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A truly excellent analysis of theology
I couldn't have said it better myself, so read it there: it's the God Conundrum. -
Lest it be said that I am biased toward atheist authors...
[JD 2455131.21] Stephen Frederick Uhl's Coming Out of God's Closet is really quite awful. I would never have bought it; I received it free from the Center For Inquiry. (In the future I recommend the CFI use better books… -
We saw Frank Turek last week. And I have H1N1 influenza.
Yup, that pretty much sums up the last few days. For further details on the Frank Turek experience, I direct you to the blog of my Secular Student Alliance chapter. -
Nature via Nurture
[JD 2455103.40] Proof we are not genetic automatons:I can speak English. I wasn't born speaking English, I had tolearn it. I could just as easily have learned Spanish or Arabic orMandarin, as indeed many people do. … -
I need no further reminders of my mortality.
[JD 2455103.21] Nor is there any justice in the livesthat chance and malice take. Anna List, 17; Jared Zumbrun, 18. Eachbrilliant, creative, kind—I saw so much of me in them, and mostlythe best parts of me. One murde… -
How an atheist mourns the dead
This morning, I was present to witness interment of the ashen remains of Anna List in a small but heartfelt ceremony. The numbers on the container are still jarring, even months later: 1991-2009; she was only 17 when she… -
The AVP model of geopolitics
[Julian date 2455086.]I just started reading BenjaminBarber's Jihad vs. McWorld; I can't help but think that thisconflict fits the tagline for the first Alien Versus Predatorfilm:"Whoever wins, we lose." Themov… -
A scale of religious belief
[Julian date 2455084.52]. -1. Anti-theist: One who actively opposes belief in personal deities. E.g. myself, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris. 0. Atheist: One who does not believe in any personal deity. E.g. Most scientist… -
Why "it's a metaphor" is not an answer
If you are an atheist, and you haveever tried to argue with religious people, no doubt you've heard thisclaim: "Of course it isn't really true; it's a story, ametaphor." This is meant to diffuse any empirical, logical… -
Not really a modernist---but certainly not a postmodernist
First of all, let me say that there is legitimacy in postmodern critiques of epistemology. The world is not exactly as we believe it to be---it is queerer than we suppose, and perhaps even queerer than we can suppose. Pe…
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Virulent Senioritis
This has not been a good semester for me. I suffer... -
CFI hosted a speaker tonight.
First, it proved that the local chapter of the Cen... -
A truly excellent analysis of theology
I couldn't have said it better myself, so read it ...
