So… it turns out that I define “Morality” entirely differently than theists, which shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, now that I think of it, but I got into an interesting conversation about the nature and definition of morality itself. My opponent (I think of it as a debate) believed that universal, objective morality [...]
Why Life Matters, Even Without God…
I received a comment on my previous post (I love drawn out debates… ) stating that I didn’t really debunk any of the arguments in the video I was critiquing (I won’t link it again). Well… that argument was, essentially, that if you believe that you were the product of natural evolution, the conclusion [...]
A Different Take on Gay Marriage
Today, I was reading this story in the Washington Post about gay, lesbian, transsexual, etc people coming out of the closet at earlier ages than previous generations. This wound up triggering some thoughts about gayness in our public sphere.
To be perfectly honest, it’s pretty hard for me to get worked up about lgbt issues. [...]
Jesse Helms: Another Instance of Conservatives’ Selective Memory…
Well… Jesse Helms died earlier today… much earlier, as it was at a quarter after 1 this morning. I first heard about it on, my favorite Right-Wing Retardation blog, Blogs for Victory (which I refuse to link). I’ll admit that I didn’t know too much about Mr. Helms before today, but [...]
More Idiocy from Pat Buchanan…
At Townhall.com (to which I am loathe to link), Pat Buchanan wrote an idiotic piece defending his equally idiotic (based on his summary of his arguments in the article) book about World War II and the Holocaust. Essentially, he argues that Hitler wasn’t going to do that Holocaust or really do that much of a [...]
