Gallery
Freethought Lebanon events
On Liberty of Conscience and Toleration or why we can’t eat the cake and have it too
In the past few weeks, a lot of ink has been spilled, both in the press and on social media, about the way some freedoms clash with anti-discrimination laws. The dominant leitmotiv seems to be that hate speech should be banned or even criminalised, religious exemptions are deemed unfair, and more recently, the presumably scandalous
Fighting Radical Islam by Combating Radical Christianity
What is the best way for Westerners to combat radical Islam? It may be by combating Islam’s greatest historical opponent: radical Christianity. I described this thesis to Richard Dawkins after meeting him at a prominent skeptical conference last year, and he invited me to write this article. Since the First Gulf War (1990), Islam has
Female Emancipation & the Continuance of the Sexual RevolutionSociety, Religion and Mass Media Maintain a ‘Virgin or Wh*re’ Dichotomy
The world of sex and all of its connotations greatly differs for men and women. There are 3 dominant influencers that construct our understanding of sexuality in respect of the sexes. Society, religion and mass media continue to perpetuate a ‘Virgin or Whore’ / ‘Madonna or Whore’ dichotomy when it comes to female sexuality. Constructs such
Five Reasons Why Studying Psychology (Might) Make You More Skeptical of Religion
Academics and professionals from the fields of psychology[1] and psychiatry[2] were found more likely to be irreligious compared to their counterparts in a variety of other disciplines. Here are five reasons why studying psychology might nudge you to think more skeptically when it comes to religion: # 1- The brain is a product of evolution
Six Brave Women Changing Our World
“Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” We are reaching a brink in time. It is a moment in history when the condensed accumulation of intersectional struggle shatters the illusory ideal dictating our lives. When we examine the current state of the woman in modern society, we