Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)
Your humanist community for scientific, skeptical, secular, and rational inquiry.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Author talk: Democracy, Deity, and Death Dr Qais Ghanem discussed his recent book, Democracy, Deity, and Death. The novel describes a series of discussions among 4 Arabs, with completely different religious backgrounds and beliefs, who meet regularly at a London café. The fictional participants include a young devout Muslim from…
By Christjahn Beck [ Click to read this article from the beginning .] Let’s start with my second point, that AA (which I will focus on as a case study rather than try to individually address all 12-step programs) just doesn’t work. I want to begin here because I know that this claim will strike some people…
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By Gus Lyn-Piluso “ All those interested in how humans overcome adversity must read this book. Yasmine is one of the bravest people of our time. She is a shining example to all of us.” — Ayaan Hirsi Ali First-generation Canadian children often complain about feeling trapped between two worlds. At home, they live in the world…
Sunday, December 22, 2019 12pm come celebrate the holiday season, the first morning of the winter solstice, the end of Saturnalia, and the eve of both HumanLight and Festivus with free-thinkers, atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, those questioning their faith, and others who are no longer part of a religious community. This won’t be a traditional…
By Sandra Dunham When I tell people that I am for secularism, friends often agree, but then ask, “Why does it matter?” Let’s be clear. I am happy for individuals to choose to belong to a religious group and I hope that they are comforted by their belief system and the people they meet in…