Montana Freethinkers

Promoting skeptical enquiry into religion, philosophy, politics, history, and economics in Montana and beyond.

Hello, I am Justin Whitaker. I am a co-founder of this site, along with Lori Gilliland. I am also webmaster of a variety of other sites at any given time, a philosopher, ethicist, buddhist / atheist, and human being.

The many writings I've included linking from this page are still entirely incomplete, unless otherwise stated.

I am using this portion of mtfreethinkers.org as a personal soap box, as a way of learning by doing (both in terms of writing and webmastering), and as a place to find personal solace whenever I need it. I will place my own writings, along with those of brilliant minds here, to remind myself of my direction in life amongst other things.

Please take a moment to contemplate the direction of your own life now. Re-evaluate your goals, your values, and your beliefs. It has been demonstrated time and again that once one stops contemplating these things they stop growing, they stop learning, and very soon the world no longer makes sense to them. I'm sure you have had this experience yourself at one point, or can think of someone close to you who has. The world is ever-changing, an we must be ever-changing as well.

Before you start, or get too far in any case, here is a brief autobiography (March 2005)

WRITINGS:
| Chronological | By Topic |

    Atheist Manifesto (from 1999)

    A conversation between myself and my best friend Dave, A Catholic. (2000)

    The 3 "I's" of Atheism: Inquisitiveness, Intelligence, and Independence. (2000, with updates)

    Atheist Ethics: A look at Ethics without God. (2000, with updates)

    Buddha visits Jesus: a look at morality and Karma (2000, not by me)

    A Concise Theory of Mind (2001)

    A New Direction in Philosophy of Mind (2002)

    AmericanBuddha (Website, 2003)

    Buddhism vs. Marxism in the West: Foes or Allies in the Postmodern Dilemma (Fall 2004)

    Why Philosophy (for discussion with the UM Philosophy Society) (Sept. 2005)

OTHER (PAST) WEB SITES:

KZMT, KCAP, KHKR - All of these I developed under the guidance of Travis Cronen while working for the Southwestern Montana Radio Network in Helena, MT.

Helena Heretics - This site will some day be swallowed in it's entirety by MT Freethinkers. It is the predicessor, located on a free server, where I began my exploration with webmastering. (No longer online).

Adventure Life - This is my previous place of employment. The site was made for the most part by Tony Ferrini, with my taking over management completely in March 2001.

KBGA - worked at KBGA for 2 years, first as the Promotions Director, then as the Business Manager.

Wildmind - This was my most exciting project. The site is devoted to the teaching of Buddhist meditation and even runs interactive classes in the Mindworks section.