Omnipotence bounded
Quote from Facebook ("AtheistWorld AW"):
Funny [how] god always sends his hurricane punishments in hurricane season and his earthquake punishments in earthquake risk areas.
New Pope jumps over a very low bar
Non-believers have been villainized for so long by religious leaders that it leaves us flummoxed when a religious leader fails to take an unfair swipe at us. The religious leader I'm referring to is Pope Francis, and what he said was resoundingly refreshingly ordinary, though it sounded so good coming from the leader of the Catholic Church:
"Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis has said in his latest urging that people of all religions, and none, work together. "Just do good, and we'll find a meeting point," the pope said in a hypothetical reply to the hypothetical comment: "But I don't believe. I'm an atheist."The new Pope has thus jumped over a very low bar. One small step for a man--one giant leap for a religious leader.
Basic science confronts basic scripture.
Bill Nye dared to suggest that the moon is not a source of light, but only a reflector. That made some people angry.
Glenn Greenwald and Bill Maher discuss violence and religion
At the tail of this 10 minute video, Glenn Greenwald discusses violence and religion with Bill Maher. This is well worth watching. I admire both Bill Maher and Glenn Greenwald, but Greenwald has the more accurate view in this lively exchange.
Inventing gods to control the things that scare us
Why would someone invent a god? There are lots of conceivable reasons. One might be lonely, scared or feeling lost, and belief in could provide comfort. Two books I’m reading have provided a different but consistent perspective on this question of why people invent gods. One of the books, Thinking,…
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