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CONSERVATIVE CHARITY FRAUD: “Tea Party Charity, ‘Move America Forward,’ Uses Wounded Troops For Profit” / Cenk Uygur

Posted on 08.11.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Posted in Activism & Advocacy, Compassion, Conservatism, Critical Thinking, Empathy, Enlightenment, Ethics, Intellectualism, Logic, Morality, News, Politics, Reason, Republicans, Research Report, Tea Party, Video | Tagged 'Move America Forward, Cenk Uygur, CONSERVATIVE CHARITY FRAUD, Tea Party, The Young Turks, video | Leave a reply

INDEPENDENT THINKER: “On Rank and File” / Albert Einstein

Posted on 08.08.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

ht: Anti-Theists. Pro Active Atheists. Opposing Religious Harm.

Posted in Activism & Advocacy, Albert Einstein, Anti-Authoritarianism, Critical Thinking, Disobedience, Enlightenment, Freethought, Intellectual Curiosity, Intellectualism, Logic, Morality, Politics, Quotation, Reason, Science, Theoretical Physics, Writing | Leave a reply

SCIENCE: “We Are Star Dust Harvesting Starlight” / Krauss / Tyson / Sagan

Posted on 08.07.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Posted in Academic Study, Activism & Advocacy, Antitheism, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atheism, Carl Sagan, Cosmology, Critical Thinking, Enlightenment, Evolution, Intellectual Curiosity, Intellectualism, Lawrence M. Krauss, Logic, Mathematics, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Reason, Science, Secularism, Theoretical Physics, Video | Tagged Krauss, Sagan, science, Tyson | 2 Replies

FREETHOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Nature Is What We Know” Thomas Alva Edison

Posted on 08.07.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

h/t: Freedom From Religion Foundation
see: Thomas Alva Edison

Posted in Academic Study, Antitheism, Astrophysics, Atheism, Critical Thinking, Enlightenment, Intellectual Curiosity, Intellectualism, Logic, Mathematics, Quotation, Reason, Science, Theoretical Physics, Video, Writing | Tagged Freethought, science, Thomas Alva Edison | Leave a reply

INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY: “Examining Evidence and Contemplation” / Richard Dawkins

Posted on 08.06.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

h/t: Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity

Posted in Antitheism, Atheism, Books, Critical Thinking, Education, Enlightenment, Intellectual Curiosity, Intellectualism, Logic, Philosophy, Quotation, Reason, Richard Dawkins, Science, Theoretical Physics, Writing | Tagged Contemplation, INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, richard dawkins | 1 Reply

SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: “Scientific Ignorance” / Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Posted on 08.06.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

h/t: Hammer the Gods

Posted in Academic Study, Activism & Advocacy, Anti-Intellectualism, Atheism, Cognitive Science, Critical Thinking, Education, Enlightenment, For-profit Education, Freethought, Higher Education, Indoctrination, Intellectual Curiosity, Intellectualism, Logic, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Psychology, Quotation, Reason, Religion, Religiosity, Religious Indoctrination, Research Report, School Voucher, Science, Secularism, Writing | Tagged neil degrasse tyson, Scientific Ignorance, SCIENTIFIC LITERACY | 1 Reply

RELIGION: “Religion is Like an Appendix . . .”

Posted on 08.05.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

h/t: Global Secular Humanist Movement

Posted in Activism & Advocacy, Anti-Authoritarianism, Anti-Intellectualism, Antitheism, Atheism, Critical Thinking, Enlightenment, Freethought, Indoctrination, Morality, Reason, Religion, Religious Indoctrination, Religious Malevolence, Secularism | Tagged religion, religious indoctrination | 1 Reply

MORALITY: “The Greatest Speech Ever Made” / The Great Dictator / Charlie Chaplin

Posted on 08.04.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Posted in Anti-Authoritarianism, Anti-War, Antitheism, Atheism, Bigotry, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Consumerism, Critical Thinking, Economics, Empathy, Enlightenment, Intellectualism, Logic, Moral Philosophy, Reason, Science, Social History, Video | Tagged Charlie Chaplin, morality | Leave a reply

ATHEISM: “When We Landed on the Moon . . .” / Eddie Izzard

Posted on 08.04.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

h/t: Atheism 411

Posted in Activism & Advocacy, Antitheism, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atheism, Cosmology, Critical Thinking, Education, Enlightenment, Freethought, Intellectual Curiosity, Intellectualism, Logic, Mathematics, Moral Philosophy, Morality, Philosophy, Quotation, Reason, Religion, Religious Indoctrination, Science, Secularism, Theoretical Physics | Tagged atheism, Eddie Izzard | Leave a reply

CONSCIENCE: “On Organized Religion” / Christopher Hitchens

Posted on 08.03.2014 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

h/t: The Godless and Irreligious

Posted in Activism & Advocacy, Antitheism, Atheism, Bigotry, Books, Christopher Hitchens, Compassion, Consciousness, Critical Thinking, Education, Empathy, Enlightenment, Ethics, Freethought, Higher Education, Intellectual Curiosity, Intellectualism, Justice, Logic, Metaphysics, Moral Philosophy, Morality, Philosophy, Quotation, Reason, Religion, Religious Indoctrination, Religious Malevolence, Thought, Writing | Tagged christopher hitchens, CONSCIENCE, Organized Religion | Leave a reply

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