Today, I think that I did one of the most helpful things I have ever done with respect to greater acceptance of atheists in broader society, and it happened on a conservative, Republican blog. I won’t link or mention the particular blog (I don’t really want to give them the traffic), but this moment was [...]
What’s the Matter with Atheists?
The semester’s winding down, and Graduation is in 3 days. Needless to say, I haven’t had much time for writing non-school-related things (like this blog). I’ll be able to write more over the summer. Since I don’t want to get out of the habit of writing here, and since I don’t really have the time [...]
The Problem with Morality
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 [...]
Debunking a Creationist…
Well… I haven’t written in a while (I seem to be writing that alot), but research papers that are required to receive a degree take precedent… sorry.
On to the content of this post… I was tagged in a note on facebook by Christian I talked to whilst participating in an “Ask an Atheist” [...]
A Good Atheism Resource…
So, my room mate directed me to a great website run by Cambridge University entitled “Investigating Atheism.” It is a great source for unbiased information about Atheism and its history, just thought I’d let you know.
Just so you know, I’m preparing for both the LSAT and the GRE, so my writing will continue to be [...]
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. [...]
Christian Website Makes Idiotic Arguments “Refuting” Atheism
So… I was tag surfing today, and I found this article called Atheism: An Irrational Worldview. The gist of the argument was that Atheists only believe in material things (not necessarily true), the Laws of Logic are immaterial, therefore, Atheists can’t believe in the laws of logic without being self-contradictory. It doesn’t take a philosopher [...]
Splintering of the Base?
Reuters has an interesting piece up about young, white evangelicals–not my favorite group, but I read on. Apparently, these voters are less two-dimensional than their elders, looking beyond the issues of Abortion and Gay Marriage and looking towards issues like the War in Iraq, Global Warming and Environmental Issues, and Social Justice. These [...]
Softening the Image of Atheists
Well… I found a new facebook application complete with polls and debate… so I’ve been playing around that as well as surfing around teh interwebs looking for news stories. Well, being me, I wound up arguing about things such as Intelligent Design and religion and came to the conclusion that people don’t [...]
