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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Quote: Charles Darwin
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.
Article: “Fort Bragg Officials Reverse Course, Approve Secular Festival ‘Rock Beyond Belief'”
Open Letter: “Dear Believer,” by Dan Barker
I also find Christianity to be morally repugnant. The concepts of original sin, depravity, substitutionary forgiveness, intolerance, eternal punishment, and humble worship are all beneath the dignity of intelligent human beings and conflict with the values of kindness and reason. They are barbaric ideas for primitive cultures cowering in fear and ignorance.
Article: “Yielding to Censorship: [Missouri] School Board Bans Books That are ‘Contrary to the Bible'”
When I first encountered [Slaughterhouse-Five] in high school, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. But it sure made me think, which, in my view, is what a good novel should do. Funny thing about that thinking – some people see it as dangerous.
Quote: Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
The wise man will, above all, strive after freedom from pain and annoyance, quiet and leisure, consequently a tranquil, modest life, with as few encounters as may be; and so, after a little experience of his so-called fellow-men, he will elect to live in retirement, or even, if he is a man of great intellect, in solitude. For the more a man has in himself, the less he will want from other people—the less, indeed, other people can be to him. This is why a high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
Quote: Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
A large endowment of intellect tends to estrange the man who has it from other people and their doings; for the more a man has in himself, the less he will be able to find in them; and the hundred things in which they take delight, he will think shallow and insipid.
Article: “The Santa Delusion: Why ‘Religion Is Useful’ Is a Terrible Argument For Religion”
I think the argument from utility is absurd on the face of it. I think the entire idea of deciding what we think is true based on what we want to be true is laughable. Or it would be, if it weren’t so appalling.
Video: Bill Maher, “This is What I Believe. Yeah, You Believe it, and I’m Going to Say Why it’s Dumb”
Article: Madalyn Murray O’Hair
Madalyn Murray O’Hair was once described by Time magazine as the most hated woman in America. She was certainly the most famous atheist in America during the latter half of the 20th century; she never shunned the spotlight and she never avoided an opportunity to create controversy and discussion.
Always Question Authority 