how sciolism defeats discourse


how sciolism defeats discourse
Sit back, grab a beer or a glass of wine, turn the lights down, put on some quiet music, and imagine with me for a moment: Imagine a world where people of diverse ideas can discuss important topics without burning straw men. . . .a world in which our natural, innate curiosity is shared by adult [...]

Jesus Built My iPod


Jesus Built My iPod
a tip of the atheistic helmet to Radical Atheist’s post, Holy MP3 Player, which first alerted me to this piece of JESUS CRAP™ that was so absolutely, fantastically, mesmerizingly incredible that i willfully and knowingly didn’t save updates to an ongoing draft so that I could make this post. ======= So, I’m sitting in a coffee shop, [...]

Gore: New Energy Challenge Speech


Gore: New Energy Challenge Speech
lifted from here, and presented below for your viewing pleasure. with thanks to wecansolveit.org

Because Theocracy Leads to Permissible Extremism, THAT’s Why!


Because Theocracy Leads to Permissible Extremism, THAT’s Why!
I cannot recall how many people I’ve spoken with, either via blogs or in-person, who reacted with the word “But nobody wants a theocracy in America” whenever I bring the subject up. And indeed, until recently, there wasn’t really a specific push to alter our Constitution in any formative way, and the only reason [...]

moving? well, moved, actually!

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moving? well, moved, actually!
if you’re getting this by RSS feed, please change your feed settings over to unenslaved.com: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/unenslaved is the new feed. i’ve already re-posted some of my golden oldies over there. this site dies towards the end of august. if you’re missing my smartassery, head over to unenslaved.com. peace.

buh-bye.

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buh-bye.
this domain, and the associated .net version, expire 08/27/2009. so, they’re up for grabs. i’d be willing to host them without charge, but i won’t renew them. if you want free hosting from me, you have to not be religiously affiliated in direct, functional way at the current time, else I will simply shut them [...]

Atheism, A Boring Nihilistic Fad?

Categories: blogging, opinion, religion
Atheism, A Boring Nihilistic Fad?
I found this article by the magic of Google alerts – and I felt it rather obnoxious. Tell me what you think… It starts off by calling atheism a hip new fad, something supplanting pogs and Pokémon, not a great start, but that’s just the beginning. I believe this author has a fundamental misunderstanding of atheism, [...]

What the heck is “Evolution” anyway?

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What the heck is “Evolution” anyway?
Explain evolution - In your own words. I am curious to see what general understanding religious people have of what evolution is and how its supposed to work; then if you could - very separately - explain why you do or do not believe evolution is real.

How (A)theist are you?

Categories: opinion, religion
How (A)theist are you?
In The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins presents us with a scale from 1 to 7 on which we can rank our certainty [or lack there-of] of God's existence. I wonder how the majority of atheists, agnostics, theists, deists rank themselves on this scale.

Thanks Synthaetica, for the warm welcome.

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Thanks Synthaetica, for the warm welcome.
For some inexplicable reason I feel compelled out of some disgusting sense of coutresy, to introduce myself. Notice: The following story is will be devoid of any interesting content whatsoever.

Welcome, unTheist

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Welcome, unTheist
Hi all! It’s me, Commander Other (aka Synthaetica, aka “that asshole”), and I bring FANTASTIC NEWS! Thanks to the volunteering spirit of unTheist, and potentially even myself from time to time, I am pleased to announced that the otherwhirled will soon once again be host to….CONTENT! Yes, that’s right, actual bona-fide CONTENT! I’m very happy that unTheist has volunteered [...]

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