Project Reason
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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Mission | Spreading science and secular values |
| Website | www |
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Reason Project |
Project Reason is a U.S. 501(c)(3) foundation whose main aims have been variously described as the promotion of scientific knowledge and secular values in society, and the encouragement of critical thinking and wise public policy through a variety of interrelated projects.
In 2007, Sam Harris co-founded, alongside his wife, the (501(c)3) non-profit foundation called Project Reason. Harris is also chief executive of this organization. Its website describes itself in the following terms:
Project Reason is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. The project will draw on the talents of prominent and creative thinkers from a wide range of disciplines — science, law, literature, entertainment, information technology, etc. — to encourage critical thinking and wise public policy. It will convene conferences, produce films, sponsor scientific research and opinion polls, award grants to other non-profit organizations, and offer material support to religious dissidents and public intellectuals — with the purpose of eroding the influence of dogmatism, superstition and bigotry in the world.
The organization maintains several projects, as well as an internet forum, that attempt to debunk religion using empirical and rational critiques.
The Scripture Project, undertaken under the mantle of Project Reason, stated the following as its goal:
Steve Wells, creator of the Skeptics Annotated Bible, Qur’an, and Book of Mormon has generously donated the full contents of his website to Project Reason. Using this as a foundation, we intend to make the Scripture Project the best source for scriptural criticism on the Internet.
Vatican Justice, another project undertaken by Project Reason, has the following as its mission statement:
I would like to announce that Project Reason has joined Hitchens and Dawkins (both of whom sit on our advisory board) in an effort to end the “diplomatic immunity” which the Vatican claims protects the Pope from any responsibility. We would greatly appreciate your support in this cause. All donations are tax-deductible in the United States.
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