FEBRUARY 2010

Roy will have a one-person show at the Fireside Gallery at Sea Ranch Lodge, February 5th through March 4th. There will be an opening reception Friday, February 5th, 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Check out the Sea Ranch preview slide show.

JANUARY 2010

Roy is named the Sacramento Atheism Examiner by examiner.com.

NOVEMBER 2009

The second draft of No One Believes In God is complete. I am seeking representation by a literary agent. You can download the file right now!

OCTOBER 2009

Roy spoke at the sold-out 2009 Atheist Alliance International conference in Burbank, California on Saturday, 3 October. That presentation was not recorded, but another version was shot a few days later; watch the video here.

Title: On the profession of religious belief
Abstract: As Wittgenstein observed, "one cannot mean a senseless series of words." Religious propositions have no meaning, so they cannot be meant; and if they cannot be meant, they cannot be believed. Therefore, "I believe in God" (for example) is not a statement of belief. But then, what is it? If the person who says it is not meaning or believing, what are they doing? Here at last is a question about religion that can be answered! Such "professions" are not reports of private mental states, they are public tokens of affiliation. This has important implications for cultural debate and for public policy.

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