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Author: Matt Payne

Does the Bible endorse slavery and genocide? Dr. Joshua Bowen provides receipts.

Posted on October 9, 2024May 22, 2026 By Matt Payne 1 Comment on Does the Bible endorse slavery and genocide? Dr. Joshua Bowen provides receipts.

In his first appearance on Podcast for Inquiry, Dr. Josh Bowen compared what we know about history from archaeology and contemporaneous literature with the stories from the Old Testament. In today’s episode, Dr. Bowen reveals what the Bible has to say about slavery and genocide, and goes a bit outside his comfort zone to talk…

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Kate Cohen believes atheists should be out and proud

Posted on September 25, 2024May 22, 2026 By Matt Payne

Kate Cohen talks about her journey from privately knowing she was a non-believer to writing We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (And Maybe You Should Too). She discusses how being an atheist and a commitment to honesty informed how she raised her children, and how being forthright about her lack of…

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Greg Oliver asks: Why is religious discrimination official provincial educational funding policy?

Posted on September 11, 2024May 22, 2026 By Matt Payne

Greg Oliver, founder and president of the Canadian Secular Alliance, believes that governments should not favour one faith over another, nor believers over non-believers. That three Canadian provinces continue to this day to fully fund a Separate school system for a single faith – Catholicism – is an egregious violation of secular principles that should…

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Science Denial: Why It Happens and What To Do About It, with Gale Sinatra

Posted on August 21, 2024May 22, 2026 By Matt Payne

Everyone is vulnerable to fallacies that can lead to misunderstanding scientific topics. In her book (written with Barbara Hofer), Science Denial: Why It Happens and What To Do About It, Gale investigates many of these, including: Cognitive biases Emotions Motivated reasoning Identities Gale also explains what all of us can do to increase our scientific…

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Anti-natalism with Mark Maharaj

Posted on August 7, 2024May 22, 2026 By Matt Payne

Anti-natalism is the philosophical idea that choosing to have children is an unethical act. Mark explains what anti-natalism is, as well as what it isn’t, and describes how he came to subscribe to anti-natalist thought. Learn more about anti-natalism from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/) and Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/parenthood/#AntiNata) Podcast for Inquiry…

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