020 Gerardo Rivera - Raised in Puerto Rico by a Jehovah's Witness Father & Catholic Mother. Wafers Turn into God, Questions Begin. High School Teachers Help Organize Worship Activities on Campus. His Atheist Activism begins.
09/05/17 • 76 min
Gerardo Rivera is an atheist undergraduate student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, where he pursues a B.A. in Chemistry. He is the founder and current President of Secular Humanist Association UPRM, a student group for young atheists, agnostics and all the secular community at the university. The group is the only one of its kind in all of Puerto Rico's public university system and it works closely with Humanistas Seculares de Puerto Rico, the leading secular organization on the island. Gerardo's activism focuses mostly in bringing attention to the increasing amount of violations to the Separation of Church and State in the island's government and guiding the development of more secular student groups in other Puerto Rico universities. He has a passion for science and philosophy, and believes deeply in equal rights for all under law.
JaclynGlenn:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCravYcv6C0CopL2ukVzhzNw Hemant Mehta: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAtheistVoice http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/
Pascal's Wager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBCDGohZT70 https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=pascals+wager
Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, by David Hume: https://www.amazon.com/Inquiry-Concerning-Human-Understanding/dp/002353110X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504580939&sr=8-1&keywords=inquiry+concerning+human+understanding
God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins & God is Not Great, by Christopher Hitchens: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=god+delusion&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Agod+delusion Secular Humanist Association UPRM:SHA-UPRM or @SHA_UPRMhttps://twitter.com/SHA_UPRM [email protected]
Humanistas Seculares de Puerto Rico:@HumanistasPR
Atheists of Puerto Rico:https://ateistaspr.org
Gerardo Miguel Rivera: https://www.facebook.com/gerardo.rivera.96
Gerardo Rivera is an atheist undergraduate student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, where he pursues a B.A. in Chemistry. He is the founder and current President of Secular Humanist Association UPRM, a student group for young atheists, agnostics and all the secular community at the university. The group is the only one of its kind in all of Puerto Rico's public university system and it works closely with Humanistas Seculares de Puerto Rico, the leading secular organization on the island. Gerardo's activism focuses mostly in bringing attention to the increasing amount of violations to the Separation of Church and State in the island's government and guiding the development of more secular student groups in other Puerto Rico universities. He has a passion for science and philosophy, and believes deeply in equal rights for all under law.
JaclynGlenn:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCravYcv6C0CopL2ukVzhzNw Hemant Mehta: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAtheistVoice http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/
Pascal's Wager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBCDGohZT70 https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=pascals+wager
Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, by David Hume: https://www.amazon.com/Inquiry-Concerning-Human-Understanding/dp/002353110X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504580939&sr=8-1&keywords=inquiry+concerning+human+understanding
God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins & God is Not Great, by Christopher Hitchens: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=god+delusion&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Agod+delusion Secular Humanist Association UPRM:SHA-UPRM or @SHA_UPRMhttps://twitter.com/SHA_UPRM [email protected]
Humanistas Seculares de Puerto Rico:@HumanistasPR
Atheists of Puerto Rico:https://ateistaspr.org
Gerardo Miguel Rivera: https://www.facebook.com/gerardo.rivera.96
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019 Sarah Brennan - Part 2: Rebuilding Life After Divorce. Her Mom Reacts to the News. Goes Before a Panel of Pastors & Uses the Bible to Argue in Favor of Being Gay
In part 2 of my conversation with Sarah, she discusses rebuilding her community and her life. She had lived with her husband for 10 years and it was everything she'd ever known.
Her mom and a close friend have strong reactions when she comes out.
Finally, Sarah goes before a panel of pastors at her church where she served as a pastor. She uses the Bible to argue in favor of living an openly gay lifestyle.
Such a wonderful story!
Sarah's Resource:
Dear John, I Love Jane https://www.amazon.com/Dear-John-Love-Jane-Leaving/dp/1580053394
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