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Open Letter to the Saved

John B. Hodges

September 25, 2007.



Greetings-…



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Is and Ought; Rand's MetaEthics

This was not originally written for an Objectivist audience; I was arguing with a Kantian on an Atheist list. -JBH

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March 7, 2001;…

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Added by John B Hodges on April 15, 2010 at 2:54am — 1 Comment

FIRST THINGS FIRST

Something I wrote about ten years ago.
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The following is, admittedly, 99% drawn from Ayn Rand. After thirty years of reading, and wandering all over the religious and philosophical MAP, I have decided that, on the ABC fundamentals I cover below, she was right. I have larger disagreements with her on ethics and politics.…
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Gesargenplotzian Liturgical Calendar

(This is a follow-on to the previous post on the Gesargenplotzian Gospel, the revelation received by Harlan Miller. )

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Church of the Great Gesargenplotz…

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Added by John B Hodges on March 9, 2010 at 12:47pm — No Comments

The Gesargenplotzian Gospel

To further debate, I'll repost the following "revelation", received as a young man by a (now-retired) prof. of philosophy at Virginia Tech, Harlan Miller.




Harlan says that he is an atheist on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and a Gesargenplotzian on other days. IMHO he's using it…
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Added by John B Hodges on March 9, 2010 at 12:22pm — No Comments

Attitudes of Atheists toward Religion



October 12, 1997. Attitudes of atheists toward religion.


Nonbelievers call themselves by a variety of names, and have
formed a plentitude of organizations (despite their small numbers). I
think this is due to the range of attitudes they have on crucial
issues, foremost among them religion.


Recently, on an email discussion list, I read one man's comment
that he preferred the…
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Added by John B Hodges on March 7, 2010 at 3:06pm — 2 Comments

Atheist Foundations of Ethics



ATHEIST FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICS. John B. Hodges, March 12, 2006.



INTRODUCTION

In the United States,…

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Added by John B Hodges on February 28, 2010 at 5:30pm — 15 Comments

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