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Caribbean Freethinkers' Society: Introducing the Caribbean Freethinkers’ Society
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Wednesday, 24 October 2012. Introducing the Caribbean Freethinkers’ Society. Caribbean Freethinkers’ Society. But some of us in that group wanted something more. We wanted to create a space online where we could get our message across to a wider audience, a space that would represent our community, a space that would say, We exist, and we aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Was born—with less assistance than impediment from the Holy Spirit. Welcome, once again, to the Caribbean Freethinkers’ Society.
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Caribbean Freethinkers' Society: An Interview with Political Activist Dadland Maye on Atheism and the LGBT Community in the Caribbean
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Saturday, 18 January 2014. An Interview with Political Activist Dadland Maye on Atheism and the LGBT Community in the Caribbean. Jamaican Activist Dadland Maye. A great deal of the homophobia in our islands comes from the twin legacies of British and religious colonisation, and the slow-growing atheist movement in the Caribbean is one of the more dynamic and exciting ways to fight against such persecution. There is much to do, much to make. JONATHAN BELLOT: Why is atheism important to you and your work?
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Caribbean Freethinkers' Society: For the New Year!
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Tuesday, 1 January 2013. For the New Year! So, it's 2013. Normally, that would start off a chain reaction: what resolutions I made last year (and perhaps did not keep), what resolutions I'll make this year, why there's promise this year, and so forth. I've included a strip from my favorite comic, and what may just be among the greatest comics of all time, Calvin and Hobbes. Below, in which Calvin (named after the theologian) discusses the problems of New Year's resolutions. People and their Ideas. Have a...
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Caribbean Freethinkers' Society: January 2014
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Saturday, 18 January 2014. An Interview with Political Activist Dadland Maye on Atheism and the LGBT Community in the Caribbean. Jamaican Activist Dadland Maye. A great deal of the homophobia in our islands comes from the twin legacies of British and religious colonisation, and the slow-growing atheist movement in the Caribbean is one of the more dynamic and exciting ways to fight against such persecution. There is much to do, much to make. JONATHAN BELLOT: Why is atheism important to you and your work?
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Caribbean Freethinkers' Society: Just Who Is This God You Speak of?
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Sunday, 18 November 2012. Just Who Is This God You Speak of? This God You Speak of? Or, as Grayling put it: “Who made the universe? Clearly, then, it matters what person—or thing—we mean when we say “God.”. As Wittgenstein said in a 1929 Lecture of Ethics, “it is nonsense to say that I wonder at the existence of the world, because I cannot imagine it not existing.” But God here is as close as I can get. What does it mean to take up no space or to be “beyond” space—or, worse, time? Who may tell the tale.
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Caribbean Freethinkers' Society: It Might Get Better: LGBT Rights in the Caribbean
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Thursday, 27 December 2012. It Might Get Better: LGBT Rights in the Caribbean. Why the fuss over homosexuality? And, more on point: is there a legitimate reason for granting gays in the Caribbean rights they enjoy elsewhere in the world—the right to civil unions or same-sex marriage, the right to not be discriminated against at school or in the workplace, etc? As Kei Miller writes in “This Dance” in his collection, Fear of Stones. 8220;But that wasn’t his dance. 8220;Wasn’t it. Assessing Gay Rights in Tr...
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Caribbean Freethinkers' Society: June 2013
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Thursday, 6 June 2013. Assessing Gay Rights in Trinidad and Tobago. The first piece of legislation that affects the community is the Immigration Act of 1969 that lists homosexuals in its nomenclature of the “prohibited class” of persons next to known criminals and “persons who are likely to become charges on public funds.” [i]. Now, it is common for legislation to lag behind changes in sociocultural attitudes. I say this because while the law is so explicitly harsh towards homosexuals, a recent study...
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Caribbean Freethinkers' Society: Small Islands, Big Eyes: How Jack the Ripper, the Cosmos, and Myth-Making Are Connected
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012. Small Islands, Big Eyes: How Jack the Ripper, the Cosmos, and Myth-Making Are Connected. The murderer soon received a name. Or, more accurately, someone sent Scotland Yard a letter that supplied the murderer with a name, a name that would become nearly as well-known (if as little popularly understood) as Shakespeare’s. (And Shakespeare, as we see with Titus Andronicus. And the impressive kill counts in Richard III. And other plays, was not above gory details himself.). Only spe...
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Caribbean Freethinkers' Society: November 2012
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Sunday, 18 November 2012. Just Who Is This God You Speak of? This God You Speak of? Or, as Grayling put it: “Who made the universe? Clearly, then, it matters what person—or thing—we mean when we say “God.”. As Wittgenstein said in a 1929 Lecture of Ethics, “it is nonsense to say that I wonder at the existence of the world, because I cannot imagine it not existing.” But God here is as close as I can get. What does it mean to take up no space or to be “beyond” space—or, worse, time? Who may tell the tale.
