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I often try to corner theists on theology. I face them with what their Bible says literally and/or at it's base. For example, your spiritual leader promises to come back as a mass murderer. He's the child of a rich man whom promises you a mansion if you'll just give up all of your money today for a promise. Where is it that TV Evangelists get it from again? More often than not, I'll get a disingenuous side step and they'll say that you need to listen to theologians or read a specific book.…

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Santa lives! Richard Carrier has this hilarious and clever post arguing that Santa is real. replace "Santa" with "god" at any point and you'll see how clever it is.

Greg picked his favorite arguments from Carrier's piece while linking to an older post by Eric Steinhart arguing for…

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(ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SU NOMBRE EN VANO)

Yes, Kitzmas. Its been 5 years from the Kitzmiller v. Dover case. According to the National Council for Science Education…

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EDIT: i'm adding this link to today's edition because it's got some excellent information- including viewing times around the world- on Monday's eclipse and will be useless come next Sunday.

 

first, to all those members who…

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-lots of anthropologists and scientists in general are upset over the American Anthropological Association's decision to drop all mention of "science" from their mission statement. The New York Times has the story.…

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after child abuse accusations, Catholic priests often simply vanish.



past research into the happiness of religious versus non-religious people has tended to show that religious people are happier. but… Continue

Sunday Morning Service

05 DEC 2010



Links of Interest



Religious Do Not Have Monopoly on Virtue, Queen Tells Synod



Musings of the Spheres…



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This weekend I attended a Harvey Milk Vigil because I was in San Fransisco being a tourist. It sounded like an interesting event and it was. There were multiple speakers talking about different issues facing the Gay Community. Really, all of the issues face all of us in the fight for equality. But I did take issue with one of the speakers on one point. Gay or straight, I think that it would apply for many of us that are… Continue