The Freethinkers of Colorado Springs accept points of view verified by engineering, logic, mathematics, and science rather than beliefs stemming from authority, emotion, dogma, or tradition. Founded in 1993 in response to Colorado's Amendment 2, the Freethinkers of Colorado Springs advocate the use of reason, defend the separation of church and state, and support interpersonal dialogue, non-violence, human rights, civil rights, reproductive rights, and equality for all.

Propaganda Techniques, by Groff Schroeder: Freethought Views October 2018

Propaganda Techniques

by Groff Schroeder

 

 

The techniques of propaganda have been successfully applied in politics and war since 1917. Just 20 years after the disastrous First World War, propaganda led the educated and egalitarian people of Germany into a disastrous Second World War. Even after the propaganda attack on the 2016 election, many Americans appear unfamiliar with the techniques of propaganda.

 

 

AD HOMINEM: Personal attack.

AD NAUSEAM: Regurgitate until accepted.

AGENDA SETTING: "Suck all the oxygen" out of news and debate.

The Future of Roe, by "Rosalind Arden" (anonymous): Freethought Views September 2018

 

 

The Future of Roe

By "Rosalind Arden"

 

When Brett Kavanaugh sits down to testify before the judiciary committee he will of course declare his belief in Roe v Wade as settled law. What he won’t declare is that he is probably more than willing to chip away at Roe by upholding any law that places obstacles in the way of women trying to assert their rights under Roe. Most of these restrictions come from states where laws designed to deny access to abortions are advanced under the guise of “protecting women.” These laws can come before the Supreme Court and can be enforced by a conservative majority. For this and many other reasons we do not want this man on the Supreme Court. Pro-choice advocates are right to be worried about the future of a fundamental women’s right.

Vernal Equinox 2020

03/19/2019 - 20:20

The 2020 vernal equinox occurs at 9:20 p.m. on March 19, 2020.

Don't miss it.

July 4, 2018, by Groff Schroeder: Freethought Views July 2018

 

July 4, 2018

by Groff Schroeder

 

On July 2, 1776, America's Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, which Americans have celebrated on July 4th ever since. Thirteen years and one Revolutionary War later, the ratification of the United States Constitution established America's Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, which defend the Rule of Law through "Checks and Balances" and the threat of removal from office upon Impeachment and conviction for "Bribery" and "high Crimes and Misdemeanors." The 1791 "Bill of Rights" amended the Constitution to define the rights and freedoms of the People, establishing religious freedom, a free press, the right to assemble, Due Process of Law, Equality Under the Law, privacy, and numerous other human and civil rights. Countless human beings have died to "defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic."

Freethinkers of Colorado Springs Official Statement on Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy

Freethinkers of Colorado Springs

Official Statement

regarding the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy

 

ABORTION OR NOT? by Jan Brazill: Freethought Views June 2018

 

ABORTION OR NOT?

by Jan Brazill

 

What Would You Do?

I have seen many young women with their baby carriages lining the streets protesting abortion clinics. These are women who, most likely, have traditional marriages that welcome families. I had to wonder if any of them had made difficult choices during their pregnancies.

 

On morality and reality, by Ken Burrows: Freethought Views May 2018

 

On morality and reality

By Ken Burrows

 

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which regularly tracks the incidence of hate crimes and terroristic activity, recently reported how the manipulating of religion has become increasingly popular as a way to create “moral” foundations for criminal radicalism. The SPLC stated that violent extremists “are inspired by religious concepts and scriptural interpretations to lash out and kill in the name of religion.” It cited examples of white supremacists, militia extremists, anti-Semites, anti-abortionists and others who justify violent criminal actions by claiming to be “holy warriors” carrying out divine mandates of one form or another. (The SPLC specifically notes this radicalism is not to be confused with people who are simply extremely religious but do not follow their fervor to criminal ends.)

 

Right or Crime? by Groff Schroeder: Freethought Views, April 2018

Right or Crime?

by Groff Schroeder

 

Since the dawn of written history, societies have created and enforced laws to encourage stability, advance justice, and protect themselves from crime, war, and internal and external attack. About 4000 years ago, the Sumerians authored the Codes of Ur Nammu and Hammurabi and established impartial courts. The Greek state ensured laws were public and were applied equally to all some 1200 years later by overturning "Draconian" laws favoring the wealthy. Rome's "Twelve Tables" set court procedures and established summonses - but prohibited plebeian/patrician marriage and allowed creditors to "divide the [debtor's] body among them." The 1215 Magna Carta reined in monarchies, and created the idea of due process of law. In 1791, continuing evolution of law led to the United States Constitution and its “Bill of Rights,” which forbid bribery and established a free democratic republic exercising four founding legal principles: no one is above the law (supremacy of law), all accused experience independent processes designed to acquit (due process of law), and government treats everyone equally (equality under law) rather than serving wealth and power (rule of law).

 

How God Evolves, by Ken Burrows: Freethought Views, March 2018

 

How God Evolves

by Ken Burrows

 

An age-old debate pits evolution against creation-by-God. But what if God himself was created by others? And what if God evolves?

 

Religious history scholar Reza Aslan engages such questions in his book God: A Human History. Here he documents that people’s compulsion to “humanize the divine” dates back many millennia and has resulted in continually shifting concepts of “God.” In this sense humans have indeed created God as an entity on an evolutionary journey.

Conscience and Religious Freedom, by Groff Schroeder: Freethought Views February 2018

 

Conscience and Religious Freedom

by Groff Schroeder

 

Most Americans probably think that our medical and religious decisions – especially with regard to sex and reproduction – are deeply private, and that the only people who can legally make these decisions for us are ourselves, our families, and our physicians. Others think US law should force everyone to obey the mandates of [insert religion name here] beliefs – especially with regard to sex and reproduction – no matter what anyone else's [insert religion name here] beliefs (if any) may be. Unfortunately, corporations, employers, governmental agencies, organizations, religious institutions, and individuals already appear to leverage various forms of societal power to force the directives of their church onto their patients.

 

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I pay a medical professional whose religion prohibits birth control/blood transfusion etc. They deny me birth control/blood transfusion etc. "Free exercise of religion" means I follow their religion? And I pay too?

 

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Detecting Reality by Groff Schroeder: Freethought Views January 2018

 

Detecting Reality

by Groff Schroeder

What is real, and how can we know? Do unidentified flying objects (UFOs) prove aliens exist? Do "EMF spikes" or garbled audio clips prove ghosts exist? Does the survival of a loved one after helicopter airlift, emergency surgery, and extended intensive care prove the power of prayer? Virtually no one wants to spread false information, so it is important to determine whether we are deceiving others – or ourselves.

My creed by Robert Green Ingersoll: Freethought Views December 2017

My creed:

By Robert G. Ingersoll


To love justice, to long for the right,
to love mercy,
to pity the suffering, to assist the weak,

Not burying my conscience by Ken Burrows: Freethought Views November 2017

Not burying my conscience

By Ken Burrows

 

Preplanning one’s post-death rituals is never fun. Religious intrusions can make it even less so, as this true account will show.

Type true? by Groff Schroeder: Freethought Views October 2017

 

Type true?

by Groff Schroeder

There appear to be two types of politicians: type 1 politicians who serve "The" people (with a capital T), and type 2 politicians who serve the American People (with a capital P). Since at least the 1952 "Checkers" speech, American politics appears to have been crafted to profit type 1 politicians, thwart type 2 politicians, and make it extremely difficult for the American People to tell them apart.

 

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