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Daylights and Nightlights
The problem is that splitting hairs is necessary when you’re trying to suggest your ancient book contains scientific knowledge that human beings couldn’t possibly know at the time so therefore it is information that came straight from a god. These things absolutely do matter when someone is claiming 100% scientific accuracy. I will give a couple examples.
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How Could God Have Screwed Up Morality?
This idea of mistake-proofing has been around for 60 years within Japanese manufacturing, where it’s called poka-yoke. We can apply this idea to Christian morality, where it’s glaringly absent.
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The Real God: An Epiphany
Because I was constantly being told that I'm rejecting God, and I knew that wasn't true, I decided to research rejection, which made me aware of its effects. My studies took me in a completely unexpected direction. The epiphany (pun intended) was rather shocking. The evidence indicates that the personal god is a manifestation of the ego, which explains a plethora of theistic tendencies, including their typical dislike of atheists, who theists subconsciously perceive to be rejecting...
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The Misleading War on GMOs: The Food Is Safe. The Rhetoric Is Dangerous.
Is genetically engineered food dangerous? Many people seem to think it is. In the past five years, companies have submitted more than 27,000 products to the Non-GMO Project, which certifies goods that are free of genetically modified organisms. Last year, sales of such products nearly tripled. Whole Foods will soon require labels on all GMOs in its stores. Abbott, the company that makes Similac baby formula, has created a non-GMO version to give parents “peace of mind.”
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Interview with Colonel R. G. Ingersoll regarding Mrs. Van Cott, The Revivalist
Question. I see, Colonel, that in an interview published this morning, Mrs. Van Cott (the revivalist), calls you “a poor barking dog.” Do you know her personally?
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Being a Non-Believer Where Non-Believers Are the Enemy
Today, a family friend commented on my Facebook status that they had found my blog. They said the loved me and included a smiley face. Out of fear, I immediately deleted the comment. I know people will find my blog. Rationally and reasonable, I know this is inevitable, but seeing the confirmation that someone had found it made me nauseous and fearful.
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The Relativity of Wrong
"John, when people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together."
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“Where’s My Cut?”: On Unpaid Emotional Labor
Jess Zimmerman, wryly, on the unpaid emotional labor she and other women perform for men, and why it has value.
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Psychic Capital
Tech and Silicon Valley Turn to Mystics for Advice. By Jeremy Lybarger.
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Echo chamber of outrage: Ars attends a climate skeptics’ summit
A political buffet offering everything but science.
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Ten awesome things about being Christian in the United States
No doubt there are many more unnoticed privileges enjoyed solely by members of the majority faith. Feel free to add those in the comments.
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The mysterious death of a doctor who peddled autism ‘cures’ to thousands
Two raids, five deaths and a suspected suicide as authorities closed in on him.
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The Moral Paradigm of Atheism and Theism
People like to think that everyone fits into neat little boxes, but never has any assumption been more wrong.
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Is your fear of radiation irrational?
Radioactivity stirs primal fears in many people, but Geoff Watts argues that an undue sense of its risks can cause real harm.
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Sacrilege Sunday - Why I Am An Atheist
Sundays in my house are not sacred or holy. They are treated pretty much the same as any other day of the week, just a bit more lackadaisical. The mornings are usually spent in bed with my boys before getting up to either make breakfast or go out for it. I wouldn’t have them any other way. Except for the part where I have to go to work Sunday nights. Long story short, Sundays have long been Sacrilege Sundays for us as we are not church goers or believers in any way.
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To Counter California Drought, Some Farmers Are Resorting to “Water Witches”
It’s said that desperate times call for desperate measures. In California, where farmlands have been ravaged by an ongoing drought, the desperation is certainly palpable. With government irrigation assistance cut off or strictly limited, farmers are looking for anything that will help their plants to grow. Even, as it turns out, magic.
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Are We Just Molecules in Motion?
Christian apologists object to what they see as the consequences of the naturalistic view—that humans are nothing more than machines. Can this mechanistic outlook explain the facts of consciousness and morality?
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The Perfect Scientific Crime?
Science fraud has been in the news again lately, and it got me thinking about whether it would be possible to fake data with no chance of getting caught. Would it be possible to carry out the perfect scientific crime? How can we help make life more difficult for fraudsters?
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Yes, There Are Atheists Who Still Fear Hell
Even though I no longer believe I still find myself AFRAID of Hell. It was beaten into me for so many years it is like a fear that I am finding difficult to shake. So my question is what advice could you give me to get over this fear. Maybe you could do a blog on this topic. It is so difficult to get over this very real fear. I want to enjoy my atheism as you and many others do but this fear of hell is truly hell.
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Storm by Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin's ten-minute hilarious and thought-provoking beat poem expressing skepticism.
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