Copleston vs Russell (1948)

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2012 6:54 PM EST (BBC / transcription at philvaz.com)

Bertrand Russell was one of the brilliant thinkers of the 20th century and wrote, among many other things, a one volume history of western philosophy. That book is an outstanding, if opinionated, introduction to the subject. Russell was an outspoken atheist and humani …

religion, atheism, theism, bertrand-russell, frederick-copleston

In the Camp of the "Enemy"

Sat Jan 7, 2012 10:32 AM EST

I quit calling myself a Christian 15 or so years ago. The process of coming to that decision was pretty intense. I had, and still have, a pretty bad feeling about churches and church leadership. So when a friend asked me several years ago to help him out by play …

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The Bible as the Word of God, Part II

Sun Jan 1, 2012 1:23 PM EST

In my first essay about the Bible as the Word of God, I described how my friend Bill actually saw the Bible as God. This caused something of a rift between us because, well, I just thought it was a book, or better yet, a collection of books. I knew it was supposed to …

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religion, bible

Fox Apologizes To Jews For Facebook Poll on Jesus

Seeded on Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:49 AM EST (msnbc.com)

If this wasn't so potentially dangerous, it would be laughable.

religion, jewish-people

'Furious' Failure

Seeded on Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:15 PM EST (The Press-Enterprise)

Eric Holder needs to stop stonewalling and the people that ran this program need to be fired. Up to and including Holder himself. And maybe higher. It's pretty clear that the DOJ was trying to bolster its case that the majority of guns used by the Mexican cartel …

politics

A Little Bit of Perspective

Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:02 PM EST

A few (approximate) numbers for perspective: Mass of the observable universe: 3.14 * 10^54 KG Mass of the earth: 5.97 * 10^24 KG Mass of a human being: 1 * 10^2 KG Mass of 1 iron atom: 9.27 * 10^-26 KG The mass of a human divided by the mass of the universe is …

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The Bible as the Word of God

Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:52 PM EST

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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The Religion Game

Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:56 PM EST

Ever been driving around and seen one of those signs on the front of churches? The ones that say something like, "Think it's hot here? God," or "Stop-Drop-Roll. It Won't Work In Hell." Over the years, I've seen a nearly endless list of signs joking ab …

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Why the Gun is Civilization

Seeded on Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:52 AM EST (Mark Kloos)

Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force.

politics, guns, 2nd-amendment

FCC acts to quiet blaring TV commercials

Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:57 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Finally.

us-news, commercials

Atheists Ramp Up Message For The Holidays: Humbug!

Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:42 PM EST (msnbc.com)

From the article: Just as the winter season is a time when major religions to trumpet their beliefs, it is also a time when atheists spend extra energy pushing back against the influence of religion in public life, especially in government.

religion, atheism

The Problem of Morals

Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:54 PM EST

Grisham wrote a good article the other day about morals and religion. I've spent a lot of time over the years thinking about what it means to be moral if you aren't a believer in a particular religion. For what it's worth, here are my thoughts about it. The …

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Rhetoric as Communication

Fri Dec 9, 2011 7:01 PM EST

Today someone seeded an article that implied that Christians were responsible for the bullying that led a Tennessee boy to commit suicide. A week or so ago, someone seeded an article that implied that Lincoln was not all that crazy about the capitalist system …

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Lincoln: Labor is the Superior of Capital (The rest of the story)

Sun Dec 4, 2011 7:31 PM EST

I read the post Labor is the Superior of Capital and came away with the idea that, well, Lincoln thought labor was superior to capital and capitalism was merely to be tolerated. Intrigued by what I had read, I looked it up.

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Solution to Income Inequality? Work Ethic, not Handouts

Seeded on Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:35 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

This is dead on. I've seen over and over that people who need the money opt not to earn it when the opportunity is given. Not all, of course, but enough to be noticeable.

politics

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