This post is largely in response to Johan Swarts’ post, Freethinking Maties: Atheists Anonymous. I made a poor translation in a comment on my previous post.
Background: Freethought
Many people consider “freethinker” to be a euphemism for “non-theist”. In particular, the Campus Freethought Alliance, as well as Maties Freethinking, defines “freethinking” as “free thought combined with doubt [...]
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A Response to Johan Swarts Re: Freethinking Maties
February 15th, 2008 · 67 Comments
Categories: Religion and Science
Tags: Darwin Day · Freethinking Maties
Freethinking Maties’ Darwin Day Celebrations
February 13th, 2008 · 57 Comments
UPDATE: Johan Swarts owns his quote, on his blog. His post is in Afrikaans: Freethinking Maties: Ateïste Anoniem. Do any English people want me to translate?
Yesterday, Freethinking Maties aired a PBS documentary on Darwin and his life. Attendance was good (read: more than 20?). The evening ended with time pressure chasing us all out, so [...]
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Darwin Day: 12 February
February 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments
From the sound of it, South Africa has only very recently started teaching evolutionary theory in schools. I only recently started noticing how few people really know much about it. (Humans often assume that everyone knows what you know… agree or disagree?)
Here is an opportunity to learn more about evolution:
Greetings Freethinkers!
Tuesday 12 February is Darwin [...]
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Tags: Darwin Day · Evolution · Freethinking Maties
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