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Month: November 2013

“to HELL with the facts…”

Posted on November 30, 2013 by waz — Leave a reply

William Lane Craig the darling of the Xian apologist set and probably the best they have to offer, is so convinced of his knowledge as provided to him by way Continue Reading →

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Posted in Neuroscience, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Skepticism | Tagged Ascent of Man, Christof Koch, David Chalmers, Friedrich Hegel, Hard Problem, Jacob Bronowski, Mark Smith, William Lane Craig | Leave a reply

Science is not going away

Posted on November 28, 2013 by waz — 1 Comment ↓

“New Discovery Will Completely Revise…“, “Scientists Have to Rewrite…”, “Science Wrong Again.” Those headlines may grab the eye but they are incorrect and grossly overstated. New or better data doesn’t Continue Reading →

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Posted in Science | Tagged History, Science | 1 Comment ↓

Running Gun Battles

Posted on November 27, 2013 by waz — Leave a reply

FUCK ME. I got two of ’em now. More to come, no doubt. Nothing ugly, yet. Mutual victims of lastword syndrome? Could be. I suspect it is deeper than that. Continue Reading →

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Posted in Anti-theism, Comedy, Evolution, Nonbelief, Religion, Skepticism | Tagged Arguments, Debate, Dialogue, Dissonance, Jim Jeffries | Leave a reply

TED and the Celebration of Normal Human Empathy

Posted on November 26, 2013 by waz — Leave a reply

TED videos have become regular additions to my classroom presentations for the past few years now. The format is great, 20 minutes tops, no professors droning on, no bullshit, no Continue Reading →

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Posted in Evolution, Humanism, Psychology, Religion, Science, Secularism | Tagged Abundance, Chimps, Empathy, Peter Diamandis, TED | Leave a reply

Don’t get me started

Posted on November 25, 2013 by waz — Leave a reply

This post is dedicated to the “star” of Expelled who got me started: angry enough at his speaking appearance 2 years ago on campus to write my first editorial reproduced Continue Reading →

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Posted in Evolution, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Science | Tagged Ben Stein, Christianity, Editorials, Expelled, Freud, Hitler, Holocaust, Nazis, Psychoanalysis, WWII | Leave a reply

Don’t Look Back

Posted on November 24, 2013 by waz — Leave a reply

The Arrogance of Religious Thought, Part 1: “Man is innately depraved, Life is ALL about suffering, Sin is inevitable, Humans need the threat of eternal fire to behave, Morality is Continue Reading →

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Posted in Anti-theism, Politics, Religion, Science, Secularism, Skepticism | Tagged Arrogance of Religious Thought, New Enlightenment | Leave a reply

We want our fucking world back

Posted on November 22, 2013 by waz — Leave a reply

Check out Marcus Brigestocke’s classic bit on the idiocy and violence of the Abrahamic religions: (594)

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Posted in Comedy, Religion | Tagged Abrahamic religion, Marcus Brigestocke | Leave a reply

Utterly Random

Posted on November 21, 2013 by waz — Leave a reply

What do one of the uniquest guitar players to ever wield a Strat and an old Jewish comic have in common? NOTHING, except that they both count among my favorites Continue Reading →

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Posted in Comedy, Music | Tagged Jackie Mason, Jeff Beck, Over the Rainbow | Leave a reply

D.O.N.E. “Defenders of the New Enlightenment”

Posted on November 20, 2013 by waz — Leave a reply

WE are D.O.N.E. with Religion. But why? “Why all the fuss, what’s all this religion bashing about?” Many of my very liberal Xian friends and colleagues ask this question. WHY? Continue Reading →

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Posted in Anti-theism, Humanism, Politics, Religion | Tagged Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Misogyny, women's rights | Leave a reply

“Son of” Creationism is Bullshit: Ken Ham’s Henchmen

Posted on November 19, 2013 by waz — Leave a reply

When I last dared criticize Creationism in the university newspaper here at Murray State, the MSU NEWS Facebook page zoomed to over a hundred responses. There was quite a heated Continue Reading →

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Posted in Evolution, Psychology, Religion, Science, Skepticism | Tagged Answers in Genesis, creationism, Henchmen, Ken Ham, PhD | Leave a reply

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