Monthly Archives: February 2013

Talk About Self-Refuting!

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Nathan Hevenstone

Does anyone read the Toronto Star? I don’t, because I live in Florida, USA. But I do get Google alerts on atheism, and this incredibly inane letter submitted to the Toronto Start turned up in my inbox: Reader Rudy Grant … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Atheism, Government, Law, Morality, Religion | Tagged Anti-Theism, atheism, government, politics, Power, Toronto Star | Leave a comment

WiS2 Begging Update

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Nathan Hevenstone

This is an update on this blog post… So, I recently got called in to work an overnight job as a shomer… it’s a Jewish thing… Well, I got paid $240 for doing it, meaning my airplane ticket, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Agnosticism, Atheism, Atheism+, Feminism, Skepticism, Uncategorized | Tagged Advice, Center for Inquiry, E-Begging, money, Women in Secularism 2 | 4 Comments

Um… Help? Advice/Monetary Help, and Not Bad

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Nathan Hevenstone

I don’t really deserve to ask for help… and, as noted in the title, it’s not for anything bad. It’s actually for something really, really good! I was selected to get a grant to go to Women in Secularism 2! … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Agnosticism, Atheism, Atheism+, Feminism, Skepticism, Uncategorized | Tagged Advice, Center for Inquiry, E-Begging, money, Women in Secularism 2 | 6 Comments

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Nathan Hevenstone

Originally posted on Jadehawk's Blog:
Jill wrote a blog post titled Supporting Sex Workers’ Rights, Opposing the Buying of Sex. Reading it, I once again did that thing where I start arguing with an online article in my head,…

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Nathan Hevenstone

I’m not going to go into a huge spiel about this documentary. You need to see it for yourself. I don’t care how; find it on HBO, buy the DVD (if there is one), look for it on Netflix, torrent … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Autonomy, Boycott, Bullying, Catholicism, Christianity, Government, Law, Morality, Movies, Privacy, Protection, Religion, Trigger Warning | Tagged Autonomy, catholicism, Corruption, Cover-Ups, Crime, Criminals, death, Pain, Pedophilia, rape, religion, TRIGGER WARNING | Leave a comment

A Miniseries about NASA

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Nathan Hevenstone

For anyone actually paying attention, it becomes readily obvious that NASA desperately needs more money. Neil deGrasse Tyson (one of my heroes) has tried for a very long time to get the NASA budget increased, but has so far, depressingly, … Continue reading →