Kimberly's Taoism and the Transgendered Girl Scout - Amateur Skeptics 51
Amateur Skeptics podcast 051, Is Taoism Compatible with Atheism? (Tentative record date 1/23/12)
Announcements:
Kimberly was a guest on The Invisible Sky Monsters Podcast: Episode 6
Saturday, 01/21 - AAA Convention Open House
Wednesday, 01/25 - DMNS: 60 Minutes in Space
Thursday, 01/26 - Boulder Atheists: Separation of Church and State Panel w ACLU
Saturday, 01/28 - IIG Colorado Research Techniques
Monday, 01/30 - Cafe Sci II - Colorado Water
Sunday, 02/12 - Humanists of Colorado Monthly Meeting (Michael Melio, Colorado Chair of Move to Amend, will be discussing the disastrous Citizen's United decision by the (not very) Supreme Court that turned on the spigot of corporate bribes in American politics -- and what Move to Amend is doing about it. (And what you can do, too!))
Monday, 02/13 - DMNS: Darwin Day
Wednesday, 02/15 - Dinner before Neil deGrasse Tyson
Wednesday, 02/15 - Neil deGrasse Tyson at CU
Saturday, 02/18 - MHS - Drinking Skeptically
Science News:
Long Duration M3.2 Class Solar Flare and CME - Bryan
Religious Insanity:
Child sacrificed, liver offered to gods: Indian police - Ian
Boisterous crowd demands appeal of prayer banner ruling as Cranston school chief urges adults to 'set an example' - Bryan
Rhode Island Teen's Battle Against Prayer Banner Has Gone 'Too Far,' Mayor Says - Bryan
Rhode Island florists refuse to deliver FFRF’s flowers to Jessica Ahlquist - Bryan
WTF Are They Thinking?:
Girl Scout Launches Cookie Boycott Campaign After Organization's Inclusion Of Transgender Child - Ian
Honest Girl Scouts - Ian
Girl Scouts responds to call for cookie boycott - Ian
(The Video has been taken down from youtube)
Here is the full video from another account.
The Portrait of a Hate Crime in the Girl Scouts - Bryan
Poll: Will You Join Girl Scout Cookie Boycott? - Bryan
Is Taoism Compatible with Atheism?
[my intent in this episode is to introduce taoism to those who don’t know much about it - i.e., history, beliefs, etc., discuss how it is often practiced now, especially in the US, and then share some thoughts on whether or not I think it is compatible with atheism - and by atheism here I mean a combination of new atheism (i.e., activist atheism), skepticism, science, etc. Source material could be encyclopedic if I wanted to, but check out a few things below and if you have time and interest, I would highly recommend the Tao of Pooh - a short but insightful read.]
[[further it is my intent to take no more than half an hour on this, so feel free to suggest other articles to discuss]]
Tao in Wikipedia
Tao Te Ching
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#1 Girl Scouts
I hadn't heard about the girl scout controversy before the show and I was surprised by the vehemence of my own reaction. Hearing about this incident and reflecting on the organization and my experiences as a member, I was reminded of just how great I think the girl scouts are. They are an extremely inclusive group, dedicated to building up the self confidence and skills for success. I hadn't thought about the girl scouts in years, but this has reminded me to contribute and donate to this great organization. Sometimes the worst of humanity (i.e., the bigots who would discriminate against a child just for being different) can remind us what is important and inspire us to do more.