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Canadian Atheist, Not a Member of In-Sight Publishing, 2017-2019 This Edition Published in 2019 1 2 IN-SIGHT PUBLISHING Published by In-Sight Publishing In-Sight Publishing Langley, British Columbia, Canada in-sightjournal.com First published in parts by Canadian Atheist, Not a member of In-Sight Publishing, 2017-2019 This edition published in 2019 © 2012-2019 by Scott Douglas Jacobsen. Original appearance in Canadian Atheist. All rights reserved. No parts of this collection may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized, in any form, or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented or created, which includes photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Published in Canada by In-Sight Publishing, British Columbia, Canada, 2019 Distributed by In-Sight Publishing, Langley, British Columbia, Canada In-Sight Publishing was established in 2014 as a not-for-profit alternative to the large, commercial publishing houses currently dominating the publishing industry. In-Sight Publishing operates in independent and public interests rather than for private gains, and is committed to publishing, in innovative ways, ways of community, cultural, educational, moral, personal, and social value that are often deemed insufficiently profitable. Thank you for the download of this e-book, your effort, interest, and time support independent publishing purposed for the encouragement of academic freedom, creativity, diverse voices, and independent thought. Cataloguing-in-Publication Data No official catalogue record for this book. Jacobsen, Scott Douglas, Author Canadian Atheist: Set II/Scott Douglas Jacobsen pages cm Includes bibliographic references, footnotes, and reference style listing. In-Sight Publishing, Langley, British Columbia, Canada Published electronically from In-Sight Publishing in Langley, British Columbia, Canada 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Designed by Scott Douglas Jacobsen 3 Contents I Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................... 4 i By the Grace of the Godless with Professor David Orenstein ................................................ 5 ii In the Heart of the Catholic Education Trans Controversy – Anonymous Interview with Trans Child Mother ....................................................................................................................... 7 iii Speaking of One School System for All: What About One Sexual Education Curriculum? .............................................................................................................................................. 10 iv On the Periphery of Bill 62, Quebec National Assembly’s Crucifix ................................. 14 v Conversation with Mark A. Gibbs – Managing Editor, Canadian Atheist ....................... 17 vi Changes to Criminal Code .................................................................................................................. 25 vii Saskatchewan Largest Catholic School Expansion in Its History ....................................... 26 viii Conversation with Prof. Imam Syed Soharwardy – Founder, Islamic Supreme Council of Canada and Muslims Against Terrorism ................................................................................. 28 ix Merge Catholic and Secular Public School Systems Petition ............................................... 31 x Renton Patterson – President, Civil Rights in Public Education .......................................... 33 xi On Faith, Interview with Jon King on Christianity ................................................................... 37 xii On Atheism, Interview with Rome Bethea – Administrator, Atheists ............................... 42 xiii Payette: It’s a Joke, Folks ................................................................................................................... 44 xiv News in History: Persecution and Discrimination Against Atheists, Still Relevant .... 51 xv Coming Out, the New Way ................................................................................................................ 52 xvi Religion: Glimpses of its Future ....................................................................................................... 54 xvii Moratorium on Catholic School Construction ............................................................................ 56 xviii Conversation with Sophie Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sci. – Director, CFI-Victoria .... 58 xix Indefinite Delay in Ecclesiastical Court Hearing for Minister Gretta Vosper ................ 60 xx Conversation with Reva Landau – Co-Founder, Open Public Education Now ............. 62 xxi Janet French on the Catholic Education System ........................................................................ 67 xxii Interview with Monica Miller – Senior Counsel, AHA Appignani Humanist Legal Center .......................................................................................................................................................... 71 xxiii Losing Our Religion Documentary Film ...................................................................................... 73 xxiv Bamidele Adeneye on Death Threats in Nigeria ........................................................................ 74 xxv Atheism in Kenya with George Ongere of CFI-Kenya ........................................................... 76 xxvi Justice, Fairness, Compassion and the Criminal Justice System of Canada .................... 80 xxvii The New 7 Dirty Words ..................................................................................................................... 81 xxviii Diego Fontanive on EOF, Memetics, and Critical Thinking ................................................. 82 xxix Roman Catholic Church Unable to Compensate Sexual Abuse Victims .......................... 84 xxx Waleed Al-Husseini on Fundamentalism and Reform in Islam ........................................... 85 xxxi Critical Thinking About New Age Spiritualism With Jessica Schab ................................. 87 xxxii Angelos Sofocleous on Being President-Elect of Humanist Students ............................... 91 xxxiii The State of the State and Mosque with Waleed Al-Husseini .............................................. 95 xxxiv Faisal Saeed Al Mutar – Founder, Global Secular Humanist Movement and Ideas Beyond Borders ...................................................................................................................................... 98 II License and Copyright .......................................................................................................... 100 4 Acknowledgements I express gratitude to Mark Gibbs, Zachary R.W. Johnson, George Thindwa, Bwambale Robert Musubaho, Laurence A. Moran, Violine Namyalo, Kareem Muhssin, A.M., Takudzwa Mazwienduna, Sarah Mills, Terry Murray, Gary McLelland, Tina Block, Isaiah Akorita, Jen Takahashi, Caleb Lack, Nsajigwa I Mwasokwa (Nsajigwa Nsa’sam), Angelos Sofocleous, Christine M. Shellska, Suzie Mason, Avery Sapoznikow, Cheri Frazer, Ian Bushfield, Angel Sumka, Mohammed Charlie Khadra, Chiedozie Uwakwe, Bayo Opadeyi, Moninuola Komolafe, Terry Sanderson, David Orenstein, Mother of Trans Child, Mark A. Gibbs, Imam Syed Soharwardy, Renton Patterson, Jon King, Rome Bethea, Sophie Shulman, Reva Landau, Janet French, Monica Miller, Bamidele Adeneye, George Ongere, Diego Fontanive, Waleed Al- Husseini, Jessica Schab, Angelos Sofocleous, and Faisal Saeed Al Mutar. I feel honored to contribute to Canadian Atheist. Scott 5 By the Grace of the Godless with Professor David Orenstein October 23, 2017 Scott Douglas Jacobsen I spoke with Dr. David Orenstein, Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York, and author of “Godless Grace: How Nonbelievers are making the world safer, richer and kinder.” Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Let’s cover a little of your brief background. What was faith in your family, community and, subsequently, to yourself? David Orenstein: It is a great question. I really grew up very secular. My family members were believers, but they never pushed faith on me or my sisters. I was Bar Mitzvah’d, but it was more of a social event than a need to be recognized by God or the State or something like that. I don’t think my family was very happy when I came out an atheist and I came out an atheist at a very young age. Not full well knowing what that implies in terms of philosophical belief and that stuff, I was simply not a believer in the divine. While my parents specifically were believers, we didn’t subscribe to any faith tradition, really. I always tell people, “I see myself as a cultural Jew.” If you grow up in New York City and in Brooklyn, from my generation and perspective, I am of the Jew from the mold of Woody Allen or Carl Sagan, very into arts and culture and open to things. I always surrounded myself with people of that perspective. Jacobsen: You wrote Godless Grace. How did that background influence it? Orenstein: Godless Grace was almost a catalyst for something that Christopher Hitchens always used to say, ‘Tell me something a religious person can do that an atheist cannot.’ One is, “Well, we can’t create fault lines.” [Laughing] But there was always this position and maybe it is in religious marketing as well that, “You can only be good with God.” Knowing my personal history as a nonbeliever, knowing that I always felt that my humanity came before any faith doctrine, I knew that there would be many other people out there without
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