Reflections from the Barbed Wire Monastery By: Prison Bob I grew up “within” the Episcopal Church. To my way of thinking, it equates to the Catholic Church, except for no Hail Marys. It was in this environment that probably around the age of fourteen I began to drift away from their teachings. My drift wasn’t [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Prisoner Letter Feature – Part Seven
Posted in Prisoner Letters on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The God Virus at Reed
Posted in Lectures, News on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Presenting the RSA’s Fall 2009 Lecture Join the Reed Secular Alliance as we welcome author Dr. Darrel Ray to speak about The God Virus. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 in the Chapel of Eliot Hall. Dr. Ray will chart the contagion course of religion in our society, as it affects [...]
Another Month…Another Faith Healing Death!
Posted in News on August 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It’s happened again. On March 15th, Zakk Swezey took ill. His parents thought he had food poisoning. But Swezey’s condition worsened. What did his parents do? The answer is they prayed; no visits to the emergency room, no medications, no nothing. The Church Elders were called, but that was the extent of the family’s concern, [...]
Prisoner Letter Feature – Part Six
Posted in Prisoner Letters on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Confessions from the Barbed Wire Monastery By: Prison Bob In this series, the Reed Secular Alliance has opened up a window into life in prison. For the past several months, we have posted Letters from the Barbed Wire Monastery, which are a prisoner’s reflections about atheism, prison, and his own psyche. In this edition, Prison [...]
Inside the Mind of a Creationist
Posted in Opinion on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Reflections on a Trip to the Creation Museum By: Patrick Julius Editor’s Note: Patrick Julius is the founder and President of the Secular Student Alliance chapter at the University of Michigan. Recently, Julius attended the national Secular Student Alliance (SSA) conference in Ohio. The convention included the opportunity to go to the Creation Museum in [...]
Congratulations to Leslie Zukor
Posted in News on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Reed Secular Alliance is pleased to announce that club President, Leslie Zukor, won Honorable Mention in the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s annual college essay competition. Leslie was pleased to be selected as a winner, especially since this is her second try at the competition. “I am excited about winning Honorable Mention,” Zukor explains. “There [...]
Leslie’s Letter – Reason, Ethics, and Religion
Posted in Opinion on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: The following is the text of Reed Secular Alliance President, Leslie Zukor’s letter to the editor of the Oregonian. Although this letter wasn’t published, it is the latest in the RSA’s efforts to stand up for science and rational thought. I am disappointed by Charles Hunter’s (August 1st) characterization of the practitioners of [...]
How Dogma Harms Children: The Case of Ava Worthington
Posted in Uncategorized on August 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Although religion is often benign, it is dangerous when dogma harms children. Recently, Ava Worthington, the girl whose parents rejected conventional medicine on religious grounds, died at just fifteen months of pneumonia and a blood infection. A course of antibiotics could have cured her. While Worthington’s parents have been charged with manslaughter, several readers of [...]
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