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Re: PhD in History at LSU, your opinion is requested
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Harry Greenberger
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Sep 26, 2007 09:28 PDT
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Robert:
What about the reasons why in recent years Western
Europe countries with state religions have become
predominately secular, while the U.S. with
our"separation" has grown in religiousity.
Harry
--- Robert Carver <go4-@hotmail.com> wrote:
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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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