“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” — Voltaire
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I am not atheist. I’m a possibilian!
david eagleman possibilian.com I’ll comment more, later …creation story of the naked couple, the talking snake and the prohibited produce. 😳 “…what I’d rather do is geek out. …I’m going to be creative…, comfortable holding multiple possibles in mind.” “…try to live a life that is free from dogma, and full of awe and wonder, […]
Read Moreto reach greedily for the Kool-Aid
To ‘choose’ dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid. Christopher Hitchens
Read MoreGoing on a Mormon Mission?
So you’re going on a mission for the Mormon Church?
It’s not your fault.
The opening paragraph of the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand seems apt for this collection
This collection of writings … is a sin. It’s a sin of thought, and if the Church finds out about it, that it’s me, it will swing a wrecking ball my way
Read MoreThe word for that is CULTURE
The word for that… for having all the good things without all the superstition, is culture.
Read MoreFUNNY: If Atheists Went to Heaven
This is funny, and makes some good points
Read MoreMichio Kaku on religion, death, and the age of the Earth
The offer of eternal life, immortal souls. A powerful incentive to believe.
Read MoreScience vs Religion (Christopher Hitchens)
At first it was argued that God put the fossil bones in the earth so people’s faith could be tested. Nice try; didn’t last long. Then the various attempts that go on to still try and ban the good news of evolution.
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