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Should Atheists Insert Themselves into Religious Discussions and Theological Disputes?
The reason atheists can (and should) enter into religious discussions and theological disputes, judging religions, is because Jesus, Muhammad, Moses, Krishna, and Buddha do not belong to the faiths to which they are associated. In the 21st century, these figures … Continue reading
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Forbidden Intellectual Porn: The Under 30 Crowd Appears to Be Dropping the Religious Beliefs of Their Parents in Record Numbers? Why?
Ted Cox, a former Mormon who lost his own faith in a library, has a theory: knowledge is power—it’s long been the forbidden fruit—and the Internet makes that fruit more widely and readily accessible than ever before (to religion’s detriment): Preachers and pastors lament the … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, faith, fideism, forbidden fruit, God, intellectual porn, Jesus, mormonism, reason, religion, the Internet
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Choir Me Virtual
First, people audition: Then Eric Whitacre puts them all together: Does geography matter anymore?
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Tagged choirs, eric whitacre, geography, mental health break, music, singing, the Internet, virtual reality, world music
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A clever ad worth seeing
This ad demonstrates the ways in which people at once reveal and conceal their physical traits and personas to others online: Who are you, really?
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Tagged ads, advertising, Buddhism, Camille Paglia, emptiness, masks, monsters, persona, the Internet
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Harper’s Index Has Been Catalogued, and is Now a Searchable Data Base!
How cool is this? Harper’s Magazine has made its popular Index searchable! You can now go to the Harper’s Index page here, type in, say, “evolution” or “Walt Whitman,” and find suprising and curious little stats about them. Sometimes you might even … Continue reading
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Tagged diversion, evolution, fun, harper's magazine, life, math, pleasure, statistics, the Internet, thoreau, Whitman
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The Internet v. Newspapers (in 1981)
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Tagged books, internet, los angeles times, New York Times, newpapers, reading, San Francisco, technology, the Internet, the web
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A Non-God Collective Delusion?: Mind Control Conspiracy Web Sites Remind Some Mental Health Professionals of the Delusions Shared by Insular Religious and UFO Groups
The NY Times today has a fascinating article on people who believe that they are under constant surveillance by the government—and who comfort one another via Internet sites devoted to this “problem.” The article likens the phenomenon to insular religious groups: The extent of … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, culture, delusional thinking, paranoia, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, The God Delusion, the Internet, UFOs
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Prometheus Unbound 