December 2010
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“Why don’t you believe in God? I get that question all the time. I always try to...”
– — Ricky Gervais, “A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I’m an Atheist”
I’m not a big fan of Ricky Gervais’ comedy but this is a serious piece and a good read even if his story as to when he became an atheist seems a little glib. (However, that’s...
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“I could start a math-based religion devoted to finding “the solution.”
– Zeno in the comments of the Pharyngula post The Latest Ark News from Kentucky. The conversation between Zeno and hyperdeath that follows is amusing.
“This is exactly what my body looks like. So why... →
syntheticpubes:
This is a reblog from a few days ago. It’s a statement I see regularly.
I was pleased when I first started hearing this sort of thing. The goal of Synthetic Pubes is to highlight the beauty and animal magnetism of ‘normal’ bodies that have not been twisted and shellacked in Photoshop. I feel like we need to publicly acknowledge that not all areolae are perfectly circular and the...
You know what?
You know what? Fuck it. When you prove it’s true and good is when you get to tell me it’s inspirational rather than a fucking oppressive system used in an attempt to control society and the interactions that occur within it. Especially if you’re a cafetarian (which it’s pretty much impossible not be, given the contradictions: pick this and you exclude this.)
And if...
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zoereid asked: A woman who has offered to be a wet nurse is concerned that she might get infected from nursing a child who is sick. She was specifically concerned about a child recently vaccinated (she does not vaccinates her own children). Is there any validity to that concern?
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Respect and ideas.
Respect should only be granted where there is something worthy of it. Ideas are not worth respect simply because people hold them. They are worth tolerating, but respect is a sign of esteem. The idea which is illogical, poorly justified, at odds with evidence, abhorrent and so-on is not worth my respect and I will not give it. If I were to do so, I would demean that which is worth respect.
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Stream of thoughts on existence of a god or group...
This isn’t totally mapped out or written prettily but I thought I’d put it out there anyway.
biblebeltatheist and seekthetruth-islam have been having a bit of debate about Islam the Qur’an. seekthetruth-islam seems to put a lot of stock in the Qur’an being a miraculous text. biblebeltatheist disagrees and rightly asks for proof. However, what I want to note is that even...
tahlalaliaaa asked: Thank you for the present suggestion for my baby brother. I'll have to look that up, I wanted to get him book or something more educational for his little developing brain.
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Atheist bus adverts
Some people are getting upset about bus adverts which state: “Millions of Americans are Good without God”. Some companies refuse to accept them. There is even a reasonably subtle bias in the article. But what exactly is the problem? The advert does not say that those Americans who feel they are with God are not good. The implication is not even there.
Keep on with the religious...