Archive for November, 2006
My Thanksgiving Toast
This is my Thanksgiving toast--I would like to share it with my readers: I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your family and friends:
I consider it a great ...
Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history | csmonitor.com
In his bestseller "The God Delusion," Richard Dawkins contends that most of the world's recent conflicts - in the Middle East, in the Balkans, in Northern Ireland, in Kashmir, and ...
Council for Secular Humanism
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Believe in the Force
Jedi Knights are the fourth largest religious group in Britain as listed in the 2001 census. No kidding. There are tens of thousands of Jedis in other countries as well. ...
Dobbs: I'm a populist and proud of it - CNN.com
It seems nothing frightens our free trade and pro-illegal immigration orthodoxies more than putting the common good and the national interest above dominant special interests, corporate America and, of course, ...
On Democracy
The drubbing received by the Republicans in the recent midterm election may seem like a vindication of the democratic process. While I'm relieved at the results, I still have deep ...
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz,
Freedom from Religion: An Interview with Alexander Saxton
Infinity Has Its 'Limits'
The challenge was to answer the Kalam argument: which argues against the concept of an infinite universe without first cause.
CUT Admits Church Makes No Difference for Teens
The biggest factor in raising healthy children to adulthood is to make sure your kids know they can trust you. That no matter what they do, or what trouble they ...
Orgies in Wahabi Saudi Arabia: Western culture blamed
Orgies in Wahabi Saudi Arabia: Western culture blamed It's the shadow, stupid. Again. Western culture has nothing to do with it. Repression plus ignorance of the shadow equals ...
...The Harder They Fall...
I'm establishing the Black Sun Shadow Awards especially for people who are so ashamed of their own behavior, they try to criminalize it for everyone else. Congratulations, Ted, you ...
My Other Life
Taking a short break from philosophy, (much more to come soon), I'm going to do a little shameless self-promotion. Below, I have posted ...
ScienceDaily: Male Circumcision Reduces Risk Of HIV Transmission From Women To Men
The first study to examine the probability of HIV infection per act of heterosexual sex among a population with multiple sexual partners has found that uncircumcised men have more than ...
Dad guilty in first female circumcision trial in U.S. - CNN.com
LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia (AP) -- A jury found an Ethiopian immigrant guilty Wednesday of mutilating his 2-year-old daughter in what is believed to be the first criminal case in the United ...
Nearly half of Americans uncertain God exists: poll
Nearly half of Americans uncertain God exists: poll Keep chipping away. With these surveys, it all depends on how you aske the question. A more important one would ...