Michael Werner
Posts by Michael Werner (page 4)
When Humanism Is Attacked, Have Courage
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” —Voltaire FEAR, THE MOST powerful emotion, is an... Read More
Think Denmark
“The good life is one guided by reason and motivated by love.” —Bertrand Russell We all know that discourse in the United States today... Read More
Not so Fast
Evolution can be brutal. Our ancestors who survived for millions of years on the African veldt endowed us with tools for survival and reproduction.... Read More
Our Pragmatist Tradition
A college student recently asked me, “How do you humanists know what’s true?” It’s an honest question, not given to simple answers. While individual... Read More
The Danger of Scientism
I’ve been surprised at how many people I’ve met in the secular movement who dismiss fiction, saying they’re only interested in reading nonfiction and,... Read More
The Dominionists are Coming
At one time I naïvely thought fundamentalists were just a bunch of backwoods yokels and that humanism was steadily advancing and would ultimately prevail.... Read More
The Church of the Greater Solipsism
Much of the secular world has focused on problems of traditional organized authoritarian religion, but has had little concern for the equally problematic modern... Read More