The ISHV Cyber Think Tank is a digest of articles, interviews, video and audio, and other musings compiled by ISHV Board Member Robert B. Tapp.
ARTICLES
David Breeden, Assumptions are Imaginary But They’re not Social read
David Breeden sees current UUA turmoil in the flawed documents of the US tradition:
Following Jean-Luc Nancy, “If you don’t have freedom and rights, I don’t have freedom and rights—all I have is domination. And domination isn’t freedom or rights. Being exists because of being-with—I exist because you exist as a free agent in community exactly as I do, and visa-versa. That’s community. That’s freedom….It’s an American problem. Perhaps the US simply can’t reach consensus on this sort of social imaginary. Might one tiny little religion? Hmmmmm.” read
David Breeden. Savoring The Milquetoast: Why This Humanist Remains a Unitarian Universalist
“think the answer is an essential insight of Humanism: to universalize is to tyrannize. Universalizing Humanism, even if we think it is the only and the one true way, creates tyranny. Perhaps we think that this particular tyranny is the truth, yet the insight deconstructs itself when examined closely. Perhaps there are universal human truths; but who decides or declares that universality? Partial truth and relativized understanding appear to be the eternal human condition. This reminder may be the greatest gift of Unitarian Universalism to Humanists. UUism, with its insistence on creed-less gathering, is always going to seem a bit old fashioned and quaint to Humanist ears. Yet when we look at the religious spectrum and compare the state of UUism to the other end of the religious spectrum . . . well, milquetoast tastes very wholesome, doesn’t it? How’s that for a reminder?” read
Adam Parker, Herb Silverman reflects on his life, beliefs as a public atheist read
Michael Stone, Neil deGrasse Tyson Finds No Evidence For God’s Existence read
David Breeden, Savoring The Milquetoast: Why This Humanist Remains a Unitarian Universalist read
D. Ashley Campbell, Science Mike Building a “Christian Science” Liturgy for the Nones read
rjosephhoffmann, Our new Prezident read
Anthony B. Pinn, Humanism and the Challenge of Privilege read
Jesse Singal, Here’s a New Way for Researchers to Find Stealth Atheists read
Terry Mortenson, The Religion of Naturalism read
Steve Pinkerton, Blasphemy isn’t just a problem in the Muslim world read
AUDIO/VISUAL
Trailer for Netflix new film on Madalyn Murray O’Hair watch
Sam Harris, Reality and the Imagination (Yuval Noah) watch
Sam Harris, What Should We Eat? A Conversation with Gary Taubes watch
Steven Pinker: The Elephant, The Emperor, And The Matzo Ball (43m) watch
Stephen Fry: ‘What is a humanist ceremony?’ (2m) watch
The Darwin Day Lecture 2017, with Lawrence Krauss | Cosmic Natural Selection (1h 12m) watch
Forbidden Knowledge: A Conversation with Charles Murray (Sam Harris) watch
Steven Pinker: The Elephant, The Emperor, And The Matzo Ball (43m) watch
Stephen Fry: ‘What is a humanist ceremony?’ (2m) watch