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Category Archives: Humanities
Video: “The Atheist and Her Brain – Margaret Downey”
Quote: Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
In the ordinary man, injustice rouses a passionate desire for vengeance; . . . where there is a great deal of pride and vanity, there also will there be a great desire of vengeance.
Quote: Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
Hope is the result of confusing the desire that something should take place with the probability that it will.
Quote: Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with riches. The poor man is restrained by poverty and need: labor occupies his thoughts, and takes the place of knowledge. But rich men who are ignorant live for their lusts only, and are like the beasts of the field; as may be seen every day: and they can also be reproached for not having used wealth and leisure for that which gives them their greatest value.
Quote: David Eller
If America is a Christian country because it was founded by Christians, is it also a white country because it was founded by whites? A male country because it was founded by males?
Video: Christopher Hitchens, “Christianity is False and Immoral”
Video: “Welcome To This World”
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.
