21 Apr, 2012
Two men are regarded as having contributed equally to the successful outcome of the American War of Independence. George Washington in directing the movement of the soldiers and another man whose words in a time of crisis inspired those soldiers. This man’s...
21 Apr, 2012
Titus Lucretius Carus (c.99-55 BCE) was a Roman philosopher and poet whose great work is the 6 part poem called De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things). Very little is known about his life. He asserted that although gods do exist, they have no influence on the lives...
21 Apr, 2012
Over the years, even centuries, since the Revolution America has produced some remarkable unbelievers; but the greatest of them all was undoubtedly ROBERT G. INGERSOLL (1833-1899). His indelible imprint set a hard task for religious apologists. Never before had the...
21 Apr, 2012
Channel 4 in the UK ran a half-hour series of interviews in 1994 called “The Vision Thing”. Various people with different beliefs were interviewed by Sheena McDonald, a respected TV journalist. The only atheist viewpoint was put by Richard Dawkins on 15...
21 Apr, 2012
Hypatia of Alexandria (370 – 415) was the daughter of Theon, himself a mathematician and philosopher of note. Hypatia was a remarkable woman with great intelligence, physical stamina and beauty. Her father gave her a first rate education, not limiting it to just...
