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An Interview with Michael Cluff – President of South Jersey Humanists

May 3, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 2 Comments

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did you become a humanist? The story I usually tell is that I stopped believing in a soul the more I read about human cognition in college (I was a psych major). But that over-emphasises the intellect, a habit we atheists are prone to. I also saw how religion was failing […] Read more

An Interview with Julia Julstrom-Agoyo — Secretary & Treasurer of Americas Working Group of IHEYO

April 28, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

[Previously published in Humanist Voices] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Let’s delve a little bit into your background to provide a foundation for the conversation. Do you have a family background or only a personal background? A family background, my mom loves to tell the story about how she grew up in Lima, Peru and at the […] Read more

An Interview with Kim Gibson – President of Mississippi Humanist Association

April 24, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What makes a good humanist? A good human! In all seriousness, I believe a good humanist is someone that cares for and helps people, and seeks to better the world we live in as a whole. Where do you most differ from mainstream humanism in its definition, aims, and activism, if at […] Read more

An Interview with Jason Frye – Chief Executive Officer, Secular Policy Institute

April 24, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Jacobsen interviews the CEO of the Secular Policy Institute, Jason Frye, about his background and work. Read more

Dropping Bombs, Even Big Ones, Doesn’t Make Us the ‘Bad Guys’.

April 21, 2017 | by Dale Claridge | 0 Comments

Recently, the American air force deployed one of its most powerful weapons against IS militants in Afghanistan. It has the greatest payload of any conventional bomb ever used in warfare. Some have argued in response to such a monumental display of power and destructive capability that we have only ourselves to blame for the anti-western […] Read more

An Interview with James Croft – Leader of The Ethical Society of St. Louis

April 21, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Jacobsen interviews James Croft who is the leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis. Read more

Interview with Ashton P. Woods on Activism and Black Lives Matter

April 19, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

An interview by Scott Douglas Jacobsen with Ashton P. Woods on activism, Black Lives Matter, the black humanist community, and Sandra Bland. Read more

An Interview with Robert Ray, President of the Humanists of North Puget Sound

April 13, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

"Empathy, reason, and the ability to learn from experiences are all necessary to work with others. Religious dogma...was created to control others." Read more

An Interview with Ron Millar – PAC Coordinator for the Center for Freethought Equality

April 12, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What’s your own story? How did you get into the Freethought Equality business? Was there much of a family background? My family has no history in atheist and humanist politics. I was raised in a fundamentalist Christian church and enjoyed interacting with many of the people there, but their narrow view of […] Read more

An Interview with Jim G. Helton – President of Tri-State Freethinkers

April 7, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So many terms float around the Web, but they’re generally overlapping, such as secular humanist, bright, and so on. For the Tri-State Freethinkers, what is the definition of a freethinker? Basically, somebody who makes decisions using science, logic, and reason without dogma. How did you become a freethinker? It started with my […] Read more

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