Monthly Archives: August 2011
Video: Christopher Hitchens, “On the Ignorance of Believers”
Video: Christopher Hitchens, “Hitchens: Religion is About Power”
Blog Post: “What Comes After death?”
I submit to you that “dead before life” is the same as “dead after life”. Why shouldn’t it be? Every time someone is born, they go from being dead to being alive. All of us know exactly what it’s like to be dead, because we each have experienced it.
Aphorism: On the Forfeit of Critical Thought
By Madison S. Hughes (01.01.2011)
The forfeit of critical thought to religious indoctrination as a moral compass is not only ludicrous, but also unwarranted! Vicarious and empathic acquaintance is sufficient without such surrender.
Blog Post: “Evolution Easily Explains Morality”
Being able to go beyond our instinctual desires is the main thing that separates humans from animals. Still, I’m sure we all know just how hard it is to overcome our instincts. It’s hard to resist a beautiful woman, for example, and some men can’t (rapists). Still, from nature’s perspective, rape is a perfectly legitimate way of passing on your genes, which explains why there are rapists in the world. Ironically, if all raped women aborted their children perhaps rapists would die out.
Image: “Morality”
Video: “A Lesson about Church and State”
Article: “Another one bites the dust!”
A HOMOPHOBIC Catholic lawmaker from Indiana is facing pressure to resign after his attempt to solicit an 18-year-old rentboy was exposed at the weekend. Republican State Representative Phil Hinkle – married and a former board member of the Greater Indianapolis Young Men’s Christian Association…
