Let’s Start a Civil War
So this is one of those things that really seems like it’s a joke. Perhaps the Onion reported on this? My brief Googling spell couldn’t find anything definitive regarding the authenticity, just many people claiming that it is real. Apparently the reverend on the sign is deceased.
I’ll assume for the time being that this is [...]
I Disagree with Dan Barker and the Freedom From Religion Foundation
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 [...]
The church finally decides honesty is the best policy
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 [...]
Human Flourishing
The importance of understanding individuals’ talents and what makes them happy reminded me of Robert M. Price’s book “The Reason Driven Life”. I think it was around chapter 32 where Price discussed the difference between he and Rick Warren on the issue. Warren talks about everyone having their own unique ‘calling’, but if you read between the lines it’s all about being a good christian and doing what god wants you to do. I appreciated Price’s description of his personal conversion away from christianity. He did not feel “fully himself” because of the constraints imposed by the ideology in which he had been entrenched.
An Atheist on The Ten Commandments
. . . if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He [the rich young man] saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour [...]
Born Again
I recently watched a film by Markie Hancock titled Born Again….very well done.
You owe it to yourself to watch this film. Very insightful, powerful stuff.
On the Anthropomorphization of God
Ascribing human features to a god or gods is something the human species has done ever since the concept of a deity was invented. It comes down to a basic lack of humility leading to assumptions that our species is the center of the universe.
For the same reason, there was an assumption of our planet [...]
