3…2…1… Outrage!
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Profiling. It’s only wrong when it happens to white people. It’s completely
fair and just to target people of colour and religious minorities. Those
people...
The Nonidentity Problem
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There is a problem in the philosophy of morality called The Nonidentity
Problem. A member of the studio audience, Evan Dawson-Baglien, asked that I
discuss...
Atlas Shrugged: Unfortunate Implications
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Atlas Shrugged, p.54-55 I’ve said that Ayn Rand, although she never misses
an opportunity to tell us that her characters are bold and heroic, only
rarely s...
Pope Francis Says Atheists Can Be Good
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From The Guardian:
Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis has
said in his latest urging that people of all religions, and no...
Feminism is More Than Equality
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[image: Woman-power symbol (clenched fist in Venus sig...]
Woman-power symbol (clenched fist in Venus sign). עברית: כוח נשים (Photo
credit: Wikipedia) I...
The Shape of State and Soul
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by Steve Neumann
*I believe that this educational process has two sides — one psychological
and one sociological; and that neither can be subordinated to ...
idea
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The confluence of beauty and truth is so compelling, I almost reverted
myself. Book shop here
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Transcend This
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Transcend This
A few words about the "transcendent". You can download an audio version of
this video at http://patcondell.libsyn.com/ Subscribe via iTune...
What is Apatheism?
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Know What Is Apatheism The Way You Would Learn In Schools Apatheism is a
word that refers to the people’s apathy towards any topic related to God
and super...
Where is the evidence?
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Here’s a video that has been making the rounds. Richard Dawkins shows
great patience in interviewing Creationist Wendy Wright. I find it painful
to watc...
Catholic Church “Opus Dei” decision due Friday
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Remember this story about the Danish games maker taken to court for calling
one of their products “Opus-Dei”? There is a press release today. PRESS
RELEASE...
Fox News Employs An Atheist
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John Stossel may state he is agnostic, but he is as atheist as they come.
It is surprising to me that Fox News would allow someone with a rational
overall ...
We're calling it a day – for now, at least
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You've probably noticed a lack of new posts hereabouts for some time now.
That's because – and, yes, *mea culpa*, I should have mentioned it earlier
– we h...
Read Secular Outpost at Patheos
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This is our last post on Blogger–at least for the foreseeable future. All
new *Secular Outpost *posts for the foreseeable future will be featured
exclusive...
The great renovation
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My Scienceblogs site is a-changin'. National Geographic has been working
behind the scenes to convert and move all the old data to a newer and
prettier w...
Life is Meaningful Here and Now
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Believers, especially those make their faith the cornerstone of their
lives, have a tendency to think that life without God is meaningless. They
claim tha...
Is Abortion Murder?
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Tim McGregor asked me the following question:
“I started pondering about the issue of abortion and I thought maybe a
worked example how desirism might he...
Holy Smoke
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An Australian professor has now shown that most cigarette filters contain
trace amounts of pigs blood, which is apparently used in making the
filters. I wo...
The End
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I plan on making some big changes in 2010 and this website is not part of
it. I’ve enjoyed using this site to get things off my chest, hash out some
ideas,...
Debating and Deconversion
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Sisyphus: This is a guest post written by one of my good friends and a
regular commenter, Schevus. One of the biggest problems that arises when a
non-theis...
Is belief an ethical act?
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I have debated the issue of god-belief for a long time but honestly it was
mostly an intellectual exercise for me. I don't think the hoary chestnut of
"doe...
An Atheist's Christmas in the Bronx
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Even though my relatives and I were atheist Jews in a predominantly
Christian country, I rarely felt as if I was out of the mainstream. Mom,
Dad, and Nann...
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