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Science & Reason

Getting Comfortable with the Vastness of Time

January 13, 2022 by Thomas Schenk

The time it takes to make a life…

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The Limits of Naturalism?

August 26, 2021 by Gregory Gronbacher

Two views of Naturalism…

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Natural Spirituality: What we can learn from the biology of emotion

January 14, 2021 by SNS Guest

Our emotions as spiritual guides…

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The Surprising Spirituality of Richard Dawkins

September 24, 2020 by Eric Steinhart

A critical look at Richard Dawkins as model of Spiritual Naturalism…

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The Purpose of Emotion

September 17, 2020 by SNS Guest

What emotion does for the living whole…

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How Atheists Pray

July 23, 2020 by Eric Steinhart

Discovery and wonder as forms of prayer…

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Pilgrimage to the Ancestors

March 21, 2019 by Brock Haussamen

Reading Richard Dawkins’ The Ancestor’s Tale: The Dawn of Evolution…

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Lessons From the Origins of Life

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 by Brock Haussamen

Exploring the achievement of coming alive…

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Our Actual “Eve”

December 11, 2018November 15, 2018 by Brock Haussamen

Contemplating the mother of us all…

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