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Daily Archives: October 5, 2009
A Photo Tour of the October 3, 2009, Atheist Alliance International Annual Convention in Burbank, California!
The Atheist Alliance International Annual Convention, held this year in Burbank, California (at the Marriot Hotel Convention Center next to Bob Hope Airport), happened to be not too far from where I live, and so I went. Ironically, the Marriot … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, Christianity, Daniel Dennett, jerry coyne, Jesus, Michael Shermer, philosophy, Richard Dawkins, science
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Reductionism, the Ontological Mystery, and Joni Mitchell
What do we really know about clouds and rainbows, let alone love and free will? To speak of them, scientifically or otherwise (including poetically), is like using chopsticks to drink the ocean. Our instruments seem inadequate to the scale of our task, and somehow … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, atheism, atheist, life, literature, meaning, philosophy, poetry, reductionism, religion, science, the ontological mystery
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Memo to Self: Dance Your Life Without Worrying about What Others Might Think of You
And in what you love and dream, be free.
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Tagged blogging, dance, dancing, exercise, fitness, freedom, life, music, persona, psychology, self assertion, self help
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