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Daily Archives: February 23, 2010
Teaser for the Pilot TV Show “The Skeptologists”
Michael Shermer and his gang of skeptical inquirers look like they’re channeling the Sopranos. And in the word “skeptologist” I feel a vague association with “exorcist.” I don’t know if this show is ever going beyond the pilot stage—or if any … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, ghosts, God, Michael Shermer, philosophy, science, skepticism, skeptologist, sopranos, UFOs
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How Does Philosopher AC Grayling Ground Atheist Morality?
I thought this was an excellent answer. It came from a recent interview at The Freethinker: It is actually very easy to identify and to act upon the moral baselines. Moral baselines derive from our understanding of what it is … Continue reading
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Tagged AC Grayling, atheism, atheist, ethics, freedom, human rights, john stewart mill, morality, philosophy, Politics, universal declaration of human rights
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Keith Kimmel Lets His Freedom Ring—and the State of Oklahoma Doesn’t Like It One Bit
Go Keith!
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Tagged freedom, gay equality, gay marriage, gay rights, lesbian, oklahoma, sexuality
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IM GAY is Not Okay in OK?
This today at NewsOK: A college student wants IM GAY on his Oklahoma car tag, and he is suing to force state tax officials to approve his request. . His name is Keith Kimmel: . I want … Continue reading
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Tagged bigotry, freedom, gay equality, gay marriage, gay rights, James Dobson, Jesus, keith kimmel, lesbian, out of the closet
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Structural Demolition and the Religious Psyche
Hmm. I understand the metaphor, but there’s also something vaguely disturbing about mixing a spiritual message with the primitive glee of tearing down a real building:
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Tagged 9-11, death, demolition, destruction, Dostoevsky, God, Jesus, life, underground men
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Angry at his bank and the IRS, Terry Hoskins smashes a bulldozer into his own $350,000 home!
Talk about an ironic reversal on the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes: you don’t win a big home, you bulldoze it! Terry Hoskins says he’d had enough. This today at AP: Terry Hoskins says he has struggled with the RiverHills Bank over … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st century, banks, humanity, IRS, labor, metropolis, moloch, recession, terry hoskins, weimar germany
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Hell is Real, Pope Benedict Says
So according to the Times of London: Hell is a place where sinners really do burn in an everlasting fire, and not just a religious symbol designed to galvanise the faithful, the Pope has said. Addressing a parish gathering in … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, atheism, atheist, Catholicism, epistemology, God, hell, Jesus, pope benedict, reason, the Bible, torture
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Prometheus Unbound 