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Entries from March 2008

Religous Nuts Get Their Freak On

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Sometimes these things almost write themselves.
Albert Mohler plays the part.

Accounting for the Gender Confusion of Our Day
Recent news of a pregnant Oregon woman, now living as a man, has understandably garnered a large amount of media coverage. But what is especially troubling is the way in which culture and media apparently lack the moral categories [...]

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Why?

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Why do we abide such stupidity? Why is it necessary to go through this? Why do people allow religious mysticism to hold such sway over what are otherwise rational minds? However, I don’t find this surprising in a country where “deeply held religious beliefs” are given equal credibility with repeatedly proven science.
Via the AP:

Parents pick [...]

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Proof of God?

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Pseudo-logicians believe they have found mathematical proof for the existence of God.
You’ll have to excuse me if I remain a bit skeptical.
Source

The end of time?
(1) The work of Professor Heller . . . revolves around the search for a fundamental theory of creation. His research ranges beyond Einstein and into quantum mechanics, cosmology, physics and [...]

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Tags: Atheism · Belief · Logic · Rationality · Reason · Religion · Religious Fiction · Science

Conspiracy

March 1st, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve been seeing a new conspiracy theory popping up with increasing frequency—mostly related to the campaign of Ron Paul—and felt that it would be worthwhile to capture the debunking in one spot to make things a little easier. The theory follows the line of thinking best summarized in a WorldNetDaily ad:

In 2005, during a meeting [...]

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