Archive for April, 2007
Interesting Links for a Monday
Monday, April 30th, 2007I’m a bit too sick (body, not mind) still to have anything entirely insightful, but here are some interesting links I came across today.
A Bible-less debate? - I’ll be interested to see how this comes out.
“Army to EO Reps: ‘Discrimination Against Atheists OK’” - Huh, I don’t think the logic that ‘discrimination against religion doesn’t […]
Religion Good for Kids?
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007A new study has been released indicating religion is good for kids, as in, children who attend religious services regularly are better behaved, and ostensibly happier than children who do not attend services.
There are, of course, a myriad of reasons this may be true, many of which have nothing to do with the actual religion […]
No Longer In Limbo
Monday, April 23rd, 2007There have been a number of articles (Reuters), and some excellent blog postings regarding Pope Benedict’s declaration that the Catholic concept of limbo is no longer. In one fell swoop of dogma, this single man sent - according to Catholics - thousands, if not millions of infant souls to heaven. Now, this seems like […]
Dawkins on O’Reilly
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Richard Dawkins was ‘interviewed’ by Bill O’Reilly (YouTube link) on the Faux News channel tonight. I put interviewed in quotes since, though I didn’t time it out, I think O’Reilly talked more than Dawkins. Dawkins shows his character with calm responses, and it took some cahones to show up on a show that is undoubtedly […]
Disturbing News
Thursday, April 19th, 2007 I didn’t think there was anyone who did not find the recent events at Virginia Tech horrific, sad and just depressing. I thought anyone hearing of this news would have nothing but compassion and concern for those affected by this terrible event. Well, it turns out I was mistaken.
The creeps at Wesboro Baptist, of […]
The Power of Names
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007There is a great pair of posts over that Atheist’s Wager that illustrate two important points: how names/vocabulary affect our thinking, and the tenuous nature of monotheism in Christianity. These seem like totally unrelated topics, but The Stooghead and The Egg vs The Stooghead deliver. The first strikes a comparison between the Trinity and […]
Review: “I Sold My Soul on eBay”
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007I Sold my Soul on eBay
As mentioned previously I got a slightly early version of I Sold My Sould On eBay by Hemant Mehta, who blogs at Friendy Atheist, and with its official release today, it seemed like a good time to write up a brief review.
The Book
If you’re not at all familiar with the […]
“Answers” in Genesis
Monday, April 16th, 2007I was rather dismayed to read “Creationist museum challenges evolution”, from the BBC. Read the article and then come back here.
Pretty amazing huh? It almost seems that the creationist founder thinks creating a museum lends some validity or credibility to literal creationism. For some reason, it reminds me Homer Simpson saying “Good things don’t end […]
He Sold His Soul on eBay
Sunday, April 15th, 2007This afternoon the Minnesota Atheists hosted Hemant Mehta, who blogs at Friendly Atheist and author of I Sold My Sould On eBay, about his experience visiting a number of churches. The book comes out on Tuesday, 17 April - but we were able get copies this afternoon. I haven’t started reading it yet (working on […]
The Harris-Warren Conversation
Sunday, April 1st, 2007 Dawkins has re-published an incredible discussion between Sam Harris and Rick Warren. Sam Harris is the author of The End of Faith and Rick Warren is founder of Saddleback, one of the most successful churches in the last 50 years.
This transcription of the moderated conversation is extremely good, and many of the good old […]
