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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 17,000 views in 2012....
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The Fine Tuning Falacy
There is an argument that because there are many properties of our universe that if changed by even a small amount would have made the universe impossible to support life. Some people like to use this...
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Redefining “Makers” and “Takers”
There has been much talk from the political right about makers and takers. Let us take a closer look at these terms. Here is how the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines these terms: Makes: to bring...
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Be Good For Goodness’ Sake
Telling someone that they shouldn’t steal or murder or rape because if they get caught they will go to prison is not teaching morality. Similarly, telling someone that they shouldn’t engage in these...
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Something From Nothing – Why It Doesn’t Matter If God Exist Or Not
Where did the universe come from? This is a question that has taunted humans probably since we first became sentient. Most of the attempts to answer this question over the millennium have come from...
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My Article Is In Skeptical Inquirer!
My article, “Understanding Believers’ Cognitive Dissonance” , just came out in Skeptical Inquirer, Vol 37, No.2, March/April 2013, Pg. 50. If you don’t subscribe to it, then go buy a copy! Well,...
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Doing The Most Good – The Moral Imperative of GM Crops
We here in the wealthy, well-fed west are overlooking one of the greatest moral crises in the world: the millions of deaths and hundred of millions more illnesses caused by starvation and lack of basic...
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Catholic (il)Logic
Ok. They have a new Pope. Pope Francis. Here is what CNN said about him: “Until last year, Bergoglio was the archbishop of Buenos Aires before stepping down because of his age. He is 76.” So if he was...
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We Are Not Broken
I read a lovely blog post. It is about people with disabilities. Please read it. My comment on this: I grew up with a learning disability. I was teased, bullied. But I’ve succeeded beyond what any...
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My Response to the CFI’s Response to the Skeptical Community’s Response to...
I’ve been out of action here for quite a while due to work and family and just life in general. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been paying attention to what’s been going on in the skeptical and atheist...
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Help For People Recovering From Religion
The organization Recovering From Religion has started a hotline for those who are recovering from religion. This is in response to all of the “…countless emails and phone calls from people seeking...
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Why Christianity is Bullshit.
I recently discover a very nice site, Jesus Never Existed, that provides a plethora of information showing that Christianity is a manufactured religion (but aren’t they all?). They provide sources for...
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An Atheist Monument Being Unveiled Next to The Ten Commandments is Nothing to...
An article in the Washington Post reports on the new monument that has been installed next to one of the Ten Commandments outside a Florida courthouse. Atheists had sued to remove the Ten Commandments...
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Testing Live Writer
Unfortunately, for this Mac guy, I am sometimes forced to use Windoze. Windows Live Writer comes bundled with Windows 7, so I’m trying it out. This is bold. This is italic. This is underline. This is...
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MacJournal For iPad
I’m trying out MacJournal for the iPad for my blogging. I have MacJournal on my MacBook, but haven’t used it for blogging for a while since I’ve found that I like Mars Edit better. Unfortunately, they...
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Here Is A Very Pretty Picture
I tried posting a link to this on Facebook, but they pulled it because they don’t appreciate anything with nipples, no matter how artistic. So, here is the link. It’s really pretty, go have a look!...
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Taking Sides
There has been a battle going on in the atheists/skeptical movement over the past year or so. It is a battle about sexism. I won’t go into the details because there are too many incidents and...
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I Will Weep For Thee
” I will weep for thee; For this revolt of thine, methinks, is like Another fall of man.” – Henry V, Act II, Scene II. Actually, I weep for my MacBook. It won’t power on. I suspect that it has a bad...
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Writing In a Post MacBook Way
My Late 2009 MacBook bit the dust last week. It had been having problems with charging for quite a while and I even had the MagSafe board replaced back in March, which worked for a little while. But,...
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The Next Steps
I haven’t written much here in a long time; just the occasional post. There are many reasons why, some personal (new marriage, raising three teenagers, work), some creative (not so much writer’s block...
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