"Because of the first amendment protection against establishment of religion, such a law could never be truly constitutional. There's a very basic separation between forcing people to believe in things and not doing that, and I don't…"
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Utah: Land of the squeamish, home of the Crazy
Started Jan 3 0 Replies 0 Likes
December is usually when The Crazy is most prominently on display in dear Utah, but the shockingly abrupt court decision that had our county clerks' offices overflowing and Rachel Maddow all but…Continue
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"Believing there is no God is just as ridiculous as believing in one."
Started this discussion. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck Sep 28, 2013. 55 Replies 2 Likes
OK, to be clear: no, it's not. This steaming turd of wisdom was laid upon me by a friend of mine, someone I generally respect and consider intelligent, open and robustly critical of thought. And…Continue
Have atheists become 'colossally smug and annoying'?
Stories and advice wanted - for my official withdrawal from my former church.
Started this discussion. Last reply by archaeopteryx Aug 15, 2013. 20 Replies 1 Like
I am meeting with my former Mormon Bishop tomorrow evening in order to (presumably) finalize the withdrawal of my name from the church records. I haven't gone in over seven years, and I haven't been…Continue
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Brian Daurelle replied to Unseen's discussion 'Okay peaceniks, let's talk about what's going on in the Ukraine'"Those of us who would be breaking out our 'Make love not war' banners right now are simply clear-headed enough to realize the nature of modern war: it hardly matters who protests, when the only people making decisions are so isolated by…"
Brian Daurelle replied to Renee's discussion 'Who Was Jesus, Really??'"The point of the phrase 'Lord, Liar or Lunatic' was to encompass every possible interpretation of Jesus' 'recorded' life, so you should assume that the definition of each term expands to fill any grey areas. When you…"
Brian Daurelle replied to Unseen's discussion 'Should artists be considered separately from their work?'"I think it would be perfectly awesome if Roman Polanski flew back to the US and got an academy award delivered to his prison cell. This is simply a question of reality, or, rather two completely unrelated questions about…"
Brian Daurelle replied to Christopher McGuire's discussion 'Is School Out for Most Atheists?'"I do spend quite a bit of time doing 'follow up' research; after reading a book by Dawkins or Harris or Dennett, I like to delve a little deeper into each religious tradition they mention, mostly as an anthropological or sociological…"
Brian Daurelle replied to Logicallunatic's discussion 'The Illusion of Skill'"My mother is very into investment literature, and I was nearly drawn in by it myself, in my more impressionable years, because each book she picked up seemed to have the answers to all questions you could ever want to ask about becoming rich and…"
Brian Daurelle posted a discussionUtah: Land of the squeamish, home of the Crazy
December is usually when The Crazy is most prominently on display in dear Utah, but the shockingly abrupt court decision that had our county clerks' offices overflowing and Rachel Maddow all but pulling her hair out from cognitive dissonance made this an extra special Festivus season for the proverbial Rest of Us here. I must admit at this point that I have no question to ask or ax to grind: just wanted to share the highlights of the most unusual thing to sweep the beehive state since TLC…See More
Brian Daurelle replied to Nerdy Keith's discussion 'Suicide (The Only Logical Option) ???'"I would bet this is a case where that person's worldview is so inundated by religious thinking, specifically the idea of an omnipotent God, that they have a hard time imagining people believing otherwise. The famous eye-roller in this…"
Brian Daurelle replied to Giddian Beer's discussion 'Intelligent? Design?'"No, it hasn't, and there's absolutely no arguing with that. If it has been 'shown', it hasn't been shown in any reputable scientific manner, since science is not (cannot) be in the business of disproving propositions,…"
Brian Daurelle commented on Nancy Lou Barton's blog post 'Happy Atheist'"I'm a huge fan of vitriolic attacks against religion and the religious, a la Dawkins and Hitchens, but, in my opinion, no one can match Robert Wright in terms of level-headed, analysis-neutral evaluation of the history of religion, and his book…"
Brian Daurelle replied to Rob Klaers's discussion 'How to Persuade an Atheist to Become Christian'"I think the person who wrote this is a troll, because if you do all of the things he recommends in order to prepare yourself for your encounter with an atheist, you'll end up an atheist."
Brian Daurelle replied to Chase King's discussion 'Religion in a relationship'"My only experience here is growing up with parents in the same situation; my father is an all-purposes agnostic, and my mother was raised Mormon, became 'inactive', as they say, for a time (during which she met and married my father) and…"
Brian Daurelle replied to Cameron's discussion 'What helped you see through religion'"Growing up Mormon in the epicenter of Mormonism--Salt Lake City--I never actually had strong internal conflicts about things like unbelievable bible stories, ridiculous miracles or the fluid stance of the church on issues it kept claiming to be…"
Brian Daurelle replied to Keenan Fry's discussion 'First Serious Question.'"No, I don't need a book as a source of morality, nor should anyone, yet I'm going to go right ahead and recommend a book to you. Its Sam Harris' 'the moral landscape'; though, rather than being a book, like the Bible, which…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Brian Daurelle's discussion '"Believing there is no God is just as ridiculous as believing in one."'"Hm-mm, Brian could have said
Believing there is no God is just as ridiculous as believing [there is] one.
or
Believing [in] no god is just as ridiculous as believing in one.
He probably didn't intend to equate there is and in. Or am I missing…"
SteveInCO replied to Brian Daurelle's discussion '"Believing there is no God is just as ridiculous as believing in one."'"All hail the Great Dixie Cup! And if you don't, I'll burn your village and carry your women off into captivity."
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