“The Creationist Concept of Kind”
A great take on the Creationist usage of kind. It’s not a scientific term, nor is its meaning specific in any way. Take a look for yourself: One thing that occurs to me immediately after the mentioning of Noah’s Ark: Did he take one of each bug, too? I realize that there are a million arguments against the ridiculousness of believing it it to be wholly true, especially without question. Yet, it occurs to me that insects are inevitably part of the animal group. Insects are...
Read MoreChristopher Hitchens: Religion Poisons Everything
In a recent interview on Truthdig.com, Jon Wiener asks Christopher Hitchens some questions after the release of his latest book, God Is Not Great. Wiener: Yes, the Old Testament is full of these horrors. But it also contains the Ten Commandments, prohibiting killing, stealing, adultery, and lying—isn’t this a good thing? Hitchens: No. it’s not. Because these are prefaced by a series of injunctions to fear a permanent, unalterable dictatorship. The first three commandments say...
Read MoreLondon Advances While the U.S. Prays
Sight has been restored in a few blind mice. According to NewScientist.com: In principle, restoring sight to animals that have simply lost photoreceptor cells should be relatively easy, because most of the brain’s wiring for vision is still intact. Previous attempts to treat such blindness by transplanting stem cells had been unsuccessful, however. The stem cells had not developed enough to properly integrate with the recipient’s retina and existing vision-related regions of the...
Read MoreAtheism in Real Time
Do atheists have theist friends? Well do you? Generally, I’d say yes. That is, unless, the atheist “comes out” to said friend. In some cases, people will shy away from an atheist. Why is being reasonable such a bad thing? Open atheists have harder times making friends of similar interests because as we’ve heard before: “Organizing atheists is like herding cats”. Most of my friends are not atheists, though agnostic to say the least. No one has proof for or...
Read MoreThank Goodness It’s Friday
Do theists say “F U God, It’s Monday”? Otherwise, the ol’ TGIF mantra falls short even for theists. How is it possible to thank god for one thing while not blaming him when things don’t go well. Theists will preach, “God works in mysterious ways.” That’s always any easy out. Life happens in mysterious ways. (The wording needs work, but the idea makes a lot more sense!)
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