The World’s Largest Coalition of Nontheists and Nontheist Communities!
-
goodthink
- Male
- Ontario
- Canada
- Blog Posts (3)
- Discussions (9)
- Events
- Groups (9)
- Photos (10)
- Photo Albums
- Videos
Profile Information
- My URL
- http://bsyaabb.blogspot.com/
- About Me
- I have no real education, smell like onions and wear diapers so I never have to leave my computer.
I am keenly interested in photography, and have been since I studied journalism many, many years ago.
- School/College/University
- None
- Profession
- Disabled
- Age Group
- 31-40
- City and State (For Member Searching)
- Kitchener
- Country (For Member Searching)
- Canada
goodthink's Page
Latest Activity
Jo Jerome commented on goodthink's blog post 'Pascal's Wager 2 - Xeno's Wager'
On evolutionary advantage - with recent readings and studies, I've started to latch onto the notion that humans have a tendency to perceive a 'will' in everything. That somewhere in the part of our brain that searches for patterns…
Glen Rosenberg commented on goodthink's blog post 'Pascal's Wager 2 - Xeno's Wager'
Free, I have also wondered whether there is an evolutionary advantage. I think that it must be social cohesion. How? It gets the group on the same page. Religion makes the world intelligible. That was true for stone age man. It is true for pc man.
I…
Atheist Exile commented on goodthink's blog post 'Pascal's Wager 2 - Xeno's Wager'
Hey Jo,
If we're right and there ultimately is no God, then the whole notion of God -- which we can't even disprove -- was an entirely human construct. Our preoccupation with God is a defining human characteristic. As such, there must be…
Atheist Exile commented on goodthink's blog post 'Pascal's Wager 2 - Xeno's Wager'
Hi goodthink,
Yes, you're right. I was only suggesting some likely responses that a true believer might proffer.
Jo Jerome commented on goodthink's blog post 'Pascal's Wager 2 - Xeno's Wager'
I've pointed this out many a time when confronted with Pascal's Wager. (By the way; I've yet to have a Theist confront me with this defense and actually know that it has a name - Pascal's Wager. Anyway...)
I'll point out…
Atheist Exile commented on goodthink's blog post 'Pascal's Wager 2 - Xeno's Wager'
Hi goodthink,
A true believer might argue that god(s) that don't actually exist are irrelevant. Additionally, there can only be one Creator. This presumes their God exists and, probably, is the only one they will admit exists. Statistically…
Blog posts by goodthink
SECULAR Center
Our Mission: To mobilize secular volunteers to contribute toward improving their communities, to coordinate the charitable efforts of non-theists, and to increase awareness and acceptance of the worldview, contributions, and values of non-theists.
Fans of Douglas Adams
A group for people who are fans of the fiction and non-fiction of Douglas Adams. Bring your towel, and no jokes in base 13!See More
goodthink joined Larian LeQuella's group
finally made my way back to AN, the world is a small and funny place
Status posted by goodthink
D R Hosie replied to goodthink's discussion 'Who was the first existentialist?' in the group Existential Atheists
Also, there is this:
"To write the lives of the great, in separating them from their works, necessarily ends by, above all, stressing their pettiness. Because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves." - Simone Weil
D R Hosie replied to goodthink's discussion 'Who was the first existentialist?' in the group Existential Atheists
Though not known as an existentialist at the time, reading Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground was probably my first encounter with what could be called 'existential angst.'
However, my vote for the 1st Existentialist of record,…
At what point does the world stop making excuses for the Catholic church?
Status posted by goodthink
William replied to goodthink's discussion 'Who was the first existentialist?' in the group Existential Atheists
Silly people. Theres a big distinction between the Nazi Heidegger and the Heidegger who is present in Being and Time. The book didn't support Nazism the man did. These are two different beings in the world. The man who was a dick, and the…
John D replied to goodthink's discussion 'Judging Cultures' in the group Existential Atheists
I agree that the "harm" model is one of the better versions of a moral code. Most problems can be well understood as long as we realize that there is often a trade-off between short term and long term suffering. A balance must be…
goodthink replied to goodthink's discussion 'Judging Cultures' in the group Existential Atheists
Oh I agree completely with the idea that suffering helps us develop. The issue really is not so much whether or not harm is the basis for a morality or any morality (in my mind at least), but to what degree.
In many cases, the moral thing is to…
goodthink's Photos
Music
Goodthink's Blog
Freedom of Oppression
Posted on October 5, 2010 at 11:28pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The creator of the Draw Mohammed Day, Molly Norris, has been driven into hiding after the FBI accessed the death threats against her by Mulsims, and recommended she go into hiding.
Norris has taken the FBIs adivce and has gone ghost on her own dime - the government didn't even offer witness protection.
So what does this mean? It means the Islamic concept of the Dhimmi has been accepted by the American government. People like Norris are second…
Continue Pascal's Wager 2 - Xeno's Wager
Posted on October 5, 2010 at 11:25pm 7 Comments 0 Likes
Xeno's wager
There is a well-known thought problem called X(z)eno's Paradox, or the Dichotomy Paradox. The essential base of Xeno's dichotomy is what I allude to, while the basic conclusions and premises behind the argument I push aside as they are not relevant.
The dichotomy is this, to travel any…
Continue Pascal's Wager 1
Posted on October 5, 2010 at 11:21pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Pascal's Wager is the brain child of Blaise Pascal. The Wager stems from an obsession with statistics , gambling, and infinity; Pascal was one of the founders of a new realm of mathematics now called statistics and probabilities.
Simply put, the Wager consists of three premises, or pillars. The two main legs supporting the Wager are simply appeals to emotion, and not much more. The last leg of the apologetic involves our own innate misunderstandings regarding…
Continue goodthink's Groups
Support Nexus
Click to Buy Amazon items and help A|N
Advertisements
Latest Activity
- Top News
- Everything
Daniel young commented on matthew greenberg's blog post 'I Believe'
Daniel young liked Mr. M's blog post 'Nerve Endings'
Chris Breman replied to Steph S.'s discussion '7 Things From Pop Culture That Apparently Piss Jesus Off' in the group Hang With Friends
Ralph Smith liked Ruth Anthony-Gardner's blog post 'Poo Fools (us all)'
MADHUKAR KULKARNI added a discussion to the group Hang With Friends
Alice replied to Alice's discussion 'Contentious issues in the atheist community' in the group ORIGINS: UNIVERSE, LIFE, HUMANKIND, AND DARWIN
Atreus Redezem replied to Steph S.'s discussion 'George Lucas Claims Han Didn’t Shoot First In *Original* “New Hope”' in the group Geek & Nerd Haven
George replied to Steph S.'s discussion 'George Lucas Claims Han Didn’t Shoot First In *Original* “New Hope”' in the group Geek & Nerd Haven
Napoleon Bonaparte replied to Dan Rea's discussion 'Some muslim Insanity'
© 2012 Atheist Nexus. All rights reserved. Admin: Brother Richard.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
You need to be a member of Atheist Nexus to add comments!
Join Atheist Nexus
THank you for your comments on the topic "Manhood".
We have had many, long, divisive discussions related to gender, on A|N. I was pleased with how this one went, and I think there was some bridge building.
It takes a lot of attentiveness to monitor a potentially divisive topic in such a way that everyone has their say, but that remains positive and useful. I think this discussion ran its course for now, and was drifting too many times off topic, so I close it but did not delete it. That way, it can be referenced or read.
Thanks again for your contribution to the topic. It's important and many readers appreciated what you had to say.
Terry Meaden originator of the busy discussion group
"ORIGINS: Universe, Life, Earth, Humankind, Fossils, Religion, Evolution, Darwin..." with its 240 discussion topics.
We invite you to come and see, and to make good new friends.
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/originsuniverselifehumankindanddarwin