Vorlage:Inappropriate tone Stefan Molyneux (born 24 September 1966)[1] is a blogger, essayist, author, and host of the Freedomain Radio[2] series of podcasts, living in Mississauga, Canada. He has written numerous articles and smaller essays which have been published on liberty oriented websites such as LewRockwell.com, antiwar.com and Strike The Root, recorded over a 1300 podcasts and written numerous books which all are self-published except for his first which was published by Publish America. In 2006 Stefan Molyneux quit his previous job in the field of computer software to be able to work full-time on Freedomain Radio, a philosophical community website which is completely funded fans of his work through donations and subscriptions of extra media and forum sections.
Molyneux, as a strong atheist,[3] condems religion as a cult and "irrational."[4]
Molyneux claimed that he believed in Objectivism before he turned into an anarchist. [5] He studied at York University, McGill University, and received his masters degree in history at the University of Toronto.
Criticism and Controversy
The community website and Stefan Molyneux received media coverage after several parents of Stefan Molyneux's fans claimed that Freedomain Radio is a therapeutic cult.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
The topic of the articles is Molyneux's alleged role in encouraging members of Freedomain Radio to break ties with their families. Critics claim that Molyneux manipulates vulnerable people into thinking their family relationships are abusive. Molyneux answers that adult relations are in fact voluntary, and that he simply reminds people of that. In the SkyNews article, Ian Haworth of the Cult Information Centre, is reported to have said that the success of Freedomain Radio is "a worrying development".[10][12]
Molyneux also caused controversey from his blief, that child abuse causes religion. Therefore, others labeled him to have Freudian beliefs.[13][14]
External links
References
- ↑ About Stefan Molyneux
- ↑ Freedomain Radio accessed January 7, 2009
- ↑ Strong Atheism: The Case for Evacuating the Middle Ground]. Strike The Root. 2007-02-20.
- ↑ Introduction to Religion] Freedomain Radio.
- ↑ Molyneux, Stefan. (2008) How (Not) to Achieve Freedom. Freedomain Radio. Version 1. p. 56. September 2008. "I was not at the time even an anarchist – I was a typical Objectivist minarchist, in that I believed the government was required for the military, the law courts and the prison system. In the ideal society that I believed in at the time, there would still be government contracts that would still need to be pursued and won through free-market competition. I no longer hold these beliefs, and it was not particularly long after I became a fully fledged anarchist that I left the business world completely,"
- ↑ BBC Outlook on iPlayer accessed at January 7, 2009
- ↑ Jeremy Vine on BBC radio accessed at January 7, 2009
- ↑ You will never see me again in The Guardian accessed at January 7, 2009
- ↑ How a cyberphilosopher convinced followers to cut off family in The Globe and Mail accessed at January 7, 2009
- ↑ a b [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Mother-Barbara-Weed-Warns-Against-FDR-Freedom-Domain-Radio-Website-As-Son-Leaves-Family/Article/200812415191561?lpos=UK_News_News_Your_Way_Region_0&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15191561_Mother_Barbara_Weed_Warns_Against_FDR_Freedom_Domain_Radio_Website_As_Son_Leaves_Family Website Led Teen To Quit Family] in SkyNews accessed at January 7, 2009
- ↑ Growing Concern For Online Cults on SkyNews Video accessed at January 7, 2009
- ↑ The mother and son torn apart by web 'cult' that destroys families on Times online accessed at January 10 2009
- ↑ Stefan Molyneux and Freedomain Radio
- ↑ RichardDawkins.net Forum