What Are Atheists So Upset About?
I’m often asked by my smart friends: The answer is simple: religion’s business is to get into my business. When someone deeply believes that non-believers…
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A Few Thoughts on Social Networking Tools
Ok, just a few random thoughts; I’ll do a real post later on this once things are fleshed out more. What are the variables among…
Why You Shouldn’t Be Calling Yourself Agnostic
September 4, 2009 — After much spirited debate I have come to the conclusion that the argument presented below is much weaker than it should…
If You’re Agnostic, You’re Probably an Atheist
[ 2009-04-12 : I’ve decided to back off this specific argument of “atheist” applying to those that lack belief. The reason for this is that…
The Three IT Roles: The King, the Sage, and the Cog
I observe three basic types of people working in the IT field: kings, sages, and cogs. The King The king is one who has complete…
Why I’m No Longer Warning People Before I Link to My Own Content Within Social Networking
It is considered good social networking etiquette–especially on Twitter–to warn your followers that you are posting a link to content on your own blog or…
Why Religion is More Dangerous Than Handguns
We’ve been debating agnosticism and atheism here for the last couple of weeks. One of the sub-arguments that has pronounced itself has come from my…
A Sad Outlook for Humanity
This doesn’t bode well. Here’s an interesting list of predictions from the study: The main drivers of religious affiliation to 2043 are immigration and secularization.…
Are the Religious More Logical Than I Think?
A friend of mine (CarlM) and I have a long-running debate regarding how logical or illogical the average religious person is in the United States.…
How Bad is the Ignorance Problem in the United States?
In short? Bad. To give an overall flavor, here is a collection of data from a number of polls on American belief in evolution, correlated…
Immortality is Achievable | Daniel Miessler
Image from sciam.com I don’t want to die, and being an atheist I have to engage in far more contortions than the average person to…
The Jesus Quote You’ll Never Hear in Church
Christians love to rail against hateful language in the Koran, saying that the extremist teachings there can be used to justify violence. Well, it’s in…