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The journal of secular humanist ideas.

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Published by the Council for Secular Humanism, a program of @center4inquiry.
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Ariel Peckel will be succeeding Ron Lindsay as editor of Free Inquiry. Free Inquiry thanks Ron for his two years of service and we look forward to having Ariel, a scholar and an accomplished writer, at the helm.
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Ariel Peckel’s path to secular humanism crossed countries, cultures, and philosophies.

Now he joins CFI as executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism and editor of @FreeInquiry, championing reason, humanist ethics, and freedom of thought:
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Close-up portrait of Ariel Peckel, a bearded man with long curly brown hair, against a gray background. Text reads, “Welcome, Ariel Peckel. Executive Director, Council for Secular Humanism. Editor, Free Inquiry.” CFI, Council for Secular Humanism, and Free Inquiry logos appear along the bottom.
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This lawsuit by Catholic nuns is a good example of expanding, erroneous notions of "religious freedom." No nun is required to provide assisted dying or even provide info; they just need to refer person to someone else. catholicworldreport.com/2026/07/20/bis…
www.catholicworldreport.com Bishop Barres, Catholic sisters sue New York over assisted suicide mandates The bishop said "we will never submit" to "the culture of death" as the Catholic diocese and religious sisters argue that their faith prevents them from participating in physician-assisted suicide.
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In his last column for Free Inquiry, Ron Lindsay argues that the prevailing notion of gods hasn't changed much from Homer's time: we still need to beg and placate God, & as far as Christianity is concerned, blood sacrifice remains central to the faith secularhumanism.org/exclusive/plac…
secularhumanism.org Placating the Gods: The Core of Religion | Free Inquiry During this month, we are being inundated with promotions for the soon-to-be-released movie, The Odyssey. I hope that whatever the merits of this film, it w ...
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A timely reminder that anti-gay discrimination and hatred is a product of Abrahamic religions, and, because Islam holds power in some countries, that hatred is reflected in government policy in some Muslim majority countries. thefp.com/p/douglas-murr…
www.thefp.com Douglas Murray: How a Gay Cruise Got Stuck Between Islam and the West ‘Right-wing governments’ aren’t the reason Egypt and Turkey rejected gay travelers. But many Westerners insist that every foreign vice is caused by colonialism, writes Douglas Murray.
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This week, Ron Lindsay comments on two Supreme Court decisions, one which gave the president the power to remove the heads of regulatory agencies at will & the other which removed one of the last limits on campaign financing. Bad news for democracy. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/just…
secularhumanism.org Just What We Need: More Partisanship in Government, More Money in Politics | Free Inquiry The U.S. Supreme Court finished its term this week and, as expected, delivered rulings on various significant issues. Much media attention has been focused ...