The Brights

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Comment by Joan Denoo on December 16, 2011 at 12:49pm

War, oppression, domination, exploitation, manipulation = an all too familiar theme in our news and daily lives and even the news distorts and propagandizes.  Religion, all religions have failed to civilize people. Where is compassion?  What happened to ethical and moral codes under the influence of religion? 

A very basic, straightforward example of this is what is happening to  Bradley Manning, the Army private accused in the most famous leak of government secrets or to the people and policies that put him in his dilemma of watching films and reading documents that clearly were violations of conduct of wars. This film reveals what happened and asks who is guilty? What moral compass does the USA use to make decisions?

What role do/can atheists play in establishing war conduct? From where does our moral and ethical foundation spring?

Bradley Manning Heads for Jail; No    a documentary:

http://therealnews.com/t2/component/content/319?task=view

Comment by G Smith on August 7, 2011 at 5:26pm

I'm a Bright! (...and a Secular Humanist, and a New Atheist, and a Naturalist, and ...)
There's a YouTube video poll on "Does Prayer Work?"
posted by a young non-believer who's still trying to figure out what to call himself. I can relate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epSF8hDDwag&feature=related

Comment by Rick on May 22, 2011 at 5:28pm

  I’m really ticked off now…..BIG TIME!

Last night I expected all the “rapture”  yahoo’s to be gone.  All I expected to find was a bunch

of clothes, empty house, apartments, mobile homes and the like.  Cars just left on the street with the keys in them.

I had planned to go out looting. I was gonna clean up with the cash they left behind, their valuables, jewels, precious metals, silverware, electronics and the such.

BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I even had a SHOPPING LIST!

And I had a list of things my friends wanted…..  Of course, there were some prescription meds certain friends wanted me to get for them…. And some things that weren’t prescription as well….

It only goes to show you, you can’t trust these “rapture” clowns….

Sigh……..back to clipping coupons….

Comment by Geraldo Cienmarcos on April 22, 2011 at 10:32am

 

DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN?
Do you want to send them to summer camp without God?
Check out Camp Inquiry
http://campinquiry.org/
OR
Camp Quest
http://www.campquest.org/

Comment by Bwambale Robert on April 1, 2011 at 4:16pm

If today wasn't fools day then i would say Bye Bye to turn back to the world of spirits and souls, in other words you intend to go back to the mythical world. Its only the blind in the mind that can change their minds and denounce Atheism. Its such a nice life instance that suits Humanity!.

Comment by Edward Teach on February 20, 2011 at 1:34pm

Hmmm... never realized that I'm a Bright!

Comment by Davis Jacobson on February 19, 2011 at 12:34pm

I see a lot of people registering here; how many of us have also registered as Brights at the website www.the-brights.net ?  It would be nice if people would say what they're up to!  What's your local situation?  Are you taking any action "as a bright"?

Comment by Geraldo Cienmarcos on December 28, 2010 at 1:41pm

3 items of interest to free thinkers:

Your Brain: A User's Guide

New books "Self Comes to Mind" and "On Second Thought" examine the origins of consciousness, and the unconscious pulls that influence our behavior.
LEARN MORE 

http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/your-brain-a-users...

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PROTEUS
2004NR 60 minutes available on Netflix.com

Director David Lebrun's animated documentary film examines the work of ERNST HAECKEL, the German biologist-artist who dedicated his life to finding and documenting the connection between the disparate worlds of art and science. Drawing on Haeckel's fascinating lithographs of the tiny undersea organisms called radiolarian, Lebrun's poetic film brings the biologist's visions to life and further explores the artistry of the natural world. Haeckel was a naturalist and an artist who became a champion for the theory of evolution. He adhered to a philosophy of "Natural Mysticism" the idea that the essence or spirit of "God"  permeated all life whether single cell organisms to humans -- something non-theists would probably call physics or chemistry.
    Documentary, Science and Nature Documentaries, Art & Design
http://www.nightfirefilms.org/proteus_home.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel
See also the external links at the bottom of Wikipedia page.

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The Fixation of Belief
Charles S. Peirce
Popular Science Monthly 12 (November 1877), 1-15.

"If liberty of speech is to be untrammeled from the grosser forms of constraint, then uniformity of opinion will be secured by a moral terrorism to which the respectability of society will give its thorough approval. Following the method of authority [reason] is the path of peace. "

text on line
http://www.peirce.org/writings/p107.html

Web text with hyperlinks and notes:
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/modules/peirce/peirce00.html

Charles Sanders Peirce (C.S. Peirce) (1839-1914), American logician, mathematician, scientist, philosopher, founder of pragmatism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce

Comment by Geraldo Cienmarcos on November 28, 2010 at 11:54am

Why Religious Believers Are So Desperate for the Atheist Seal of Approval

Many religious believers are intent on getting atheists' approval for their beliefs. If you're hoping for that -- don't hold your breath.

READ MORE

http://www.alternet.org/story/148984/

Comment by Joan Denoo on November 11, 2010 at 11:55am

My teeth and gums are still recovering from my clinched jaw. One can't teach or heal stupid, yet many believe as he.

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