There are ways to win arguments and ways to turn arguments into fights.
One way to switch from debate to fisticuffs is to just start insulting
your opponent. Which is why THIS is a bad idea.
The sign, a new addition [to the holiday display]this
year, is sponsored by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. The sign
reads, “Religion is [...]
thanks to Pharyngula and Evolved RationalistI got to read The Woman Of Virtue which made the deliciously bold claim that slavery is just plain old fine in the Bible.
While Evolved Rationalist is right in many of his points, I actually think he’s missing the point. Or, at least, not getting to [...]
The whiny Democratic atheist brigade – Crunchy Con
In the Democratic Party, every day is secularist day! Cut Obama and the DNC some slack — they’re right to do this kind of outreach.
Now, Mr. Dreber does have a point. Historically, the Dems are more secular. However, there’s a couple other, more subtle things at [...]
Ignoring the title of the article, the argument here makes no sense. Or, more specifically, doesn’t prove its point.Soviets flock to religion, therefor god must exist (the implied premise).The fact is that people have this tendency to head towards religion in hard times (like those experienced by former eastern block nations). Thats why [...]
Basically, Dawkins says he believes in determinism from an intellectual perspective, but from a personal one, can’t act upon it. This does seem inconsistent, but Dawkins makes a point of saying:
What I do know is that what it feels like to me, and I think to all of us, we don’t feel determined.
We [...]
From StreetProphets
I don’t know what I find the most tragic aspect of this case to be. That a child suffered and died a needless death. That the parents of the child had such a narrow and distorted faith that their actions led to that death. That those same parents now face charges and jail time [...]
They’ll almost certainly get away with it too. All the defense has to do is convince one person on the jury that if we require people to be responsible for their actions taken in the name of religion then religious freedom will vanish.
All that has to happen is for one person to realize that they [...]
Deep down inside, I know that Madeline’s death is our fault as a nation. We let them get away with it. We refuse to ever question anything about religious beliefs (unless you are a scientologist…).
And, because of that, people continue to act without rational justification and we continue to say its OK.
We continue to act [...]
Its OK, we killed our daughter because of our religion. Shouldn’t we get a free pass?
A day before Madeline died, according to the criminal complaint, the father wrote an e-mail with the headline, “Help our daughter needs emergency prayer!!!!.” It said his daughter was “very weak and pale at the moment with hardly any strength.”
Fuck [...]