Comments on: The Unopened Gift http://factonista.org/2008/09/05/the-unopened-gift/ Science. Humanism. Atheism. Politics. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:06:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: R.O.Keefe http://factonista.org/2008/09/05/the-unopened-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 R.O.Keefe Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:50:00 +0000 http://theedger.org/?p=1104#comment-2388 Good insights. There is a secular humanist organization that is vigorously building local communities, and has centers of academic study and positivism worldwide --- Center for Inquiry. They even have an accredited college degree program. Maybe they list a community near you, and you can join in building community or otherwise take part. Unless secular humanists do something, the growing movement will remain in the shadow od ignorance and superstition. http://centerforinquiry.net Good insights. There is a secular humanist organization that is vigorously building local communities, and has centers of academic study and positivism worldwide — Center for Inquiry. They even have an accredited college degree program. Maybe they list a community near you, and you can join in building community or otherwise take part. Unless secular humanists do something, the growing movement will remain in the shadow od ignorance and superstition. http://centerforinquiry.net

]]> By: Alica http://factonista.org/2008/09/05/the-unopened-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-1828 Alica Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:14:10 +0000 http://theedger.org/?p=1104#comment-1828 This is really good info site. I am going to refer to my friends also. Thanks.. This is really good info site. I am going to refer to my friends also.

Thanks..

]]> By: Tauriq Moosa http://factonista.org/2008/09/05/the-unopened-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Tauriq Moosa Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:06:48 +0000 http://theedger.org/?p=1104#comment-1018 Russell definitely And Dennett. And Grayling. Russell definitely And Dennett. And Grayling.

]]> By: Bhan http://factonista.org/2008/09/05/the-unopened-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Bhan Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:55:40 +0000 http://theedger.org/?p=1104#comment-1017 " We, the science minded folk, have the likes of Dawkins, Sagan, Darwin, and Gould. " I'd add Bertrand Russel as well! ” We, the science minded folk, have the likes of Dawkins, Sagan, Darwin, and Gould. ”

I’d add Bertrand Russel as well!

]]> By: Roy Natian http://factonista.org/2008/09/05/the-unopened-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Roy Natian Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:06:37 +0000 http://theedger.org/?p=1104#comment-726 Omg, 4 sentences straight starting with "Religion". Omg, 4 sentences straight starting with “Religion”.

]]> By: Tauriq http://factonista.org/2008/09/05/the-unopened-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Tauriq Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:56:47 +0000 http://theedger.org/?p=1104#comment-695 Lovely post. A good alternative to this is exactly what is being produced here: stimulating the "appetite for wonder". Religion for too long has dominated many aspects of what we consider essential to humanity: the "sprititual", the "awe", the "beauty". It is not religious but human. "All too human" one might say but one so beautifully wrapped in a little parcel. But one hidden because the giant crooked tree of religion overshadows it. With its tendril-like branches, it obscures the parcel from vision. Hopefully, raising our voices will sever the branches. Lovely post. A good alternative to this is exactly what is being produced here: stimulating the “appetite for wonder”. Religion for too long has dominated many aspects of what we consider essential to humanity: the “sprititual”, the “awe”, the “beauty”. It is not religious but human. “All too human” one might say but one so beautifully wrapped in a little parcel. But one hidden because the giant crooked tree of religion overshadows it. With its tendril-like branches, it obscures the parcel from vision.

Hopefully, raising our voices will sever the branches.

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