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Jesus? last words
2007-06-18 17:39:00 The sub-heading from the The Honest Doubter blog reads: Jesu s ’ last words on the cross, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” hardly seem like the words of a man who planned it that way. It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure there is something wrong here. Indeed. Copyright © 2007 Way of the Mind More About: Words
The many types of ZOMBIES in fiction
2007-06-14 23:49:00 A bit offtopic for this blog, but, hey, I’m not the only member of Planet Atheism who is a zombie fan. I had created this page, Zombie Types , several months ago, and today I updated it a bit. If you want to know the differences between Romero zombies, Max Brooks zombies, Shaun of the ... More About: Fiction , Zombies , The Man
Kent Hovind: Muy Loco en la Cabeza
2007-06-13 22:36:00 Kent Hovind’s “email exchange” with God. You’ve got to see it to believe it. Excerpt: KH: Do you have time for a few questions, today, Lord? GOD: Son, time has no effect on me. I created it. I am always here to help you and guide you in any area of your life. Go ahead with your questions, ... More About: Kent , Kent Hovind , Cabe
Atheism is today?s featured article on Wikipedia
2007-06-08 11:07:00 This doesn’t happen every day. Why not go and read the article in full? Whether you’re an atheist or not, you’re bound to learn something new (as the article is very detailed — it was because of that that it was eligible to be a featured article). BTW, thanks to overcaffein8d for emailing me about ... More About: Atheism , Article , Today , Wikipedia , Featured
"Circular Logic R Us"
2007-05-31 13:34:00 Isn’t it annoying when Christians use the Bible as “proof” that God exists? Yesterday, I had to delete several comments here, all from the same guy. They were long and obviously written long before, totally unrelated to the posts they appeared on, and most of them were quotes from the Bible, including, repeated several times, a ... More About: Logic , Circular , Logi
Creationism / ID and Evolution
2007-05-29 17:22:00 I’ve recently read a comment, and a reply to another comment, in Slashdot, in the “Creation Museum opens” thread. I think both are brilliant. I won’t quote them in full here, but I’d recommend their reading to anyone. From the initial comment: I’ve noticed that many slashdot articles about evolution seem to attract a sizeable number of ... More About: Evolution , Creationism
Towel Day
2007-05-26 00:22:00 May 25 (today, that is) is Towel Day. I don’t have one with me right now (though I’ve used a couple during the day ), but, since we’re honoring the great, late Douglas Adams, I want to show you his interview with American Atheists (mentioned, incidentally, in one of this blog’s earliest posts, almost ...
Pro-Forced Maternity
2007-05-25 22:16:00 A little more than a year ago, I wrote a post called “Letting the Bad Guys Name Things“, warning about an increasingly common tactic: name something bad after something uncontestably positive, and your opponents will be reticent to speak against it, even if they realize how badly named it is. For instance, pass a law ... More About: Forced , Maternity
Asimov, Atheism, and Death
2007-05-25 02:23:00 Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism. – Isaac Asimo v Copyright © ... More About: Atheism , Death , Theism
Heliocentrism = Atheism / Anti-American? Gee?
2007-05-20 16:31:00 Like several other bloggers, I wonder if this post on Blogs 4 Brownback, Heliocentrism is an Atheist Doctrine, is a joke. On one hand, it is quite well written in terms of language, and of course the premise is ridiculous, which suggests that this is a new Shelley the Republican. It can also serve as ... More About: Atheism , American , Anti , Theism , Anti-American
Unbecoming Levity: "Why I am an atheist"
2007-05-19 20:25:00 From Unbecoming Levity, incidentally one of the most recent members of Planet Atheism, comes a brilliant — and beautiful — post, Why I am an atheist. As deconversion stories go, this is one of the most enlightening I’ve seen, and, while the specifics are different, some parts almost echo my own experience. The following, for instance, ... More About: Atheist , Ming , Theist
Jerry Falwell dies
2007-05-15 21:05:00 As I’ve just read in A Load of Bright, the man who once said: I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to ... More About: Jerry Falwell , Jerry , Dies , Well , Falwell
Who?s your ideal 2008 presidential candidate?
2007-05-12 13:19:00 I’m not American, so I won’t be voting, of course, but nothing prevents me from taking the test anyway. So here are my results: 1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%) 2. Dennis Kucinich (78%) 3. Barack Obama ... More About: Presidential , Side , Resident , 2008
Orcish wisdom: "I do not know."
2007-05-09 23:51:00 The beginning of wisdom is the statement “I do not know.” The person who cannot make that statement is one who will never learn anything. And I have prided myself on my ability to learn. – Thrall (from the Warcraft series)1 A common argument by theists is this: the universe exists. It couldn’t have appeared out of ... More About: Wisdom , Know
Pope threatens pro-choice politicians with excommunication
2007-05-09 20:35:00 News here. Of course, he’s talking about Catholic politicians (which may not actually be Catholic themselves, but who live in heavily Catholic countries — which handily coincides with his visit to South America). While to any non-theist (or even simply non-Catholic) the threat of excommunication is as frightening as the idea of Santa Claus not liking ... More About: Politicians , Pope , Choice , Politician , Comm
"The Bible is the origin of morality"
2007-05-09 19:03:00 If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity. – Deuteronomy 25:11-12 Lovely. Copyright © 2007 Way of the Mind More About: Bible , Morality , The Bible , Oral , Moral
"God" and a light on the wall
2007-05-06 00:01:00 If I take a lamp and shine toward the wall, a bright spot will appear on the wall. The lamp is our search for truth, for understanding. Too often we assume the light on the wall is God, but the light is not the goal of the search, it is the result of the search. ... More About: Wall , Light , The wall
Abraham and Isaac
2007-05-02 15:44:00 The story of Abraham and Isaac , in the Old Testament, is one of the best known in the Bible. Abraham and his wife can’t have a child until old age, then miraculously they have a son, and then God tells Abraham to sacrifice his long-awaited child, which he accepts without question. At the last possible ...
Barbaric wisdom
2007-04-30 15:59:00 I seek not beyond death. It may be the blackness averred by the Nemedian skeptics, or Crom’s realm of ice and cloud, or the snowy plains and vaulted halls of the Nordheimer’s Valhalla. I know not, nor do I care. Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red ... More About: Wisdom , Bari , Barbar
The first Humanist Symposium
2007-04-30 12:29:00 The first edition of the Humanist Symposion is out. I just noticed it, and wanted to promote it here immediately; I haven’t read its articles (except for those who also appeared in Planet Atheism) yet. Unfortunately, I ended up not participating in this one. Lack of time, and laziness, mostly. Maybe the next one… Copyright © ... More About: First , Uman , Posi , Symposium
"True atheists" and redefining words
2007-04-26 21:07:00 On Bligbi, there is a recent post called On true atheists, about the fact that some “atheists” attempt to set what “true atheists” must be like. I agree with KC on this, of course; atheism is simply the lack of belief in gods, nothing more. To say “you are not a true atheist” for any reason ... More About: Words , True , Rede , Atheists , Theist
On work, honesty, integrity, and having a "keep things running smoothly" jo
2007-04-24 22:15:00 Usually, I don’t cross-link posts from one blog to another, but I believe this one is related to some subjects (no, not atheism or religion ) discussed here in the past. So, without further ado… Why I’m not a Sysadmin anymore. I’ll welcome any opinions, comments, etc., over there, of course. (Note: I don’t have that kind of job — or indeed, any kind — since last August. That post is a collection of thoughts about a decade or so of a particular kind of work, not about my current situation — as the post itself says, near the end.) Copyright © 2007 Way of the Mind More About: Running , Work , Integrity , Keep , Things
Bligbi: "If it wasn?t for Hell, I?d kill you but that doesn?t make me a bad
2007-04-23 16:45:00 Remember this Atheism FAQ entry, Without belief in an afterlife / fear of hell, how can people be moral?? The common argument (which theists keep using, without even noticing what it really says about them) that an atheist doesn’t have any reason to be moral, since he doesn’t believe in heaven or hell? In other ... More About: Hell , Make , That , Kill
New features: Editing and Subscribing to comments
2007-04-19 18:22:00 I’ve just added two plugins to WotM, which provide the following new features: Edit your comments: for 30 minutes after posting a comment, you can edit it as you will. This allows you to correct typos or any other mistakes you notice immediately after posting, or to add something you remembered when you were re-reading what ... More About: Features , Comments , Editing , Comment
The Humanist Symposium, humanism, and a few thoughts
2007-04-10 18:32:00 I’ve never participated in a blog carnival before, mostly due to laziness, but this one may just be too interesting to pass up. If you’re not familiar with the term, a blog carnival is when a blogger invites other bloggers to write about a particular subject, and then links to (and usually writes a synopsis of) ... More About: Human , Humanism , Thoughts , Mani , Thought
Different claims
2007-04-09 13:09:00 An atheist’s typical claim is simple: there is no god. A theist’s typical claim, on the other hand, is a little more complex: there is a god, and he is exactly like I think he is, wants what I think he wants, and hates what I think he hates. Copyright © 2007 Way of the Mind More About: Claims , Rent , Diff
Coming soon: short posts
2007-04-09 01:45:00 No, I’m not saying that all my posts will be shorter from now on. What I mean is that I’m thinking of creating a new category on Way of the Mind, with (yes) shorter posts, which, unlike the “normal” ones, will simply suggest an idea, a point, a thought… without being followed by any ... More About: Post , Posts , Short , Ming
Religion, Doubt, and Freedom
2007-03-31 19:29:00 A reader called Matt commented the following in another post: I don?t hate God, but I?ve suffered an insane amount pretty much my whole life and I?ve had lots of hateful thoughts about God combined with bad feelings which I can?t necesarily help. I?ve been a christian whole life and feel like I?m worst off than most. ... More About: Freedom , Religion , Free , Edom , Ligi
The Evil Label Applier of Doom!
2007-03-28 23:16:00 I find variants of the following conversation quite annoying and tiresome: Person: (talks about a concept that (s)he thinks is pretty new and original, but in fact isn’t.) Me: Ah, that’s (commonly accepted term for that concept). Person: See, that’s what I mean! Why do you have to apply labels to everything!? It’s impossible to have a conversation ... More About: Evil , Label , Doom , Abel , Lier
Christianity without the Bible, part 3
More articles from this author:2007-03-27 14:54:00 NOTE: You might want to read part 1 and part 2 as well. From a comment by micah: Why couldn?t belief in God come from something other than the bible? One doesn?t have to believe the biographies of George Washington are completely true to think that George Washington did indeed exist. Expanding a little on my reply over there… For ... More About: Christianity , Christian , Bible , With , Christ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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