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1 2 In-Sight Publishing 3 Book of Stuff 7 4 IN-SIGHT PUBLISHING Publisher since 2014 Published and distributed by In-Sight Publishing Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada www.in-sightjournal.com Copyright © 2020 by Scott Douglas Jacobsen In-Sight Publishing established in 2014 as a not-for-profit alternative to the large commercial publishing houses who dominate the publishing industry. In-Sight Publishing operates in independent and public interests rather than in dependent and private ones, and remains committed to publishing innovative projects for free or low-cost while electronic and easily accessible for public domain consumption within communal, cultural, educational, moral, personal, scientific, and social values, sometimes or even often, deemed insufficient drivers based on understandable profit objectives. 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Not printed but available on the internet at www.in-sightjournal.com 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Designed and implemented by Scott Douglas Jacobsen 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Book of Stuff 7 ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................................. 7 1 MEDIUM (PERSONAL) ....................................................................................................................................... 8 a David Mabuza on Women’s Rights ......................................................................................................... 9 b Potential Changes to the South African Constitution ............................................................................. 11 c Building your self-esteem in a changing world ...................................................................................... 12 d How to overcome adversity in life ......................................................................................................... 13 e How to identify and overcome anxiety .................................................................................................. 14 f Physical and digital bullying .................................................................................................................. 15 g In Conversation with Maya Bahl on Ethnicity and Race ....................................................................... 16 h A Philosophy of Discovery and A Philosophy of Ignorance: Faith and Feelings, and Reason and Empiricism ............................................................................................................................................. 18 i What Would Change Your Mind? Evidence or Nothing ....................................................................... 20 j Ontological Evidence Derived from Epistemological Naturalism ......................................................... 22 k An Irish Ode: Being Gullible for the Hunza .......................................................................................... 23 l Sexual Education in Ontario: Canadian Civil Liberties Association Lawsuit ........................................ 24 m Canadian License Plate Etiquette ........................................................................................................... 31 n From Nuns to None: #MeToo & #ChurchToo ....................................................................................... 33 o Reminder: A Note on the Level of Belief in Evolution by Authoritative Authorities ............................ 35 p Recent Surveys on the Religious and the Non-Religious ....................................................................... 36 2 ATHEIST REPUBLIC (OP-ED) .......................................................................................................................... 38 a New Book - Queer Disbelief .................................................................................................................. 39 b “Faithiest” by Melanie Wilderman ......................................................................................................... 40 c “Bad Comedy for Bad People” with Keith Lowell Jensen ..................................................................... 41 d Who Are We To Judge How People Live In Islamic Countries? ........................................................... 42 e Atheism, as American as Apple Pie ....................................................................................................... 44 f Canadian Atheists Win Discrimination Case ......................................................................................... 45 3 ATHEIST REPUBLIC (BLOG) ........................................................................................................................... 47 a Interview with Allie Jackson – CEO, Atheist Republic Part 1 ............................................................... 48 b Merge Catholic and Secular Public School Systems Petition ................................................................ 54 c Life and the Possibility of Absolute Finality with Terry Sanderson ...................................................... 56 d Interview with Allie Jackson – CEO, Atheist Republic Part 2 ............................................................... 60 6 e Islam Versus Nazism .............................................................................................................................. 64 f Interview with Dr. Caleb W. Lack, Ph.D. – Director, Secular Therapy Project ..................................... 69 g Praying for Atheist Republic .................................................................................................................. 73 h Conflicts Between “Normal” Culture And Homosexuality An Interview with Peter Gajdics - Author of The Inheritance of Shame ...................................................................................................................... 77 i Who Are We To Judge People Living In Islamic Countries? ................................................................ 81 j How Do We Defeat the Islamic Republic of Iran? ................................................................................. 89 k Interview with Leslea Mair - Co-Director of Losing Our Religion ........................................................ 96 License and Copyright .......................................................................................................................................... 99 7 Acknowledgements The collections contained herein represented scattered work, disparate thoughts, and areas of obscure, and partial work in a number of domains; whereby, with the increase in the single outlet mass contributions of articles and interviews, the other enquiries may emerge in terms of the results or outcomes of multiple publication single to small submission or publishing or articles/interviews. Here, I present some of the latter in Book of Stuff 7: Medium (Personal) and Atheist Republic (Op-Ed and Blog). Acknowledgement, appreciation, and gratitude in Book of Stuff 1: The Beam Magazine, College Rentals, Check Your Head, Lifespan Cognition Lab, Westside Seniors Hub, Learning Analytics Research Group, Lost in Samsara, Center for Inquiry Canada, iData Research Inc, PardesSeleh.Com, Lift Cannabis News, Karmik, Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, AUSU Executive Blog, Develop Africa, and Atheist Alliance of America. Acknowledgement, appreciation, and gratitude in Book of Stuff 2: Gordon Neighbourhood House, Skeptic Meditations, The National Youth Internet Safety and Cyberbullying Task Force, Inc., Rational Doubt, The Black Detour, Science, Technology & Philosophy, Mendy Marcus, Canadian Science, and International Policy Digest. Acknowledgement, appreciation, and gratitude in Book of Stuff 3: Cornelius Press, Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), and A Life in Comedy. Acknowledgement, appreciation, and gratitude in Book of Stuff 4: Secularism is a Women’s Issue, Advice for Gifted and Talented Youth, The Humanist, The Future Of…, Fresh Start Recovery Center, and Harvest House