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What's the point if there's no god?
For many, that is a serious question, with no apparent answer.
Ralph Lewis has thought deeply on it, and his answer fills a book: "Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even if the Universe Doesn’t".
I ask Ralph whether a purposeless universe means that human lives are meaningless and don’t matter, and how we make moral judgments if we have no external or objective foundation for them.
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Podcast for Inquiry S3E12: What’s the point of there’s no god? Ralph Lewis has an answer. Dr. Ralph Lewis is an Associate Professor, practicing psychiatrist, and blogs for Psychology Today . Dr. Lewis explores the themes in his bo...

In 1984, this announcement shook up the education system — and provincial politics: Forty years ago today, Premier Bill Davis made a stunning declaration about funding for the Catholic-school system

In 1984, this announcement shook up the education system — and provincial politics | TVO Today Forty years ago today, Premier Bill Davis made a stunning declaration about funding for the Catholic-school system.

When schools won’t raise the Pride flag, the message is clear — and damning: The flag is a small but mighty symbol of trust and community. The Catholic schools that have opted not to fly it are failing their LGBTQ2S+ students

When schools won’t raise the Pride flag, the message is clear — and damning | TVO Today OPINION: The flag is a small but mighty symbol of trust and community. The Catholic schools that have opted not to fly it are failing their LGBTQ2S+ students.

Last week Leslie Rosenblood represented Centre for Inquiry Canada in a Humanist Canada roundtable with the BC Humanist Association, talking about how the various levels of government in Canada subsidize religious institutions. As a secularist, Leslie believes government should neither support nor suppress religion - and therefore the $5.6 BILLION given to religious charities every year is inappropriate, and should stop. Watch and enjoy!

Putting a Number on the Cost of Religion in Canada Putting A Number On How Much Religion Costs in Canada We are very excited to partner with our affiliates at BCHA and CFI to bring you this important and live...

What is The Paris Appeal? What is the difference between a laic and a secularist? What does the represent? Listen to my conversation with Maryam Namazie as she answers all these questions and more, including her take on Quebec's .
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Podcast for Inquiry S03E03: Maryam Namazie and The Paris Appeal Maryam Namazie ( ) is the spokesperson for One Law for All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain . In December 2023, the...

Do you think faith should be government funded? Do you believe those who evangelize should get tax breaks? On today's Podcast for Inquiry, I speak with Sandra Dunham of Centre for Inquiry Canada, who explains how Canada's three levels of government grant over $5.5 BILLION (yes, with a B) to religious institutions each and every year.

Podcast for Inquiry S03E03: Sandra Dunham asks: Why does Canada give $5.6 billion annually to religious charities? Canada allows organizations that do nothing but “advance religion” to be classified as charities. This policy decision costs Canadians at le...

Catholic schools still aren’t safe places for LGBTQ2S+ students in Ontario

Catholic schools still aren’t safe places for LGBTQ2S+ students in Ontario | TVO Today OPINION: If Catholic trustees and teachers want to make a case for the survival of their publicly funded boards, they need to make it possible for all students to thrive.

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It’s time to abolish the Catholic school system in Ontario: If Catholic schools can’t support safety and inclusion, they shouldn’t be publicly funded

It’s time to abolish the Catholic school system in Ontario | TVO Today OPINION: If Catholic schools can’t support safety and inclusion, they shouldn’t be publicly funded.

King Charles won't be known as 'defender of the faith' — does it matter? Canada drops monarch’s 16th-century religious title as part of a modernization push

King Charles won't be known as 'defender of the faith' — does it matter? | CBC News King Charles will have a new title in Canada after the government dropped a centuries-old accolade — “defender of the faith” — as part of a push to redefine the head of state's role.

Canada unveils new crown with snowflake and maple leaves instead of religious symbols

Canada unveils new crown with snowflake and maple leaves instead of religious symbols The new design replaces the religious symbols with Canadian symbolism, trading crosses and fleur-de-lis for maple leaves and a snowflake

Quebec bans use of classrooms as prayer spaces

Quebec bans use of classrooms as prayer spaces | CBC News The province's education minister officially prohibited schools from transforming classrooms into prayer rooms Wednesday, saying the practice goes against Quebec's secularism laws.

Truth & Lies: The Politics Of Religion

The Politics of Religion | TVO Today Who in history has used religion to create and sustain power? From the era of the Old Testament to the European witch hunts, to Canada's Residential Schools and the rise of Creationism, religion has proven a reliable tool to brandish political power.

Report slams Newmarket, other councils for prayers at meetings

Report slams Newmarket, other councils for prayers at meetings Mayor stands by efforts of multi-faith inclusion at the inaugural meeting

Gander air force base ends relationships with faith-based charities, including Salvation Army

Gander air force base ends relationships with faith-based charities, including Salvation Army | CBC News With Gander's air force base deciding to review the list of charities it's raising money for this year, 9 Wing will no longer support faith-based charities, including the Happy Tree, organized by the Salvation Army.

An Ontario evangelical megachurch searches for meaning after star pastor’s sexual assault charge

An Ontario evangelical megachurch searches for meaning after star pastor’s sexual assault charge The Meeting House’s pastor Bruxy Cavey’s brand of evangelicalism was cool. Then he was charged with sexual assault and left the church in doubt

Don’t be fooled by Iran’s ‘reforms’. They are only meaningless distractions

Opinion: Don’t be fooled by Iran’s ‘reforms’. They are only meaningless distractions An Iranian official’s comments suggesting that the morality police had been disbanded are suspect. And even they weren’t, such potential reforms only distract from the revolution at hand

Religion needs to be on Canada's census

Opinion: Religion needs to be on Canada's census On Oct. 26, Statistics Canada released another set of data from the 2021 census which included information on immigration, ethnocultural and religious…

The preachers lost the battle for ‘Pride Corner.’ But who will win the fight over Danielle Smith’s Alberta?

The preachers lost the battle for ‘Pride Corner.’ But who will win the fight over Danielle Smith’s Alberta? Scenes playing out on an Edmonton street are an example of tensions between young, diverse Alberta and some of the vestiges of Christian conservatism.

BC Ferries workers ask for religious exemption from clean-shaven rule

BC Ferries workers ask for religious exemption from clean-shaven rule A union representing marine workers is taking BC Ferries to task over one of the company's policies regarding facial hair.

Former Saskatchewan private school students demand ban on controversial Christian curriculum

Former Sask. private school students demand ban on controversial Christian curriculum | CBC News Former students of a private Christian school traveled to the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday to demand the government ban a controversial type of curriculum.

Q&A: Did dinosaurs and humans coexist, as controversial Saskatchewan textbook claims? We asked an expert

Q&A: Did dinosaurs and humans coexist, as controversial Sask. textbook claims? We asked an expert | CBC News After the history of dinosaurs surfaced because of questionable assertions from an independent school curriculum in Saskatchewan, CBC spoke to a paleontologist to get the facts.

How the American anti-LGBTQ hate machine is posing a threat to Canadians

How the American anti-LGBTQ hate machine is posing a threat to Canadians | CBC News The level of hate directed at the LGBTQ community in the U.S. has reached a point where it poses a security threat to Canadians, says a former senior-ranking Canadian intelligence official.

In my birth country, abortion bans and forced pregnancies amount to religious persecution

Opinion: In my birth country, abortion bans and forced pregnancies amount to religious persecution From my new home in Canada, it pains me to look back at the United States, a nation founded by religious dissenters, tearing itself apart in the post-Roe era

Former Saskatchewan Christian school students decry lack of action on assault, abuse allegations

Former Sask. Christian school students decry lack of action on assault, abuse allegations | CBC News Former students who told police a year and a half ago they suffered criminal assault and abuse while attending a private Saskatoon Christian school say they are still awaiting action on their allegations.

Homophobia as a wartime marketing tool: Some Russians fear the West will make them gay

Homophobia as a wartime marketing tool: Some Russians fear the West will make them gay The Russian state, in tandem with the Russian Orthodox Church, is using LGBTQ+ rights as a red-button issue to win support for its criminal war campaign in Ukraine.

Talk of ‘Christian nationalism’ is getting a lot louder – but what does the term really mean?

Talk of 'Christian nationalism' is getting a lot louder – but what does the term really mean? Christian nationalist ideas are about more than simply being religious and patriotic. They form a worldview about how the nation should be structured and who belongs there.

Why do we allow Ontario’s Catholic school system to violate the Charter?

Opinion: Why do we allow Ontario’s Catholic school system to violate the Charter? Since Confederation, taxpayer-funded Catholic school boards have been granted unique legal protections. That’s become untenable, 155 years later

More Canadians than ever have no religious affiliation: census

More Canadians than ever have no religious affiliation: census 34.6 per cent of people in Canada have no religious affiliation. In 2011, 23.9 per cent selected ‘no religion’