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Just be carefull... I had a similar discussion with my sisnlaw and it almost caused a big rift in my otherwise tightly nit family.
From the article Tommy cited.
"However, religious commentators have criticized Hawking's theorizing, saying he can never hope to explain what is essentially unexplainable."
Well doesn't that kind of invalidate their own "god" theory then? ;p
Anybody else read it? I love the basic premise, and being an atheist means I can appreciate the mythology and not get bent out of shape about the multiple deities.
Wyoming is better than the southeast, from what I've seen. It's still a solid red state, though. My big point was that there are no cities. The closest it has are Cheyenne and Casper, each of which are around 50,000 people.
The entire state barely…
I was in Panama City this past weekend, but I didn't have any free time. I was there for my brother-in-law's pinning. He was promoted to Major in the Air Force. The promotion ceremony was full of God and Jesus references, and the invocation was give…
I saw a video, or a blog post once that listed all the uncomfortable and illogical things that a person must do, according to Jesus' own words, in order to follow him. The list included hating your family, selling all your possessions, etc. I'm pret…
It's been almost a full day, and none of them have responded. I'm hoping that's the end of it, and they have bowed to my superior sophistry. ;-)
I sometimes wear the customary leather vest with the HOG Miami logo on the back but a closer look reveals the American Atheists and Freedom From Religion Foundation patches on the right rear side. My do-rag has a gold Atheist atom pin on the tail .…
Stephen Hawking: God Has No Role in Universe
LONDON (Sept. 2) -- Entering the ongoing debate between faith and science, renowned British scientist Stephen Hawking claims that modern physics has now proved that God played no role in the creation of…
"Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là."
-Pierre-Simon Laplace
"Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là."
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I finished up a letter to the editor last night in response to an individual who claimed that evolution was a lie, that racism is an evolutionary concept, that Hitler was Darwin's disciple, and that evolution is a religion. Needless to say, the 300 word limit was a challenge but I think I managed to get my point across in the maximum space provided. Hopefully it will get printed. If it does, all of High Point will know I'm an evolutionist...along with being a gravitationalist. I'll reprint my letter below if you wish to read it.
Your "reaching for stars, grabbing fireflies" quote was an great one. Once again you have succeeded in teaching me something new (which is actually relatively easy considering how little I really know). You'd make an excellent teacher. By the way, I gave a dollar to the salvation army the other day (I know, I'm a saint) and the lady offended me on two levels. First she said "Merry Christmas". Gag! And second she said "God bless you." Double gag! Actually, I'm not offended by either of those. Thanks to my elite deciphering skills I have come to understand what people mean by these baffling and ancient words . "Merry Christmas" is the same as "Good morning/evening" and "Have a good day". "God bless you" is equivalent to "Thank you". I would write a book about it but Steven Pinker beat me to it. I hope you have a great Christmas break. I'm looking forward to our next skeptics meeting. Sounds like we'll be testing a psychic!
Here's my letter to the editor:
Hitler, Darwin, and Racism
In a December 12, 2008 letter to the editor, Clayton L. Proctor Sr. calls evolution a lie, states that “racism is basically an evolutionary concept”, that “Hitler was [Darwin’s] disciple”, and that evolution is a religion. First, evolution is not a lie. It is simply the best explanation for speciation given the evidence we see from fossils, genetics, radiometric dating, etc. There is no question among serious scientists concerning this fact. A 1991 Gallup pole found the acceptance rate of evolution among scientist to be 95%. Second, Mr. Proctor Sr. would have you believe that Darwin was a racist and that his synthesis praised bigotry. In fact, Darwin was unique in his day as a detractor of 1) slavery, 2) naming different races as disparate species, and 3) abuse of native peoples. Third, Hitler was no disciple of Darwin. While Darwin’s real contribution was that of natural selection, Hitler practiced a crude form of artificial selection; a technique that was developed thousands of years prior to both Darwin and Hitler. If truth be told, Hitler claimed to be a disciple of God not Darwin, stating in Mein Kampf, “Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.” I am not suggesting that Christianity is the cause of Hitler’s hatred and subsequent genocide of the Jews. I ask Mr. Proctor Sr. not to suggest the same concerning evolution. The truth is this: people find ways to justify their hatred whether that means twisting scripture or trashing science. Fourth and finally, evolution is no more a religion than gravity is a denomination. Evolution tells us how nature works, not how to behave.
Steven Eugene Albertson
High Point
A strong personalty for a 17 year old.
She is going places, I can bet.
Dele
I'm not sure if I have enough courage to go to another country for two years, leaving all my friends, family, and stuff behind. I admire your willingness to do so. You are significantly more dauntless than myself.
As with you, I'm not planning on getting married or dying anytime soon although sometimes I wonder what I would want those ceremonies to be like. Ultimately a wedding is the woman's domain although it suddenly appears to me that view holds within it a veiled sexism against males planning weddings. Anyway, weddings are always so religious (at least the ones I attend) that I wonder what an secular wedding would look like. Meh...I'll let future Steve worry about that. The same thing is true about my funeral. I guess I won't really be there for it so if it's a total disaster it should bother me very little. Hmm...I guess the only solution to this conundrum is to a) never get married and b) never die. I think I can manage at least one of those but if Aubrey de Grey has his way maybe I can live forever, thus postponing my death indefinitely resulting in my perfect avoidance of these bothersome matters.
Thanks for the new vocab word (defenestrated). I haven't run across it before and I am in your debt for raising my consciousness one definition higher. Perhaps I'll leave one with you: batrachophagous. Example: Kermit was kicked out of his pond of origin due to Batrachophagous. While wondering aimlessly through the seedy underbelly of a long forgotten town, he ran into a gang of hardened outcasts along with their leader Jimmy H. Jimmy promised to make Kermit famous and Kermit, having no other options, agreed and joined the now infamous gang called The Muppets. Jimmy, known simply as Jim Henson, turned their outlaw lifestyle into, of all things, a successful children's show. The world has never been the same.
P.S. It is ridiculous how a simple example sentence can turn into a full fledged story. My apologies.
It's funny you bring up the missions trip thing. I only have one atheist friend outside of the skeptic's group and we were talking about that same subject a few months ago. I think we should get a group together to feed people at a homeless shelter sometime. I used to help out at one occasionally with the youth group I used to attend. It's called Open Door Ministries. I'm pretty sure it's a religious organization but the way I see it food is neither atheist or christian. It fills the empty stomach without bias. I also looked into the peace corps as a way to be a secular missionary of sorts. I'm not sure I have anything to offer them as fair as ability is concerned but I would love to be involved with that somehow. My aunt was in the peace corp and worked in Thailand as an English teacher. We naturalists should be as motivated as anyone else to help our fellow man. We only get one life and we should use it to help improve the emotional and physical welfare of others. Hmm...I could be an atheist preacher!
I have a tiny tale actually. The other week I got a call from my former pastor who wished to have a talk with me about why I don't attend church anymore (all the while using a phone with which I was unfamiliar). After the call I pushed what I thought was the end call button and proceeded to release a cacophony of expletives that would induce blushing on even the most war hardened naval officer's cheeks. Then...I heard a beep beep beep. I hadn't pushed end call at all! I had pushed OK which undoubtedly means that my former pastor, a bastion of sinless religiosity, was just "blessed out" by a one time Sunday school teacher and son of missionaries. Did he hang up before he heard the words? I'll never know. The moral of the story? ALWAYS PUSH END CALL BEFORE YOU CUSS OUT A PREACHER!!! Or not...whatever fits your personality=)
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