Monthly Archives: March 2019

How “Case for Christ” Author Lee Strobel Fabricated His Best-Selling Story—An Interview with Religion Critic David Fitzgerald

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Valerie Tarico

Many Evangelicals think of Lee Strobel as the man who can cure your doubts about their religion. His 1998 book, The Case for Christ, has sold millions of copies, was made into a 2017 movie by the same name, and … Continue reading →

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New Egg Sorting Technologies to Save Six Billion Chicks Yearly from Industrial Grinders

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Valerie Tarico

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When you think of humanely-sourced eggs, you may picture hens that are cage free. Think smaller. During the past decade, a growing number of consumers have become aware that the quest for efficient industrial-scale egg production had led to hens … Continue reading →

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Valerie Tarico on The Thinking Atheist – Purity Cults in the Struggle for Justice

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Valerie Tarico

The Thinking Atheist – The Righteous and the Woke: Purity Cults in the Struggle for Justice (1 hr, 7 min. audio) In this crazy world, how often has a passionate desire for justice caused us to oversimplify complex problems, ignore … Continue reading →

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What we Know about Abuse by Clergy – For Starters, Homosexual Priests and Modern Sexual Norms are Not the Problem

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Valerie Tarico

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Sexual abuse perpetrated and hidden by clergy goes back centuries. A priest with unsupervised access to boys grooms and then molests them. As the pattern becomes undeniable, the primary concern of church leaders is not for the children but for … Continue reading →

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Treat True Believers with Humanity, not Contempt

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Valerie Tarico

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Even assuming credulity is a weakness, decent people don’t jeer at others who are functioning poorly in some part of life. With religious belief holding such an outsized influence on our society, it is reasonable that atheists, humanists and other … Continue reading →

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