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Monthly Archives: January 2012
40,000 Years B.C.: Four Human Types, One Earth
If you were to get in a time machine and go back to 40,000 years B.C., you would find at least four types of humans on Earth. That, at any rate, is what is reported in the New York Times today in … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, before the dawn, cave men, Charles Darwin, evolution, Genesis, human origins, Neanderthals
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Reading the Poem, “Advice for Dying Fathers,” at Butler’s Coffee
On Friday night, one of my poet friends (Niccelle Davis) took a picture of me reading a poem to an audience at Butler’s Coffee in Palmdale, California, and posted it at her blog. I didn’t look too fat, so I asked her … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, Dylan Thomas, Keats, literature, Niccelle Davis, poems, poetry, public readings, reading, Santi Tafarella, writing
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“Multiverse of the Gaps” vs. “God of the Gaps”
Have you noticed? Contemporary theists and atheists, in their debates with one another, tend to invoke gap arguments that mirror each other. For the theist, God-of-the-gaps arguments are designed to introduce mind into an explanation; for the atheist, multiverse-of-the-gaps arguments … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, fine tuning, free will, God, god of the gaps, Jesus, multiverse, multiverse of the gaps, physics, reason
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Gay Marriage: Don’t Put Civil Rights Issues on the Ballot
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, contra New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, makes an intelligent and impassioned plea not to put gay marriage up for a vote in New Jersey. This is perhaps the most eloquent impromptu defense of gay civil rights you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged America, freedom, gay equality, gay marriage, gay rights, marriage, rush limbaugh, women's rights
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Welcome Home
_____ You are home. _____ Image source: NASA (Suomi Satellite, January 4, 2012)
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Tagged dmt, earth, floating, God, home, life, love, miracles, naturalism, photography, space, yikes
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“Oh, Wow! Oh, Wow! Oh, Wow!”: When Singularities Come Nigh
At Evolution News and Views, IDer William Dembski reflects on the problem of explanatory continuity: Science is not merely about discovering continuities in nature that can be described by a seamless naturalistic story. Sure, areas of science are like that. … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, bill gates, dmt, Jesus, life, philosophy, resurrection, science, Shakespeare, the big bang, william dembski
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Mao Luther King?
I don’t like the look or feel of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C. For one, he looks fat, and he wasn’t particularly fat. And there’s something weirdly Maoist about it—a throwback to 20th century communist … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, America, China, civil liberties, civil rights, freedom, Mao, Maoism, Martin Luther King, sculpture, Thomas Jefferson
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Heaven Can Wait: Cuddly Bear to the Rescue!
I actually find this charming and life affirming.
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Tagged abstinence, bears, life, love, marriage, relationships, sex, women
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Critical Thinking Watch: Background Knowledge, Coherence, and Reflective Equilibrium
_____ In the context of this post, the above Amadeus clip should make sense momentarily. But what I really want to direct your attention to, after you read my set up comments here, is the below video by Massimo Pigliucci. Pigliucci … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, critical thinking, Jesus, massimo pigliucci, philosophy, reason, science, the Enlightenment
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Mitt Romney, Playing the Demagogue, Tells an Occupy Protester to Love America or Leave It
In the below video is some shameless demagogic grandstanding on the part of Mitt Romney. In it, he tells an Occupy protester that his concerns are not American. The exchange says a lot about Romney. The Occupy protester asks him … Continue reading
Salman Khan’s TED Talk and Website
______ And here’s his exciting website.
