Comments on: Come on (or out!), skeptics—we need you http://www.scienceandreason.ca/newsletter/come-on-or-out-skeptics%e2%80%94we-need-you/ science, reason and critical thinking Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Johnson http://www.scienceandreason.ca/newsletter/come-on-or-out-skeptics%e2%80%94we-need-you/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Lisa Johnson Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:32:06 +0000 http://www.scienceandreason.ca/?p=693#comment-233 Absolutely, Pat. We can also take it for granted living in a more progressive city, province, or country, or having more progressive friends. (Although I have to say, that I think it's the newer generations that must educate the older ones, at least when it comes to this issue.) Coming out as an atheist is another story for another day. I have a theory that an openly gay person would be elected to the U.S. presidency before an out atheist would be! Cheers, Lisa. Absolutely, Pat. We can also take it for granted living in a more progressive city, province, or country, or having more progressive friends. (Although I have to say, that I think it’s the newer generations that must educate the older ones, at least when it comes to this issue.) Coming out as an atheist is another story for another day. I have a theory that an openly gay person would be elected to the U.S. presidency before an out atheist would be!

Cheers,
Lisa.

]]> By: Pat Dixon http://www.scienceandreason.ca/newsletter/come-on-or-out-skeptics%e2%80%94we-need-you/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Pat Dixon Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:54:14 +0000 http://www.scienceandreason.ca/?p=693#comment-103 Here's your chuckle for the day: I thought you were talking about 'coming out' as an atheist til I read on :-) Living in a place like Toronto, we can sometimes forget that unlike our gay friends here, others suffer terribly elsewhere - not even that far away. We need to always remember that not only is there much to do elsewhere -- but no 'enlightenment' is permanent here either, unless we continuously educate each succeeding generation. Any type of wisdom is something that each generation of individuals arrives at slowly - through education. No one is born wise, despite some 'New Age' beliefs! Here’s your chuckle for the day: I thought you were talking about ‘coming out’ as an atheist til I read on :-) Living in a place like Toronto, we can sometimes forget that unlike our gay friends here, others suffer terribly elsewhere – not even that far away.
We need to always remember that not only is there much to do elsewhere — but no ‘enlightenment’ is permanent here either, unless we continuously educate each succeeding generation. Any type of wisdom is something that each generation of individuals arrives at slowly – through education. No one is born wise, despite some ‘New Age’ beliefs!

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