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Asimov’s Cult Of Ignorance
Eons ago---in 1980---word-machine Isaac Asimov had an essay in Newsweek entitled "A Cult Of Ignorance." There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been.…
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The Crybaby Fallacy (Which Atheists Often Use)
Many atheists are notorious for arguing from desire. (Be ever careful of the So's-Yer-Old-Man Fallacy.) God doesn't exist, they say or imply, because He's a big meanie, because His demands…
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Melody May Be A Learned Response?
Received this email from reader Don Siegel: Greetings. Vis a vis how music is getting worse---I'm a prof at Syr. Univ (Earth Sciences) but also lately, a solo jazz guitarist…
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Is Homosexuality A Disability?
Guy's walking along, innocent like, when, lo, he has his "nuts bit off by a Laplander". Perhaps needless to say, his young wife is distressed over the incident. What goes…
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Why Americans Left Christianity And Became Nones
The title of the Pew report which we'll discuss is "Why America's 'nones' left religion behind", though, as you can see, I modified it. For good reason. The original Pew…
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Pope: If I Speak Of Islamic Violence, I Must Speak Of Catholic Violence
The holy Koran says (sura 2 at 191) "And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is…
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Brexit: A Decision By A Democracy
Picture from here (somehow the Twitter embedding didn't work). So, Brexit. A democracy has spoken. The will of the people being sovereign, or so says the theory which all love…
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Atheists More Religiously Tolerant Than Christians: It’s Science!
I meant this to go out on Saturday morning, but I pressed the wrong button and it went out late Friday afternoon. Apologies to those who receive this post twice.…
