Winner place Order of appearance Name Read an excerpt from: 4th Place 1 Saul Penn “What would you substitute for the Bible as a moral guide?”; “The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child” 2 Jim Hebblethwaite “Optimism” from Philosophy selections 3 Steven Jones “Thomas Paine” 4 Bill Creasy “Humboldt” – 1869 3rd Place 5 Stuart Jordan “Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child” 6 Albert J. Rogers “Substitute for the Bible as a Moral Guide” 1st Place 7 James B. Tinsley “The Gods” 1892; and briefly “Thomas Paine” 1870 4th Place 8 Lynne Williamson Preface to the book: “Men, Women, & God” by HELEN H. GARDENER (1885) 2nd Place 9 Jamila Bey “What I Want for Christmas” 10 Vincent Lyon Closing argument in NJ Blasphemy Trial: Reynolds v State of New Jersey, 1887 11 Kevin I. Slaughter Lecture on “Blasphemy” 12 Donald Wharton “Hearafter”; “God in the Constitution”; “Some Reasons Why” 13 Don Evans “Secularism” 1888, Dresden Editions vol. 8 14 Woody Lipinski “Civil Rights “ 1883
