We Are Atheism
VIDEO: The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. In keeping with our Common Man and Woman / No God Meme theme – that atheists are no different from anyone else you know – we’re...
View ArticleHow I came to know there is no God
“As the twig is bent, so the tree inclines.” – Virgil This piece is not particularly intended for those who grew up in a secular environment. Who were never dragged-off to Church services as a...
View ArticlePart II – The epiphany
When I last left this discussion, I promised to come back and explain exactly how it was, that I came to know there is no God. And after a week of allowing myself to be distracted by worldly events,...
View ArticleDefending Darwinian Evolution
– or – Why you never heard one damn thing about evolution in school I don’t know if it’s just because it’s a favorite subject of mine (it is), or that I’m just easily seduced into sticking up for...
View ArticleSuffer not the little children
I’ve been thinking a lot about the harm to the infant psyche, that being raised from birth in a religious belief, does to us. Later – as adults. The inherently coercive and corrosive effects of...
View ArticleIt doesn’t take a belief in God, to be self-righteous
Since most men don’t know how to do anything but wipe their ass on a new idea, we sometimes fall prey to our own defensive hubris, in our attempts to communicate those ideas to others. And we fail to...
View ArticleA little FYI on seeing bicycles and motorcycles
As reported in the Salt Lake Tribune Obituaries, the Associated Press reports Amazon.com senior executive Joy Covey, age 50, was killed Wednesday, Sept 18, when a van turned in front of her while...
View ArticleThe Liability of Tea Party Lemmings, in America today.
I have rarely come across such an important and timely book as is The Authoritarians, by Bob Altemeyer. Available, along with his other books on Amazon, Associate Professor of Psychology, at the...
View ArticleAmerican Atheists and Mormon culture
With the advent of the American Atheists 2014 Convention, in Salt Lake City, Thursday, April 17th, to Sunday, April 20th, there have been many heated discussions – most notably in the comment...
View ArticleExamining artificial human intelligence
This is a futuristic, sci-fi type of hypothetical, that I’ve broached before, but I’d be interested to hear what some of you might have to say. It has become increasingly apparent that computers...
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