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PhD in History at LSU, your opinion is requested
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Robert Carver
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Sep 25, 2007 20:57 PDT
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Greetings Fellow Freethinkers:
I drove down to LSU yesterday to visit with some members of the faculty in the Department of History. I want to return to graduate school to work on my PhD so I met with three professors in the area of Modern European History since my MA was in that subject. I went to eat some lunch and out in the open area in front of the student center I ran into a group of local fundamentalists preachers who were shouting at the kids about god's wrath for their sinful ways. So naturally I had to join in the ruckus and soon had the head pastor cornered with my constant inquiries regarding the history of his myth & the sources & evolution of modern protestant faith. I gladly announced to the large group of students that I was an avowed Atheist & that the pastor had the burden of proof to his claims since he said that his deity was supernatural. I annoyed this poor pastor to the point he finally started moving away from me to try to get to students out of the range of my voice. For those of you who know me, that is a very long distance outside. I received a lot of positive feedback from a plethora of the assembled students who enjoyed having me stand up for Reason & Freethought. I had a great time and I felt like i was doing something very valuable with my effort.
Why this vignette? I realize now that I should pursue my PhD on some aspect of Atheism and Reason as it has impacted our culture. I would appreciate your feedback on ideas and subjects I should investigate if I want to make this the subject of my dissertation. I value your opinion & experience.
Thanks to all,
Robert
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. - Richard Dawkins
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