Okay this was a ramble. Coffee laden. Everything is a waste of time by nature. I find the way I spend my time to be something to be profoundly vigilant about. It might be hypocritical, then, to get (more…)
I never had belief. Now, I shed the need to talk about my lack of belief. It’s called leveling up. Atheism will not fill religion’s void.
Important read about our “Angry Atheists” – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-tegmark/angry-atheists_b_2716134.html Upshot: “We need to make sure we don’t try to stop religion’s intolerance and fundamentalism (more…)
Sunsets
This comment is in response to a wonderful friend’s musing on Sunsets and religious interpretation vs atheism……. —————— “You realize that the sun does not go down, it’s just an illusion (more…)
‘The Evolution of Confusion’ by Dan Dennett, AAI 2009
Dan Dennett talks about purposely-confusing theology and how it’s used. He also describes his new project interviewing clergyman who secretly don’t believe anymore, and introduces a new term: “Deepity.” Dan (more…)
A meaning for one life; thank Fulghum.
If all that is too hippy, too arcane….. self awareness of people ingesting my words quite a bit after my last breath, the earnest humanistic love trumping self shame from sounding so giddily loving and portently 3rd person, me.. a voyuer watching your reaction while long past into shadow….
Living without Religion – A Center for Inquiry Campaign
*Nice*. Â Center for Inquiry is a humanist skeptic group. Â They aren’t as active as CSICOP (committee for scientific investigation into claims of the paranormal) in debunking frauds, etc…. but more (more…)
In Atheist hymnals, the “he” is always lowercase
Atheists ain’t got no songs. Â Steve Martin = a hero. I present the first Atheist hymnal. Â Yeah.. sorta like vegetarians insisting their food needs to replicate or be modeled after meat texture, (more…)
Atheists, Agnostics know more about religion than the religious
But it’s also a lack of belief, in this case. It’s impossible to explain, which is why I default to humanism when talking about this, because it’s so much nicer to explain that with a hug.
Are they Conservatives, Republicans, or Religious?
Why didn’t they look for evidence? Is it because it is much more convenient to believe what you want, when you want, without any data, proof, of evidence? You betcha. These people listen to arguments, on authority, from the likes of Sarah Palin…. just as they mindlessly regurgitate nonsense from the Vatican.