free Will is only Natural

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
January 19, 2010
Free Will is only Natural
Your common sense impression that you freely control your actions is quite natural, and often correct.

Atheism doesn’t kill people, Fanaticism kills people

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
January 12, 2010
Atheism doesn’t kill people, Fanaticism kills people
Trying to blame atheism for modern warfare is like trying to blame dieting for childhood obesity.

The Skepticism of Carl Sagan

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
January 5, 2010
The Skepticism of Carl Sagan
A new collection of Carl Sagan's writings in Skeptical Inquiry is available online.

More Americans leaving Christianity

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
December 27, 2009
Gallup Poll finds that the number of non-Christians keeps growing.

The Long History of Naturalism

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
December 22, 2009
Naturalism has been around as long as most religions still in existence today.

Religious Humanists and Secular Humanists

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
December 14, 2009
No, they are not all the same.

Skeptics getting skeptical towards Atheism

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
December 11, 2009
When skeptics get skeptical towards atheism, is there a rational way forward?

Christian humanism, religious humanism, and secular humanism

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
December 8, 2009
These three kinds of humanism are facing their greatest challenge, and it is not from each other.

Mosques and minarets, churches and steeples

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
December 1, 2009
Mosques and minarets, churches and steeples
A shadow of fear has descended across the Continent, but the shadow is not from a minaret.

Goodness with or without God? Epstein’s surrender plan to religious faith.

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
November 23, 2009
Does the future of humanism rest on a "don't ask, don't tell" policy about faith?

Transhumanism and the New Ethics

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
November 17, 2009
Transhumanism and the New Ethics
Bioengineering and nanotech will change ethics because it will change what it means to be human.

We’re gonna party like it’s 2011

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
November 10, 2009
We’re gonna party like it’s 2011
The world didn't end in 2000? No matter. There's still time to party.

Court decisions against crucifixes in Italy’s public schools

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
November 3, 2009
Court decisions against crucifixes in Italy’s public schools
Two court decisions have ruled that crucifixes in Italy's public schools violate human rights.

Science and Religion: The Greatest Show on Earth?

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
October 27, 2009
Science and Religion: The Greatest Show on Earth?
Where exactly does Richard Dawkins stand on advocating evolution to religious people

Who is John Dewey?  Meet America’s greatest philosopher.

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
October 20, 2009
Who is John Dewey?  Meet America’s greatest philosopher.
Tuesday, October 20 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Dewey.

Would the Whole Earth Catalog offer a Nuclear Power Plant?

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
October 12, 2009
Founding environmentalist now favors nuclear power to save the planet.

Monkey See, Monkey Feel, Monkey Good?

Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
October 6, 2009
Monkey See, Monkey Feel, Monkey Good?
Our primate cousins are often very kind to each other. Is this evidence of compassion and even morality in the wild?

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