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Dawkins on "sophisticated theologians"
2009-09-18 16:40:00 Now, there is a certain class of sophisticated modern theologian who will say something like this: “Good heavens, of course we are not so naive or simplistic as to care whether God exists. Existence is such a 19th-century preoccupation! It doesn’t matter whether God exists in a scientific sense. What matters is whether he exists ... More About: Dawkins
Space Moose presents: How to Blaspheme
2009-03-30 15:00:00 Loved the one about coveting your neighbor?s ass. For more about Space Moose, see Wikipedia. Copyright © 2009 Way of the Mind More About: Presents , Blasphemy , Ten Commandments
Pope: ?condoms make the Aids problem worse?
2009-03-18 16:43:00 Source: Times Online A lot of Catholics have been complaining about Benedict 16?s utterly immoral statement, and, on one hand, one can?t fault them for it: it just shows that they still have some sense of morality, that they?re not mindless robots obeying ?Dear Leader?. On the other hand… do those Catholics (and Christians in general) know ... More About: Condoms , Problem , Pope , Make , Aids
Why the most radical fundamentalists (such as those in the Westboro Baptist
2009-03-11 12:06:00 ?If I?m wrong and God doesn?t exist, then I?ve wasted all my life promoting the oppression of gays because of a lie. That would make me feel pretty bad. Therefore, God exists.? Copyright © 2009 Way of the Mind More About: Baptist , Westboro , Radical
Heaven and Hell, or nothing: which would you prefer?
2009-02-17 13:21:00 Imagine that you had two options, and you could choose now, with no chance of going back later: Choice A: there is no heaven or hell; no afterlife, no consciousness after you die. Choice B: there is an afterlife, in heaven (eternal bliss) or hell (eternal torment), and you have a 10% chance of going to hell. Which ... More About: Heaven , Hell , Heaven and Hell
Besides hope for the future, I think I just had a geekgasm. :)
2009-01-22 13:11:00 ?As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth’s final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its ... More About: Future , The Future , Hope , Sid Meier
One for the History books
2009-01-20 18:47:00 As if that wasn?t enough, he said what I believe will be the most often quoted bit in Planet Atheism for the next couple of days: "We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus… and non-believers." Hell yeah! Just a couple of years after Bush Sr.?s ?atheists ... More About: Books , History
The lovely circular logic of Biblical literalists
2009-01-14 17:21:00 I couldn?t resist? Copyright © 2009 Way of the Mind More About: Biblical , Logic , Lovely , Circular
Literal Bible Interpretations and Made-up Gods
2009-01-05 17:36:00 Seen on Expletive Deleted: A literal Bible presents me with far more problems than assets. It offers me a God I cannot respect, much less worship; a deity whose needs and prejudices are at least as large as my own. I meet in the literal understanding of Scripture a God who is simply not viable, and ... More About: Made
On ?God exists/doesn?t exist? and offensiveness
2008-12-17 16:02:00 A few days ago, I asked, as an experiment, which of these two statements was more offensive: ?there is a god? and ?there is no god?. While most of the replies I got were perfectly reasonable (paraphrasing vjack, neither statement is offensive, but one of them is false), the lack of responses by either ?normal? ... More About: Exist
Which is more ?offensive??
2008-12-09 15:24:00 Following the discussions about the FFRF?s atheist sign (see here, for instance), I just want to ask any readers of this blog the following: which of these two fictional signs (imagine them being shown to thousands, in a public place) is more ?offensive?? Sign A: There is a God. Sign B: There is no God. I?ll expand on this in ...
PZ Myers on "atheists are fanatics"
2008-11-19 14:50:00 Oh. So if you simply think the idea that there is a Great Cosmic Voyeur who wants to control your genitals is absurd, that makes you a fanatic? I can’t be too concerned about the opinions of a deluded true believer who can’t tell a fierce bearded guy with an AK-47 from a tweedy academic ... More About: Fanatics , Myers , Atheists
The ?religious freedom? question, again?
2008-11-12 12:47:00 Seen on Salad is Slaughter: Catholic bishops will fight Obama on abortion. The best bit: The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops vowed Tuesday to forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, saying the church and religious freedom could be under attack in the new presidential administration. Say that again? ?Religious freedom?? Yes, it?s that distortion ... More About: Freedom , Question
Why these guys are insane
2008-11-11 16:47:00 The environmental movement is consumed with trying to preserve the planet forever. But we know that isn?t in God?s plan. The earth we inhabit is not a permanent planet. It is, frankly, a disposable planet?it is going to have a very short life. It?s been around six thousand years or so?that?s all?and it may last a ... More About: Insane , Guys
California?s Proposition 8: Freedom and Power
2008-11-08 12:57:00 Reading the comments on Hemant’s Questions for Anyone Who Voted for Proposition 8, I found, naturally (considering the blog), that most people supported equality, but there were a couple of people who thought that they were acting morally when trying to ban gay marriage. One comment included the following: I do believe that legalizing gay marriage ... More About: Freedom , Power , California
It?s a day late?
2008-11-06 11:36:00 … but I couldn’t resist: Full version (starting with the Democratic primaries) here. Copyright © 2009 Way of the Mind More About: Late
Yes, You Could
2008-11-05 16:31:00 Thank you, America. The rest of the world breathes in relief. Instead of pointing you to his victory speech, I?ll celebrate with a previous one, which still brings a tear to my eye when I watch it. Especially the second half. You?ve probably heard it before, but? Copyright © 2009 Way of the Mind
Please vote.
2008-11-04 16:54:00 I can?t, what with not being American and all that. But most of the people reading this can. Now, if we?re thinking about not voting because ?none of the candidates really represent my positions? or ?they?re both the same?, I leave you with two quotes for you to consider. Please do so. Let’s say you’ve decided ... More About: Vote
Barack Hussein Osama Nobama, the baby-murdering Muslim
2008-10-22 18:07:00 In case you haven’t heard, there’s a guy running for president named Barack Hussein Osama Nobama. This Nobama was born outside America and secretly schooled in Islamic terrorism at a Wahhabi madrassa. He then moved to the United States to take up the radical ’60s teachings of the Weather Underground’s Bill Ayers, while also organizing ... More About: Baby , Muslim
Powell, Obama and racism
2008-10-21 17:30:00 Conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh, naturally, are ignoring all of Colin Powell ?s stated reasons, and saying he?s endorsing Obama only because they?re both black. Which, they say, amounts to racism. Does that mean that they are voting for McCain only because they and McCain are white? The racist bastards! In fact, if we take this ... More About: Racism
The Onion?s eerily accurate 2001 prediction
2008-10-20 22:04:00 Just saw the link to it on Peter David’s blog. It?s hard to believe it was written in 2001, instead of 2008 with the advantage of hindsight. Some gems: "My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the ... More About: The Onion , Onion
Bush?s job approval: it boggles the mind
2008-10-20 15:22:00 According to RealClearPolitics, Bush currently has, in the U.S., a job approval of 24.6%. On the other hand, 69.3% disapprove. To me, this is impossible to even begin to understand, unless I lower my appreciation of the human race even more. How can anyone who?s not a major partner of an oil or weapons company approve ... More About: Mind
Powell, Obama and Muslims
2008-10-20 12:29:00 You?ve probably read the news by now (and, if you feel like being disgusted, read the comments at the bottom of this page: the number of Republicans who didn?t even listen to Powell ?s reasons and are accusing him of supporting Obama just because they?re both black is simply scary), but I couldn?t let this part ... More About: Muslims
?No, really, the alternative will be EVEN worse! Trust me!?
2008-10-15 15:58:00 Articles like this, which I seem to be reading several times a day as I follow the U.S. elections, really get on my nerves. Not just because they?re wrong (they are), but because they spread ignorance, fear, and a complete unwillingness to learn anything, no matter what. I won?t quote from that article here; if you?re ... More About: Alternative , Trust
The State of Way of the Mind
2008-10-14 19:47:00 As you?ve probably have noticed, this blog hasn?t had any new posts since May 2008, which has led to some queries about it being dead. Fortunately, it isn?t (it?s just pining for the fjords? sorry, couldn?t resist), but I feel I have a duty to explain things to my dear, (formerly) faithful readers. One reason for ... More About: Mind , State
Comment deleted by mistake
2008-05-08 11:03:00 A short while ago, as I was deleting a few spam comments that Akismet missed, I clicked one too many times and deleted a recent, legitimate comment from a post. I don’t even know which post it was, or what the comment was about (everything went too fast). Therefore, I apologize to the commenter, and ... More About: Comment
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 ... More About: Problem
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 , Back-up
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"
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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