… him who writes this stuff …
Writing forces me to examine my views as cold words on a page.My views are borne out of my experiences on this world.
My experiences are slowly adding to the short story that is my life.
While I still can, I choose to share some for anyone who might find them useful, or perhaps just entertaining.
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Category Archives: Atheism
Free Will Redux
(This is the second post on free will. Read the first one HERE) A few weeks after the original post about free will I wrote a follow-up . No, I had not solved the problem. I wanted to instead voice some … Continue reading
Debating Gun Control and Religious Belief -Part I
I had not engaged anyone in discussions about topics such as religion and gun control for a long while, but recently I engaged in both. “So, why now?” you ask. Good question. At the face of it such discussions are … Continue reading
Agnosticism – the non-neutral position.
Very recently, and against my better judgment, I’ve again bit at the lure of discussing agnosticism. When I was young I once characterized agnostics as atheists without balls. I am deeply ashamed of this because it showed an unconscious bias … Continue reading
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Conversing with the Faithful – Part 3
Some time ago I was friended in Facebook by Amer. He was raised a Muslim, and currently uses a mixture of reason and religious belief to find his path through life. He is active on Facebook where he posts many … Continue reading
Conversing with the Faithful – Part 2
This link: http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/151241 was in another Facebook post that initiated a thankfully brief exchange. For those who will not bother to click on it, the above link takes you to an article listing the author’s opinion of the ten scariest … Continue reading
Conversing with the Faithful – Part 1
Most everyone knows I am an atheist. I don’t flaunt it, I don’t hide it. I just am. Long ago I used to engage people of faith in conversations in an attempt to understand what it was they understood that … Continue reading
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Atheism and Skepticism Redux
I have written before regarding my own opinion on the skeptic/atheist discussion. However, two recent items prompt me to revisit the topic. One is Podblack’s post The Conflation of Skepticism and Atheism – Fact or Fiction?, and the other is … Continue reading
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Atheism and Skepticism
Note (29June2010): Today I listened to the Skepticality Podcast #132 (I’m a few weeks behind), and I was surprised to hear at least some of the points from this post echoed back at me from the past (go ahead, read … Continue reading
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Militant Atheists
I put these thoughts down in 2008 . . . I thought I should post them here. Of late I’ve been reading and listening to some “militant atheists”. You know, the likes of Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. It surprises … Continue reading
Complicated Issues
Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue. — Scott Adams I like that quote, and I admire the author, and I heard it repeated on one of the podcasts I listen to. I … Continue reading
Atheist, am I
Atheist: n. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods. That is what I am. But why is there a word for it? Why don’t we have Aunicornist, or Aeasterbunnyist? And why does atheist have such … Continue reading
Of Prayers and Discrimination
From January 28, 2008 Two years have passed since this post was originally published elsewhere. As near as I know, studies on the efficacy of prayers are still focusing on difficult-to-measure results. For instance, there are studies aimed at reducing … Continue reading
