Naturalistic Support

The dismantling of patriarchal culture has given young womenmuch of the freedom and empowerment they had long been denied.  The shiftin the cultural landscape, however, has left many young men alienated,confused, frustrated, and often angry — by almost every metric that mattersboys and young men are struggling.

Can a Naturalistic Humanist approach help?

By the end of this century humansmay share the earth with artificially intelligent beings who are trulyconsciousness.

Somebelieve it will enable humans to realize long sought after goals including -solutions for ending our climate crisis, the elimination of poverty, the end ofdisease and the achievement of global peace, stability, and universalempowerment.  Others see it as anexistential threat. 

The potential emergence of GAI or General ArtificialIntelligence - AI systems with human-level or greater cognitive abilities raises profound technical, ethical, societal, and existential issues actively debated by AI researchers, philosophers, ethicists, and policymakers. 

Just about everyone has experienced some grief and loss. 

How can a naturalistic approach help? 

Showing kindness is fundamental to the human experience.  Acts of kindness are psychologically and physically beneficial to both those who act kindly as well as to therecipients. 

It’s easy to miss the everyday acts of kindness happening all around us. 

2025 may be remembered as a dark year for America.  Our leaders want us to believe that our society is filled with fraudsters, criminals, cheaters, and dangerous people. 

Our media is filled with stories about crimes and a dystopian future to which we are supposedly headed. 

At such a time how can we avoid collapsing into a misanthropic mindset?  

An encore presentation from our parent program Equal Time for Freethought featuring the last known debate between Jesus and the Easter Bunny.

In anticipation of the upcoming Easter holiday, NaturalisticSupport celebrates with a special look at immortality with theforemost advocate for radical life extension and chief science officer for theSENS foundation, Aubrey de Grey.

We'll also feature our annual Jesus vs. the Easter Bunny debate;and lots more!

Without relying on supernatural beliefs is it possible to have a deep spiritual connection to the world around us?  Outside of a faith–based or religious narrative, is there a dynamic and satisfying way to understand our human experience?    Join hosts Arnell Dowret, Elaine Durbach, and Sharon Stanley, as they explore a completely naturalistic approach to spirituality.  And as usual, we’ll be taking your calls to hear how a naturalistic approach to spirituality.

Naturalistic Support is based on ideas that originate from Naturalistic Humanism.  Join Arnell and Elaine as they explore these ideas.  And as usual we will be live and taking yourcalls.