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This
issue is devoted to Thomas Paine, born
January 29, 1737. There are five articles. The first, by Robert L. Williams,
offers heartfelt thanks to Paine for his role in the American Revolution;
the second, by C. A. Codman and reprinted from Vol. 3 of Truth Seeker,
shows the optimism of freethinkers in 1875; the third, by Joseph Lewis,
shows how Paine almost got slavery abolished in the 1770's; the fourth,
by Paine himself, gives a strict definition of press freedom; and the fifth,
by D. M. Bennett in 1877, gives an overview of Paine's life and works. |
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This
is the first issue covering the year's topic: ethics. Some of its
contents are an overview of ethics by Bill Lindley; a Humanist view
on self-determination and tolerance by Dr. Rob Tielman, a leading
European Humanist; the first half of an essay on altruism, pity and compassion
by Teed Rockwell; an article by Lindley on God-free morality; a
fine critique by Earl Lee of the religious right's attempt to shape
the dialogue; and a review by Ken Nahigian on how Matthew deliberately
misconstrued a prophecy by Isaiah as the Virgin Birth. |
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The
second issue on ethics concludes Teed Rockwell's essay on altruism,
pity and compassion; Joe Bernard's article shows the evils of overinhabitation;
Algernon Black describes Ethical Culture; Bill Lindley examines
whether the Ten Commandments are constitutional, finding that at least
six are not; Bill Edelen shows the intimate connection between the
nuttiest cults and mainstream Christianity; and Lindley checks the founding
documents to see whether America was founded as a Christian nation. The
issue includes three book reviews, letters to the editor, and some on-line
whimsy. |
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This
is a special issue in honor of Robert Green Ingersoll,
born August 11, 1833. It is largely taken from his lectures. Michael Grant
and Mary Geo Tomion praise him, and the biography of him by Frank Smith
is reviewed, but the meat of the issue is Ingersoll himself. Ingersoll's
last lecture, "Reform," he advocates self-determination for women, including
reproductive freedom. In three excerpts, Ingersoll shows that common concepts
of God are incoherent. In other excerpts, Ingersoll offers reason and intelligence,
not blind obedience to dogma, as the most reliable moral guide. He comments
also on Shakespeare, art and morality. |
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The
third issue on ethics concentrates on God-free ethics. Bernard
Katz shows the ethical relativism of the Bible; Robert Williscroft
contrasts religion-based morality with fact-based ethics; Bill Lindley
compares the three versions of the Ten Commandments; Farrell Till
discusses God the murderer; Michael Martin criticizes the notion that atheists
can't be good people; Ken Nahigian visits the old free-will problem;
Sara Baase reviews the thought and work of Voltairine de Cleyre,
anarchist and freethinker; Janet Martini reviews Joan Kennedy Taylor's
book "Reclaiming the Mainstream." And there's more good stuff. |
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This
issue is in three sections: ethics, religion, and freethought. The ethics
section is miscellaneous, with articles on fixing blame, the scarcity of
good thinking, problems of nonconformity, sex with respect, abortion
and cloning, and misgivings about animal rights. The religion
section also has a lot of variety: the sun and Christmas, belief versus
self-reliance, three false claims made by Christianity, a note on how the
parable of the wheat and tares is being ignored, an incisive critique of
*Iron John* as neopagan religionism, Israeli creationism, Islam,
and atheist ethics. Check out the rest of the issue. |
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