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I come late to this discussion here, but I have put quite a bit of thought into the subject of death for atheists, thought which I expressed in a chapter of my book which you can read here: Dancing with Mr. D.
Rereading it myself, I see that I cove…
Dawkins was (probably knowingly) summarizing Lucretius (99-55BCE),
Nothing to us was all fore-passed eld
Of time the eternal, ere we had a birth.
And Nature holds this like a mirror up
Of time-to-be when we are dead and gone.
And what is there so h…
Ingersoll was a wonderful writer and orator, extremely popular in his day.
His complete works are available online at http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/, and also available as a CD-ROM edition: http://www.bankofwisdom.com/…
I have posted a reply to the referenced blog post, saying:
You say "...materialistic atheism assumes that only material existents are real."
Some people, including some "scientists," do extrapolate from the methodological naturalism which is the…
Checking you versus the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Physicalism, which says "Physicalism is sometimes known as ‘materialism’; indeed, on one strand to contemporary usage, the terms ‘physicalism’ and ‘materialism’ are interchangeable..."…
There is nothing [i]necessarily[/i] two-ish in your office. Beside you are [i]three[/i] objects -- a desk and two pens -- and there are also [i]zero[/i] objects all of which are pencils! (There are no doubt also zero penguins.) Furthermore, there ar…
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Seems like you could be in danger of getting more than just your tongue stuck, to a dancing pole at the north pole . . .
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…
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-Pierre-Simon Laplace
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