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The problem with "Darwinism"
2008-05-02 17:51:00 It can be said that one who consciously lies and deceives others is dishonest; however, one who believes that lie and propagates it isn’t. However, if a person is propagating such a lie, that person is necessarily one of the two: deceiver, or deceived. Such is the case with anyone who uses the terms “Darwinism” and ...
RSS feed back up
2008-05-02 06:42:00 As readers had noted in the post below, the RSS feed for this blog had been missing since the update to WordPress 2.5.1. That version introduced a bug where the feed on /feed/ worked, but not that on /wp-rss2.php and similar. Since I use the latter for Feed Burner, this blog was affected. Everything should be ... More About: Back
Natural Selection and Eugenics, part 2
2008-04-30 11:42:00 A reader called Ashlea has replied to my post Natural Selection and Eugenics with this comment: I fully believe that what Hitler did WAS Eugenics. And Darwinism is a direct link to this and other things. By eliminating a God and a creator, you really do eliminate the value of human life. If one believe that ... More About: Part , Natural Selection
"Just a theory"
2008-04-28 00:49:00 The Intelligent Design proponents make a compelling, and totally legitimate, argument that if a theory has not been proven, then one suggested theory is just as good as another. Take gravity, for example: the force of attraction between massive particles. We know a great deal about the properties of gravity, yet we know nothing about the ... More About: Theory
Just when you think they can?t sink any lower?
2008-04-22 12:01:00 … they put up a sign like this: From the article: Pastor Byrd says the sign is not meant to be racial or political but rather to make people think. “His name is so close to Osama I have a feeling he might be Islamic therefore he doesn’t recognize Christ,” Pastor Byrd said. and: Pastor Byrd told News ... More About: Lower
U.S. Elections and Pokémon
2008-04-21 15:47:00 Apparently it’s from Fark. Funny, especially if you know the Pokémon games. It begins with “You encountered McCain!”. If you catch it in the middle, just force a refresh of the page to see it from the beginning. Copyright © 2008 Way of the Mind More About: Elections , U.S. Elections
Natural Selection and Eugenics
2008-04-21 10:59:00 Richard Dawkins has posted an open reply to a letter from a Jew deceived by Expelled, who believed the propaganda movie’s absurd claims without any fact checking. I suggest you read Dawkins’ reply in full, of course, but the subject of this post is this part in particular: Hitler did attempt eugenic breeding of humans, and ... More About: Natural , Natural Selection , Eugenics , Selection
How to link to a site without supporting it
2008-04-17 13:34:00 This is something many readers have probably known about for ages, but since this blog may appeal to non-technical people, this may still be of help to some. Reading Planet Atheism, from time to time I see someone mentioning an “enemy” site (say, one by creationists, or liars… but I had no need to say it ... More About: Site , Link
Hitchens on Religion, Dogs and Cats
2008-04-16 23:48:00 If we stay with animal analogies for a moment, owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, ... More About: Religion , Dogs , Cats
Denial of Evolution and "the word of God"
2008-04-16 12:39:00 If you’ve ever debated creationists, you’ve probably heard a version of this argument: Scientists say evolution is true and the Earth is old, but they’re only human and fallible. Between them and God’s word (the Bible), I’d trust God any day. But how do they know the Bible is God’s word? An incredible large number of believers will ... More About: Evolution , Word , Denial
Expelled Exposed
2008-04-15 11:55:00 The new Expelled Exposed site is up. Until yesterday, it was just a collection of links, but now it’s a “full” site, addressing the lies from the Expelled propaganda film. I’d recommend everyone read it. Copyright © 2008 Way of the Mind
101 Atheist Quotes
2008-04-14 11:44:00 From The Atheist Blogger. I knew less than half of them, and there are many gems in there. Some of my favorites: If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I ... More About: Quotes
Monique Davis? "apology" - double standards, anyone?
2008-04-11 18:15:00 Alonzo Fyfe is completely right. Rep. Monique Davis apologized to Rob Sherman, the atheist she told to “get out of that seat” because he “believes in destroying”, which she equates with being an atheist, who has no right to go to court in “the land of Lincoln where people believe in God”. She apologized to him, ... More About: Standards , Double , Double Standards
Acupuncture: $25; Sham acupuncture: $30
2008-04-11 15:14:00 Source: Cectic Heh. Copyright © 2008 Way of the Mind More About: Sham , Acupuncture
Religion and the Moral Zeitgeist
2008-04-11 12:58:00 The first time I was faced with the term “Moral Zeitgeist ” was when reading Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion, and, according to Wikipedia, the term was indeed coined by him. “Zeitgeist” is a German word that means “the spirit of the times”, and, therefore, the Moral Zeitgeist refers to the evolution of society’ views on ... More About: Religion
Hitchens vs. Hitchens
2008-04-10 15:43:00 It’s brilliant. Really. Christopher Hitchens is in much greater form here than in, say, the Four Horsemen talk, and Peter is not bad either. I, of course, agree with Christopher on virtually everything he says, except for his support of the Iraq war — although he presents his case for it very well here, ...
"Atheism being promoted in science class"
2008-04-09 16:38:00 Source: Cectic This shows perfectly what the theists’ beef is, IMO. No matter how much they deny it, their goal is to insert religion in science classes, nothing more… and they won’t be satisfied with a truly neutral position, where science classes only teach science. To them, not saying “goddidit” is “promoting atheism”… and ... More About: Science , Atheism , Class
"It?s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists"
2008-04-09 14:50:00 (Note: you may want to read the prologue first.) From Rep. Davis’ bigoted outburst about atheists, one part “jumped at me”, and I knew at the time (a few days ago) that I would have to dissect that point. That part is, of course, this post’s title. If you follow, logically, from a correct premise, you will ... More About: Philosophy , Children , Dangerous
"It?s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists"
2008-04-08 12:10:00 Readers of Planet Atheism will probably have already been flooded with posts talking about Rep. Monique Davis’ unconstitutional and hate-filled insults against Rob Sherman, who was testifying against Illinois (unconstitutionally) giving 1 million dollars to a Baptist church. Here is Eric Zorn’s original news report in the Chicago Tribune, and here’s PZ Myers’ post on ... More About: Philosophy , Children , Dangerous
Does Evolution lead to Atheism?
2008-04-04 13:11:00 Many people in the US claim that teaching evolution is a bad thing, because it leads to atheism (and some, like Ben Stein, add that it then leads to Nazism and the Holocaust, but that’s another story). Of course, I don’t think that leading to atheism is a bad thing, because atheism is a “good ... More About: Atheism , Evolution , Lead
Applying Logic to Creationism / Evolution
2008-04-03 12:45:00 A little while ago, and for no apparent reason (I’m like that ), I thought about an Internet poll I’ve seen some time ago, which asked people what they thought was more likely about the development of life on Earth. If I remember correctly, the options were something like this: God created the species as ... More About: Evolution , Creationism , Logic
FAQ: There must be a God; otherwise, life is pointless / there is no basis
2008-04-02 13:38:00 This FAQ answer doesn’t address the correctness of the consequences (e.g. whether life is pointless without God or not, etc.). You can find answers to some of those in the rest of my Atheism FAQ — or will be able to in the future. Instead, the purpose of this entry is to show you how the ... More About: Life , Pointless
Just doing my small part?
2008-04-01 14:52:00 … to make the world a better place: Expelled There. Copyright © 2008 Way of the Mind More About: Small , Part
Childish stupidity among Democrats?
2008-03-27 18:18:00 According to this article, Just as reports of thousands of Republicans switching to the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania came streaming in this week, Gallup says Democrats are equally intent on crossing over to the GOP and voting for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) if a candidate they do not support wins the Democratic party nomination. ... More About: Stupidity
Democrats and Fighting Words
2008-03-27 12:36:00 PZ just linked to this article about how Democrats and liberals need to stop being so afraid of offending or “being rude” and call things what they are. I completely agree. I think this has been going on far too long. Democrats — and this includes the likes of John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton and ... More About: Words , Fighting
Darwin Mit Uns?
2008-03-26 12:15:00 I ask my readers (yes, you and that other one over there ) to please, please, spread this image (originally posted here) as much as possible. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I think that this is a perfect example. A simple picture shows the utter, disgusting dishonesty of the ... More About: Darwin
Judaism, Christianity and Islam: is it really "the same god"?
2008-03-24 16:25:00 While it is common for the more fundamentalist believers to believe that following their religion (or even their variant) is the only way to be saved, more liberal believers tend to claim that Judaism , Christianity and Islam worship basically the same god, that they are just varying interpretations of the same deity, and of the ...
FAQ: What do you atheists worship, then?
2008-03-20 16:49:00 It depends on what you mean by “worship”. If you mean admire, respect, try to emulate, or believe in, I can’t answer your question, as every atheist is different. There’s nothing in the “atheist” tag that specifies any of those about a person. If you mean in a religious sense… the answer is simple: nothing. Now, ... More About: Worship , Atheists
Obama?s speech on race
2008-03-19 15:54:00 You owe it to yourself to watch it (below), or at least read it. Excerpt: And this helps explain, perhaps, my relationship with Reverend Wright. As imperfect as he may be, he has been like family to me. He strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children. Not once in my conversations with him ... More About: Race , Obama , Speech
Arthur C. Clarke on Creationism
More articles from this author:2008-03-19 14:20:00 If I was a religious person, I would consider creationism nothing less than blasphemy. Do its adherents imagine that God is a cosmic hoaxer who has created that whole vast fossil record for the sole purpose of misleading mankind? – Arthur C. Clarke (seen on Life Without Faith, in a post about Clarke’s recent death) Copyright © 2008 ... More About: Creationism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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