Dale DeBakcsy
Dale DeBakcsy is the author and artist of the atheist webcomic The Vocate and a regular contributor to The Freethinker and American Atheist Magazine. To make enough money to feed his cats and children, he is also a calculus teacher.
Articles by Dale DeBakcsy
Do we have free will? The atheist case for determinism
Accepting that we are governed not by free will but by the processes of the body could provide a positive vision for society.
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My seven surprisingly okay hours with Atheist TV
News of a 24-hour atheist TV channel in the US was met with derision, but actually, it is eminently reasonable.
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The growth of African-American atheism
Christianity remains central to life in the Southern United States. But with non-belief growing, secular organisations are finding new ways of supporting those who are breaking with their faith. Dale DeBakcsy reports
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How Cosmos moved us all to tears
Neil deGrasse Tyson's remake of Carl Sagan's classic series is worthy of the hype – it even introduced my six-year-old to the vastness of the universe, says Dale DeBakcsy
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Atheists: the next generation
While the grizzled veterans of US atheism continue their head-on fight against religious dominance, a younger crop of skeptics are pursuing a more open and creative form of non-belief. Having mingled with both crowds, Dale DeBakcsy praises their combined contribution to America's thriving humanist community
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Atheism in Technicolor
Dale DeBakcsy watches non-belief come of age at San Francisco's Atheist Film Festival
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Debunking the girls-don’t-do-science myth
It's something of a golden age for biographies of women scientists. Dale DeBakcsy reviews some of the best (and one of the worst)
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Should humanists oppose animal testing?
For Dale DeBakcsy, switching to vegetarianism made perfect ethical sense. Should the same reasoning lead to an objection to vivisection?
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The Turncoats
The strange sub-genre of ex-atheist memoirs, spurious as it is, has an important message for atheism – we need to do a better job of reaching out and holding on to people, says Dale DeBakcsy
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Rise of the gimmick Bible
Speciality Bibles for teens, women, couples and grandmas might bring in the cash, but what do they say about Christianity, asks Dale Debakcsy
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Wagner for atheists
The operatic canon, and Wagner in particular, is saturated with religious imagery that can be incomprehensible and off-putting to a modern audience. But that doesn't mean secularists should shun them, says Dale DeBakcsy
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Thrashing for Jesus, Rapping For Science
The god debate has infiltrated popular music. Dale DeBakcsy looks at how heavenly metal squares up to rationalist rap
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Six graphic novels every humanist should read
There is a decades-long tradition of secular heroes battling religion in comic books and graphic novels. Dale DeBakcsy picks out his favourite godless superheroes
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The cartoon war on sceptics
Some cartoons are telling kids that they have to choose to believe. Dale DeBakcsy tunes in to the animated assault on reason
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What is at the end of the tunnel?
Do the thousands of reports of spiritual near death experiences prove the existence of the soul, as some psychologists claim? Dale DeBakcsy burrows into the science
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The dark side of Buddhism
Buddhism is often seen as the acceptable face of religion, lacking a celestial dictator and full of Eastern wisdom. But Dale DeBakcsy, who worked for nine years in a Buddhist school, says it's time to think again
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