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Wish You a Merry…Chrismukah?
Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Hanukkah will merge. An industry source said that the deal had been in the works about 1300 years.
While details were not available at press time, it is believed that the overhead cost [...]

Some of my christian friends are bound to find this insulting…but I am curious as to their rebuttal. Just remember this is attacking christian beliefs…not people who happen to be christian.

Up until now, it seems the atheist community has done a decent job of getting messages out in public in a way that will do some real good.  I’ve seen several billboards and bus signs that do a good job of letting other non-theists know they are not alone.  Not a great job, but a [...]

It warms my heart.

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I am reacting to a talk given by Güven Güzeldere here on the topic of human flourishing/Eudaimonics, some of this post will be paraphrased.

Two dimensions or goals of religion or other forms of philosophy competing for followers:

Educated Catholics have sown dissent and confusion in the Church, claims bishop
I’m sure many of you have already heard of this.  I find it refreshing that the Catholic church has the guts to tell it like it is.  That said, this seems like one the the final nails in their coffin.  I am going to [...]

There are two schools of thought on this subject. One is that morality exists independent of any theist/atheist world view, and the other asserts that morality can not exist without a religious “standard” for comparison.
I believe that a standard must be in place in order to judge the morality. I also believe [...]

HYPOTHESIS: Atheism is wrong
ASSUMPTIONS
(1) Atheism comes in 2 distinct forms which must be treated separately and
(2) “Wrong” is in the eye of the beholder.
ATHEISM DEFINED
There are two forms of atheism, broad and explicit. Broad atheism is the most common form. It is defined as the absence of belief in any god or gods. The [...]

VANITY
The human species is well known for our lack of humility. Assumptions that we are special riddle our history. The Earth was the center of the universe at one time. Why? Because we assumed our unique significance was evident. As the most perfect beings in the universe, we must be at the center of it.
SUPERIORITY
The [...]

Consider the following thought experiment describing the “experience” of the color red by a human being.
Experiencing the color red starts with a specific wavelength range of light hitting the back of your eye, where rods and cones and various complexities convert the signal into electrical impulses which are then routed to the brain. Now, what [...]