Guided by reason, informed by science, motivated by compassion
The Gary C. Booker Mental Self Defense Foundation is putting this on (Aug. 7th – 9th, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia), but I can’t access the site from where I am now. Why? I don’t know. Here’s something from another site. Even after many centuries of being disappointed and miserably failed by organized religion, Black Americans [...]
In some black communities it’s akin to donning a white sheet and a Confederate flag. In others, it’s ostensibly tolerated yet whispered about, branded culturally incorrect and bad form, if not outright sacrilege. For black atheists like myself, proclaiming one’s non-belief amidst genial wishes to “have a blessed day” is never easy in the seemingly [...]