January 2011
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“No man who has ever lived knows more about the hereafter…than you and I;...”
– Edgar Allan Poe - American poet and writer of macabre tales. A progenitor of detective and crime fiction as well as science fiction.
eosean asked: What's the difference between knowledge and belief?
What's the difference between universal and arbitrary claims?
Would you kindly answer these questions?
Thanks. Cheers.
What's the difference between universal and arbitrary claims?
Would you kindly answer these questions?
Thanks. Cheers.
lorichtimes asked: Firstly I would like to say I greatly enjoy reading your blog. Secondly I would like to ask you how you reconcile living in a country that does a very poor job of separating church and state. I, personally, just assume everyone is crazy except me...how do you rationalize?
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“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.”
– Pearl S. Buck - American author. Brought up in China where her parents were Presbyterian missionaries. First American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Adopted seven children and established the first adoption agency dedicated to the placement of bi-racial children, a non-faith-based...
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December 2010
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To the New Year!
This year, I resolve to be more open with myself and with my loved one. This year, I resolve to come out of the atheist closet to my family members.
What are your resolutions for the New Year?
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“No man who has ever lived knows more about the hereafter…than you and I;...”
– Edgar Allan Poe - American poet and writer of macabre tales. A progenitor of detective and crime fiction as well as science fiction.
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“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.”
– Pearl S. Buck - American author. Brought up in China where her parents were Presbyterian missionaries. First American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Adopted seven children and established the first adoption agency dedicated to the placement of bi-racial children, a non-faith-based...
myfriendthemaniac asked: Hey,
Your Blog is excellent,
It's wonderful to see the side of atheism argued so eloquently and with such passion.
Hats off to you
Your Blog is excellent,
It's wonderful to see the side of atheism argued so eloquently and with such passion.
Hats off to you
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Catholic Leader Says Church Does Not Have to...
The controversial prelate appointed less than a year ago by Pope Benedict XVI to push the liberal-leaning Catholic Church in Belgium in a more conservative direction has sparked yet another uproar by telling a government commission that the church has no obligation to compensate victims of sexual abuse by priests. “The civil court must determine the compensation and the offender [the...
myfriendthemaniac asked: Hey,
Your Blog is excellent,
It's wonderful to see the side of atheism argued so eloquently and with such passion.
Hats off to you
Your Blog is excellent,
It's wonderful to see the side of atheism argued so eloquently and with such passion.
Hats off to you
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kerriheartsyou asked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH13DY9HT1c
...this. SIIIIIIIIIIGH.
...this. SIIIIIIIIIIGH.
bluestokking-deactivated2011072 asked: Nothing to ask. Just wanna say I really enjoy your blog. I am a recovering Catholic (also known as Catholic in Recovery). You have wonderful posts. I really appreciate and relate to them.
14-billion-years-later asked: I miss Men in Hats, but it makes me love you even more.
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5 Real Deleted Bible Scenes Where Jesus Kicks Ass →
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*wipes away tear*
Oh man, the Bible would have been a) more easily dismissed as ridiculous, b) made Jesus look like a total asshole, and c) made Christians look more ridiculous than they do now.
“No, dragons totally existed when Jesus was alive.” > “Mary was a virgin.”
kerriheartsyou asked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH13DY9HT1c
...this. SIIIIIIIIIIGH.
...this. SIIIIIIIIIIGH.
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“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every...”
– James Madison - Fourth U.S. President. He and Thomas Jefferson defeated a bill in 1784 that would have given tax money to churches. Together they created the Religious Freedom Act, affirmed the separation of church and State, later written into the Bill of Rights as the First Amendment. As...
bluestokking-deactivated2011072 asked: Nothing to ask. Just wanna say I really enjoy your blog. I am a recovering Catholic (also known as Catholic in Recovery). You have wonderful posts. I really appreciate and relate to them.
14-billion-years-later asked: I miss Men in Hats, but it makes me love you even more.
bspalding asked: Not a question - but that Evolve as a Plant link is great. Thanks for posting it :)
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“I don’t know if god exists, but it would be better for his reputation if...”
– Jules Renard - French writer, socialist, anti-clericalist, bêcheur.
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Terror Plot Against Muhammad Comic Printing...
Police in Denmark and Sweden said they thwarted a terrorist attack possibly hours before it was to begin Wednesday, arresting five men they say planned to shoot as many people as possible in a Copenhagen building housing the newsroom of a paper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Four suspects were arrested in the suburbs of Copenhagen, including a Tunisian, a man from Lebanon...
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5 Real Deleted Bible Scenes Where Jesus Kicks Ass →
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*wipes away tear*
Oh man, the Bible would have been a) more easily dismissed as ridiculous, b) made Jesus look like a total asshole, and c) made Christians look more ridiculous than they do now.
“No, dragons totally existed when Jesus was alive.” > “Mary was a virgin.”
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“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every...”
– James Madison - Fourth U.S. President. He and Thomas Jefferson defeated a bill in 1784 that would have given tax money to churches. Together they created the Religious Freedom Act, affirmed the separation of church and State, later written into the Bill of Rights as the First Amendment. As...
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“I don’t know if god exists, but it would be better for his reputation if...”
– Jules Renard - French writer, socialist, anti-clericalist, bêcheur.
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Terror Plot Against Muhammad Comic Printing...
Police in Denmark and Sweden said they thwarted a terrorist attack possibly hours before it was to begin Wednesday, arresting five men they say planned to shoot as many people as possible in a Copenhagen building housing the newsroom of a paper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Four suspects were arrested in the suburbs of Copenhagen, including a Tunisian, a man from Lebanon...
bspalding asked: Not a question - but that Evolve as a Plant link is great. Thanks for posting it :)
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Evolve as a Plant! →
I came across this link while browsing Tumblr. It’s a really nifty game where you try to survive as a wild plant or farmed plant. I think my 7th and 8th graders would really get a kick out of this in their science classes.
lloko asked: I wanted to be original and didn't want to repeat what LonelyMiracle said about wanting to reblog your whole blog, but really, IT IS THAT AMAZING.
*Goes on to scour through all the pages on your blog*
*Goes on to scour through all the pages on your blog*
torreywang asked: This isn't a question. I just wanted to share that I, like you, also am an ex-Mormon. I haven't gone through the trouble of getting myself officially removed from church records yet, nor will I, but I no longer believe in a religious entity of any kind. Unlike you, though, I did go to BYU. There's a happy ending, however: I suffered for only 1 year before transferring out! Anyway,...
lloko asked: I wanted to be original and didn't want to repeat what LonelyMiracle said about wanting to reblog your whole blog, but really, IT IS THAT AMAZING.
*Goes on to scour through all the pages on your blog*
*Goes on to scour through all the pages on your blog*
torreywang asked: This isn't a question. I just wanted to share that I, like you, also am an ex-Mormon. I haven't gone through the trouble of getting myself officially removed from church records yet, nor will I, but I no longer believe in a religious entity of any kind. Unlike you, though, I did go to BYU. There's a happy ending, however: I suffered for only 1 year before transferring out! Anyway,...
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My Journey to Atheism (Part Five)
Part One can be seen here, Part Two can be seen here, Part Three can be seen here, and Part Four can be seen here.
The rest of my high school years were an emotional struggle. Mentally, I was torn between being a good, upstanding Mormon and fitting in with the friends I did have that were not Mormon. After all, I didn’t fit in with the teenagers who attended my church. I often toed the...
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“Newton showed that gods did not control the movements of the planets; Laplace in...”
– Sir Julian Huxley - English biologist.
dumbravn-deactivated20120124 asked: Follow up question for this ( http://helvetebrann.tumblr.com/post/2509585277/what-is-your-opinion-as-a-critical-thinker-d ):
How can you say that there is art which is famous just because it's creator is famous, thus degrading it's "quality", the say that it can not be measured. Maybe it can be measured, but not precisely. Science has evolved in the last 50 year...
How can you say that there is art which is famous just because it's creator is famous, thus degrading it's "quality", the say that it can not be measured. Maybe it can be measured, but not precisely. Science has evolved in the last 50 year...
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FFRF Calls for Halt to Army "Spiritual Fitness"...
On behalf of its currently active and former members in the Army, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) called today on the Secretary of the Army to halt its invasive and unconstitutional “spiritual fitness” survey and rehabilitation program. Foundation Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor wrote John McHugh, Secretary of the Army, asking him to stop the “spiritual fitness”...
dumbravn-deactivated20120124 asked: Follow up question for this ( http://helvetebrann.tumblr.com/post/2509585277/what-is-your-opinion-as-a-critical-thinker-d ):
How can you say that there is art which is famous just because it's creator is famous, thus degrading it's "quality", the say that it can not be measured. Maybe it can be measured, but not precisely. Science has evolved in the last 50 year...
How can you say that there is art which is famous just because it's creator is famous, thus degrading it's "quality", the say that it can not be measured. Maybe it can be measured, but not precisely. Science has evolved in the last 50 year...
dumbravn-deactivated20120124 asked: What is your opinion, as a critical thinker ( :D ), about art? Can it be measured?
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“The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson - American author, poet, and philosopher. A Unitarian minister until, as his wife said, he “left his pulpit as a matter of honor.” First branded an infidel and atheist for proclaiming in a Harvard Divinity School graduation address that Jesus was not God. ...