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Daily Archives: June 13, 2010
The soccer ball and the witch doctor
In Spiegel this weekend there was a report on witch doctors in Africa messing with soccer games. A taste: “They bend the lines, bewitch the ball, befuddle the referees (and) paralyze goal keepers,” Bartholomäus Grill, the Africa correspondent for weekly newspaper Die … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, atheism, atheist, Ayn Rand, critical thinking, Jesus, magic, occult, reason, Sarah Palin, superstition, witch doctors
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American Soldiers Gunning Down Two Reuters Reporters and Numerous Unarmed Iraqis: The Bradley Manning Video
I frankly thought more than twice about posting the following video. It includes American soldiers gunning down two Reuters reporters, a number of unarmed Iraqis, and shooting into a vehicle containing children. The actions are barbaric, obviously war crimes, and are worthy … Continue reading
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Tagged America, bradley manning, human rights, Iraq, military, reuters, war, war crimes
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Repent, for the Singularity is Near? Has Ray Kurzweil Started a Secular Religion?
In a recent New York Times profile of Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity Movement, I can’t help but see parallels with religion. Indeed, it appears to be an atheist eschatology cult led by a gnostic elite. Based on the New York Times piece, here are … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, eschatology, God, Jesus, Nietzsche, noah's ark, pseudoscience, ray kurzweil, religion, science, technology, the singularity
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