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Atheist Christmas song by Tim Minchin - White Wine In The Sun
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What do Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins have in common?
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I started a Wonderism group to discuss the philosophy of wonderism, and related topics. All are welcome.
Also, if you're from Windsor, Ontario, join us at Windsor Atheists. We've started a regular social meet up group!
Also, if you're from Windsor, Ontario, join us at Windsor Atheists. We've started a regular social meet up group!
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Wonderist replied to James M. Martin's discussion 'Scrooge’s Atheism & Certain Problems of Writing “Imaginative” Fiction' in the group Atheist Writers
Honestly, I haven't been keeping track of that for a few years now, as I've been focused on other things. But, to give you an example, a couple of days ago, I just re-bought one of Isaac Asimov's Foundation books and started…
Wonderist replied to James M. Martin's discussion 'Scrooge’s Atheism & Certain Problems of Writing “Imaginative” Fiction' in the group Atheist Writers
I'm surprised no one has suggested that you try out science fiction, fantasy, horror, or super-heroic fiction. A more-general catch-all label that is frequently used is 'speculative fiction', which also includes alternate history, as…
Wonderist replied to Navitta Nelson's discussion 'When your Master looks like your Deity...' in the group Black Freethought
Wow, that's awesome. Great images in this thread!
Wonderist replied to Justalysn's discussion 'AF Pulls 'Jesus Loves Nukes' Training' in the group Hang With Friends
QFT
Gotta love Mikey Weinstein. He's doing an amazing service with the MRFF. Go Mikey!
Wonderist replied to Ruth Anthony-Gardner's discussion 'Bad news about the power of "unshakeable belief"' in the group Hang With Friends
I don't agree. In fact, I think that is the worst thing one could do, to escalate the arms race of "I'm right, because I'm right! You're wrong, because you're wrong!"
The answer is to promote skeptical,…
Wonderist replied to Ruth Anthony-Gardner's discussion 'Bad news about the power of "unshakeable belief"' in the group Hang With Friends
Not exactly an accurate model of human belief, I'm afraid. Talk to to people and you're convinced? Just like that? Sorry, doesn't work that way in reality. The computer model is incredibly naive, and that the researchers are…
Wonderist replied to Jessica Booker's discussion 'Being labeled militant' in the group Black Freethought
I don't think you're alone in your thoughts, Jessica. I have not read it, but have read several very positive reviews (here's one) of Sikivu Hutchinson's new book Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values…
Wonderist replied to Ruth Anthony-Gardner's discussion 'Surreal self' in the group Science Fiction/Fantasy Atheists
Something about #9 reminds me of Jessica Alba in Sin City. ;-)
Wonderist replied to Ruth Anthony-Gardner's discussion 'Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer' in the group Hang With Friends
Oh my goodness, I only got 5/10. Ironically, the more famous of the language inventors were the ones I thought were serial killers. Oopsy!
Wonderist replied to Wonderist's discussion 'Taking a Step Beyond Awe' in the group Wonderism
Thanks, Kelly. In my recent work with tutoring young students, I've applied a wonder-based philosophy to it: Learning is inherently fun, and anything that gets in the way of it being fun needs to be changed or removed to let the learning be fun…
Ruth Anthony-Gardner replied to Wonderist's discussion 'Taking a Step Beyond Awe' in the group Wonderism
You make an interesting point.
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Kelly D. Rodgers liked Wonderist's discussion 'Strength in unity, and also strength in diversity'
Kelly D. Rodgers replied to Wonderist's discussion 'Taking a Step Beyond Awe' in the group Wonderism
Very profound, I agree with this, and it is very true that to discover the wonder of the reality around us we must explore,learn,discover,and grow [evolve] through that discovery. Discovery brings a sense of awe[Philos-type] and wonder. If we as a…
Kelly D. Rodgers liked Wonderist's discussion 'What direction will this group take?'
Wonderist replied to Zachary Moore's discussion 'DFWCoR Diversity Council' in the group Black Freethought
Awesome! The good thing about this new council is that diversity is a positive value which makes sense for any movement to have. There's no need to justify it as 'politically correct', because it need not (should not) be about…
Wonderist replied to David Cortesi's discussion 'Naturalism and promises' in the group Naturalism
Again, pragmatism, and its concept of 'usefulness', when seen as 'the ability to make good predictions', inherently endorses whatever good methods there are for evaluating probabilities, such as our natural intuition,…
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Wonderist replied to Dennis Smith's discussion 'Please recommend some good books on Introduction to Epistomology'
What good is a 'justificatory system' if it leads to nonsense beliefs? How do you know whether justificatory system A is better than justificatory system B? What is the only tell the difference? I'll give you a hint: It starts with a…
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I support Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!
Posted on May 19, 2010 at 2:30pm 6 Comments 0 Likes
Blasphemy is a victimless crime. In fact, blasphemy is a worthwhile pursuit in support of human rights and freedoms.
The religious taboo against depicting the religious person Mohammed does not, and cannot, have any rational or ethical justification. The only way to 'justify' such a taboo is through ostracism, intimidation, coercion, force, and ultimately violence. None of these 'justifications' are valid. They are all founded on the principle of terror.
I reject terror, in… Continue
The religious taboo against depicting the religious person Mohammed does not, and cannot, have any rational or ethical justification. The only way to 'justify' such a taboo is through ostracism, intimidation, coercion, force, and ultimately violence. None of these 'justifications' are valid. They are all founded on the principle of terror.
I reject terror, in… Continue
Starting a local meet up? Why not?
Posted on May 6, 2010 at 12:21pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
I've had the urge to meet up with local freethinkers and atheists for a while now. But the only local group is dedicated to humanism, and weren't so much into the socializing and enjoying a stimulating conversation type of thing. Plus they only meet once a month, and I need more face-time than that.
Living in my local community, there's not much to choose from. So, finally, I just said, "What the heck, I'll start it myself." With the help of Atheist Nexus' features like easily starting… Continue
Living in my local community, there's not much to choose from. So, finally, I just said, "What the heck, I'll start it myself." With the help of Atheist Nexus' features like easily starting… Continue
Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone!
Posted on February 26, 2010 at 8:00am 4 Comments 0 Likes
To avoid feeling powerless about all the crap going on in the world, I sometimes turn a blind eye to the 'news' of dreadful events. I feel some shame in that, but I have enough problems dealing with my little life, and I do what I can to promote atheism, free-thinking, reason, science, critical thought, wonder, etc.
So, I don't know all the details about what's going on in Iran, except I know it's bad bad shit and I wish it would stop, but I don't know what I can do to… Continue
So, I don't know all the details about what's going on in Iran, except I know it's bad bad shit and I wish it would stop, but I don't know what I can do to… Continue
Atheist Comedian/Songwriter Tim Minchin Could Have Christmas Hit
Posted on December 18, 2009 at 3:45pm 9 Comments 0 Likes
Wouldn't it be cool to have a freethinker's song remembered as a popular Christmas song? Help spread the word. There's a chance Tim Minchin's song White Wine in the Sun could go to the UK Top 40, which would make it the first openly atheist Christmas song to do so. (It's already #67 on the UK Top… Continue
What is wonderism?
Posted on November 30, 2009 at 12:59pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
New post summarizing and describing What is wonderism?:
"I've gotten at least a few comments from people along the lines of, "I'm still not sure what to make of wonderism." In my attempts to explain it, I find myself writing longer and longer articles, with more and more detail. Sometimes it's harder to express an idea in just a few words, than in many words! Pascal's famous quote comes to mind:… Continue
"I've gotten at least a few comments from people along the lines of, "I'm still not sure what to make of wonderism." In my attempts to explain it, I find myself writing longer and longer articles, with more and more detail. Sometimes it's harder to express an idea in just a few words, than in many words! Pascal's famous quote comes to mind:… Continue
Comment Wall (37 comments)
- At 8:03pm on May 31, 2011,
Wanderer said… - Thanks for the message! And in turn, its not many people I meet that can give such a compelling argument. Glad to have you as a friend.
- At 9:27pm on May 15, 2011,
Younas Chowdhry said… Dear friends,
You can follow me and my activities on twitter...
https://twitter.com/#!/YounasChowdhry
- At 5:20am on July 25, 2010,
Ekta Saroha said… - i bet u love southpark! am a big fan!!
- At 4:44am on May 22, 2010,
ObscureAtheist said… - hi thanks for adding
- At 9:07am on May 20, 2010,
clarence johnson said… - Thanks for the invite. Accross the river is not far, although I have not been over in like 10 years. Do you need a passport to cross now?
- At 2:00pm on May 19, 2010,
Younas Chowdhry said…
- Appreciate the support!
- At 10:12pm on May 14, 2010,
Jason Koehler said… - whats shakin sir! i got approved to be one of the cool nontheist now.
- At 8:53am on April 30, 2010,
Jim Porter said… - Thanks for the welcome. I am curious about wonderism. For the summer, I can only try to follow the discussions from a very slow dialup location, but I plan to become more involved in the fall.
- At 7:04pm on January 13, 2010,
Roy The Infidel said… - Kilroy was here. :)
- At 2:37pm on January 9, 2010,
The Antichrist said… - Thanks for the friend invite.
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