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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Was IRS Tea Bomber Joe Stack (1956-2010) an Atheist?
Maybe suicide terrorism isn’t the preserve of fanatic religionists afterall. In Joe Stack’s suicide web rant, which he posted just prior to flying a plane into an Austin office building filled with IRS employees, there is evidence that he was an antitheist of … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, Charles Darwin, evolution, God, IRS, Jesus, joe stack, Richard Dawkins, suicide bombing, suicide terrorism, taxes
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John Yoo: A War Criminal Who Materially Assisted Torturers is Interrupted by a Guy Named Larry, a Graduate Student at Johns Hopkins University
Larry and his friend stand up to a Bush torture enabler. They are true American patriots.
IRS Tea Bomber Joe Stack (1956-2010) Played Bass, the Accordion, and Sang in a Band. He was also “Easygoing”
Then he wrote a suicide web letter and flew a plane into a building. This today at CNN: Thursday’s incident left those who knew Stack scratching their heads. “I can’t believe it’s the same person,” said Ric Furley, an Austin musician … Continue reading
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Tagged glenn beck, joe stack, joseph stack, micheal medved, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity, suicide bombing
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Stuart Kauffman on Poetry vs. Science and the Possibilities for Atheist Spirituality
Atheist spirituality? Isn’t that an oxymoron? Below is biologist and complexity theorist Stuart Kauffman speaking to the Centre for Inquiry in Ontario. In the talk, Kauffman is laying out some of the arguments that he makes in his book Reinventing the Sacred … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, biology, emergence, God, philosophy, physics, poetry, reductionism, Richard Dawkins, science, spirituality, stuart kauffman
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An Invitation: Believe in Evolution and You Too Can Join Richard Dawkins, and His Alien Friends, in the Universe’s Superior Club
When I read this Richard Dawkins quote on page 194 of Schick and Vaughn’s How to Think about Weird Things (5th edition), I smiled at its echoes of religious manipulativeness: If superior creatures from space ever visit Earth, the first question they … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, apologetics, atheism, atheists, God, Jesus, manipulation, Michael Behe, rhetoric, Richard Dawkins, schick and vaughn, UFOs
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Carpe Diem: Bobby Darin, in 1973, Singing “If I Were a Carpenter” 9 Months Before His Death
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Tagged 1970s, 1973, bobby darin, carpe diem, carpenters, children, class, death, hope, life, love
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Apollonian Nefertiti Kitty Cats and Dionysian Band Boys
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Tagged 1960s, Apollo, apologies, art, Camille Paglia, Dionysus, Egypt, life, music, Nefertiti, smoldering
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Mayor R. Rex Parris decides that Lancaster is not a Christian city afterall—but atheists and agnostics are not on his apology list
In a startling reversal, the mayor of Lancaster, California—R. Rex Parris—held an interfaith press conference to walk back this comment, which he made twelve days previous to a gathering of 160 people: We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, Antelope Valley Press, atheism, atheists, books, bookstores, Christianity, God, Islam, Jesus, r. rex parris, sherry marquez
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Say the secret password
Hint: It rhymes with Venus.
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Tagged bigotry, discrimination, equality, freedom, gay equality, gay marriage, gays in the military, lesbian, marriage, weddings
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Why Abdul Nacer Benbrika Does Not Make R. Rex Parris and Sherry Marquez Right
According to Wikipedia, Abdul Nacer Benbrika is an Australian Muslim convicted, in 2008, of organizing a terror cell within Australia: The trial of Benbrika began in February 2008.[7] The charges against him included, “intentionally being members of a terrorist organisation involved in … Continue reading
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Tagged America, California, Christianity, fundamentalism, God, holy war, Islam, Jesus, jihad, Los Angeles, r. rex parris, sherry marquez
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Mike Wallace’s 1967 Report on Homosexuality
The levels of fear, ignorance, and bigotry that once surrounded gay people are truly flabbergasting: Of course, there’s a lot that hasn’t changed:
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Tagged America, gay equality, gay marriage, homosexuality, James Dobson, lesbian, life, mike wallace, sexuality
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An Exceptionally Clear Explication of Occam’s Razor
And its implications for the religious reasoning of one particular person:
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, deconversion, God, occam's razor, philosophy, religion, theism
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Is Atheism Just the Rejection of Belief in Gods?
In discussing atheism with atheists I’ve noticed that there is a good deal of resistance on their part whenever I claim that atheism, logically, is in the possession of a positive ideology: naturalism. No, they will say, an atheist is just someone who sees no good … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, God, Jesus, Michael Shermer, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, science, weird things
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