2009 Contestants and Winners

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

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