Ironwolf

I’m fine with the idea that reason doesn’t underlie everything— I may have my reasons for calling myself an atheist, but I didn’t reason my way into liking chocolate or disliking eggplant. That is not to say there aren’t underlying physical causes as to why I like or dislike something, but I don’t try to [...]

Update for October 13, 2007 here.
Back in January I posted about the House of Yahweh nutjobs based in Abilene Texas, and their “Overseer” Yisrayl Hawkins‘ prediction that nuclear war would start on September 12, 2006…
No wait— that’s only the conception of the “Nuclear Baby” which is due to be born on June 12, 2007…

No wait—
As [...]

Number 4 in a series.

Conscience is God’s natural warning system.
Translation: Guilt is God’s way of telling you you’re going to hell.
“But what will happen even if we do burn down the Jews’ synagogues and forbid them publicly to praise God, to pray, to teach, to utter God’s name? They will still keep doing it in [...]

Sam recently spoke at the Aspen Institute, at their third annual Ideas Festival. The home for this video is here.
This talk is over an hour, but well worth the time whether or not you are an atheist.
View video by clicking on the image below.

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This hit my mailbox in the form of a 2.4 MB Windows Media attachment. I enjoyed it, but I’d like to remind everyone that if it’s worth clogging up people’s inboxes with, it’s probably already on YouTube.
Try to remember that.
Tom Rush performed this at Judy Collins‘ Wildflower Festival

Number 3 in a series.

Faith is a journey, not a destination.
Translation: Please nod your head at our profundity.
According to Google, lots of things are “journeys, not destinations” including:

success
happiness
life
education
security
innovation
medicine
yoga
interoperability
usability testing
customer relations management (CRM)
real estate weblogging

So before we think something especially insightful is being offered here, let us meditate on this equally profound thought: Stupidity is a [...]