Mike, you’re already helping, but it would be nice to be a part of a formal group of scientists, lay people, seculars and clerics who work together to promote better public understanding of science. There are a few such organizations focusing on political issues, such as Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Does anyone know about something like this for science?

I have joined this group as well.

it would be nice to be a part of a formal group of scientists, lay people, seculars and clerics who work together to promote better public understanding of science. There are a few such organizations focusing on political issues, such as Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Does anyone know about something like this for science?

Good question Richard, I’d like to be a part of that.

I’m all for working together in support of science. What can I do to help?

Mike, you’re already helping, but it would be nice to be a part of a formal group of scientists, lay people, seculars and clerics who work together to promote better public understanding of science. There are a few such organizations focusing on political issues, such as Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Does anyone know about something like this for science?

Your a trip! LOLOLOLOL

I am a science communicator. It’s what I do for a living. I give performances about science for children in schools and libraries. I’m very good at making science fun and interesting. It’s not all fluff; I show them not just what science knows, but how science knows. I have given thousands of performances about dinosaurs, volcanoes or astronomy.

Wow, what a great career, Richard! I am sure that you are making a big impact on kids, parents and teachers with your presentations. And if you can light a spark of interest in science – plus make it accessible to non-scientists – I’m sure you’re doing wonderful work that will have terrific repercussions for the future.

One conversation at a time is good. Sometimes I get these grandiose ideas of spreading the atheist words to everyone, loud and proud! hmmmm, I am sure its would work much better for me, one conversation at a time.

But, if I belonged to an organization and in that organization, I as well as many others did not want the more radicals of the group to be representative of me, I should like to think we would be more outspoken of this fact and possibly even band together to get more public awareness out that those radicals/fundies/whackos were not representative of the majority of us.

I am up late at nights, many times surfing the tv channels. You cannot believe how much whacky religion shows are on at night. I am speaking about the ones that for a small price will send you healing handkerchiefs, holy water or somehow for a small price will be able to lay their hands on you through the television to heal you.

I understand the right to freedom of speech and anyone can buy time on the air waves, but if I was a moderate religious organization I would have to speak out loudly and readily of the dangers of this sort of scam. I think we all take for granted that its apparent that these things are scams, but we have to remember the desperate people out there that will grasp at anything many times to hold on to that last bit of hope.

Although, I guess it would be kind of hard to back up my warning of the scams of healing handkercheifs and holy water since those sorts of miracles are throughout the bible.

Here’s a problem to solve: try to adapt Dawkins (and Harris?) so as to target the fundamentalists (anti-science) without offending the moderates (pro-science). I imagine that this would have to entail banding together with right-thinking faithfuls to send a message to the fundies.

I’m all for working together in support of science. What can I do to help?

I mean, I’m not a teacher or in a Christian university anymore, and I’m not really all that into science as a hobby either, but I already described above what I’m doing to help the cause in my little corner of the world to change the minds of two of my friends. That’s kind of how I try to make a difference these days – one conversation at a time.