Comments on: Paul Kurtz, 1925 – 2012

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:32:54 +0000

Hey ! Tera Li,
Why don’t you read his Bio, as usual Hollywood is not the innovator, nor imaginative.
Try and read some books, or something.

By: Wzrd1

Wzrd1 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:38:01 +0000

I don’t know, Phil. I’ve kept a garden and on occasion, retained weeds.
When I was in the Persian Gulf, my garden had some local succulent vine that didn’t strangle plants, but it was an excellent sun shade.
So, perhaps one can also GUIDE the weeds a bit, to cause beneficial effects when the weed isn’t utterly destructive for the whole.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:54:02 +0000

^Bill – I’m pretty sure Tara Li was referring to the new name, CSI.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:43:59 +0000

FYI all… the organization was named CSICOP back in the ’70s, way before the TV show.

RIP Dr. Kurtz. Seriously bummed about this news.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:35:23 +0000

After reading your last paragraph, Phil, I wonder if you’re a fan of the Peter Sellers movie, “Being There.”

By: In Memory of a Skeptical Giant: The Passing of Paul Kurtz « I am Troythulu

In Memory of a Skeptical Giant: The Passing of Paul Kurtz « I am Troythulu — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:12:19 +0000

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By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:32:33 +0000

Calling themselves CSI may not be the best way to seem like they’re promoting intelligence. I once saw an episode of CSI: Miami, and the characters acted as audience surrogates to the point that I wondered how such morons could become police detectives. On the other hand, the fact that these detectives felt it necessary to hold the audience’s hand through every simple step of logic might be an approriate association.

By: Mark Plus

Mark Plus — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:12:51 +0000

Did Kurtz convert to some religion on his deathbed, like his atheist friend who converted to Catholicism? Kurtz recounts that story in at least two of his books, so the prospect that he would do something similar towards the end of his life must have bothered him.

By: mks

mks — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:53:14 +0000

we live in the worlds that others have created/discovered…it’ll be interesting to see how the belief systems of Paul Kurtz’s, CSICOP and secular humanism, will fare now that ‘e is dead…

everyone’s death diminishes us

By: Tara Li

Tara Li — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:44:15 +0000

Way to leach off of a popular TV show, CSICOP.