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Twilight of Violence: An Interview with Steven Pinker by Sam Harris

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)

Sam Harris has a great interview with Steven Pinker on his latest book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Harris sits down with Pinker for a discussion about the history of violence. Sam Harris asks, “Need I remind you that the ‘atheist regimes’ of the 20th century killed tens of millions [...]

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Gnostic/Agnostic ↔ Theist/Atheist Graph

Gnostic/Agnostic Atheist/Theist Graph

 There have been other versions around but I made this one. Initially, I made it to go with an Examiner piece. From gnostic to agnostic,  theist to atheist; there are many positions having to do with belief or possible knowledge of a belief. Gnostic and agnostic have to do with knowledge, while theist and atheist [...]

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Zoidberg the Messiah?

Messiah Zoidberg

OMZ! I know some people are tired of Zoidberg. Not me. :P Need a new messiah? Why not Zoidberg? Via

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The Jewmanist Is Under Construction But Check Out My New Examiner Column

Las Vegas Atheism Examiner: Rose Schwartz

The Jewmanist is currently under construction. It appears we no longer have potential threat yet, now, a lot of changes need to be made. Please check out my new column at The Examiner: Las Vegas Atheism. I plan on writing more frequently than here. I will continue this blog but it will remain more of [...]

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Is Rick Perry Trying to tell Us Something by Using the Scarlet Letter A?

Rick Perry ad2

Rick Perry released a new presidential ad today. Something surely stands out! See if you can spot it in the screen captures below. I know what it is! It’s the “A”, a prominent symbol for atheism. I put it next to a white one to compare to the images from the ad. It looks like it was [...]

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A Recent Study Finds a Correlation Between Atheism and Autism

The autism quotient (AQ) scores among the adults who were surveyed are plotted against their declared religious beliefs. Atheists are a majority.

This study does not assert that a majority of atheists are high function autistic, rather that high functioning autistic people are more likely to be atheist. It’s also important to note that this is a correlation which, as we all know, does not imply causation. People with ‘mild’ forms of autism are more likely to [...]

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Licensing Original Artwork

Design Samples

I’ve been busy lately but plan to continue blogging again. In my spare time, I’ve been looking into avenues of licensing artwork. You can see some of my work at my portfolio site. Though I recently redid that site, so not everything is up yet. You may also check out a slideshow I put together with some [...]

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