From my blog Atheist Climber
I've been reading
Stephen Pinker's book "The Blank Slate" slowly over the past few months, and it's a fantastic read. The main premise is that the idea of the mind when formed as a "blank slate" is an antiquated and incorrect supposition. He goes on to show how the brain's neural network actually has a…
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Added by Martin Pribble on June 11, 2010 at 1:49am —
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I have always been atheist. I was born without god and have never found that I have ever needed a god in my life. And it would seem as time goes on, that I have been drawn toward people who share the same opinions about religion as I do, mostly without ever having discussed it, or at least having barely touched on the subject. I had never called myself…
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Added by Martin Pribble on June 8, 2010 at 12:03am —
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From Atheist Climber Blog
Writing this blog has been a huge learning experience for me. I've had a large amount of comments, on some threads particularly, which have ranged from enlightened thought through to downright insanity, but each has helped me formulate just where I stand in relation to religion, humanity and the universe. One thing has become clear to me when discussing issues with…
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Added by Martin Pribble on June 7, 2010 at 3:09am —
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From Atheist Climber blog
As a child I was often told I had a vivid imagination, one that was filled with wonder and fantasy, and I loved the stories my parents would read to me. But I learned at a very young age that monsters and leprechauns were not real. While my imagination was allowed to flourish, my inquisitive nature was such that if I wanted to know about something, I was always…
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Added by Martin Pribble on June 3, 2010 at 1:11am —
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I published this piece at my blog and thought you all might appreciate it.
As you may know, my universe has no room for the possibility of a god. And in general I don't care what other people think and believe as long as their suppositions and practices don't affect me in any way. You can believe in fairies and unicorns and believe you have to bay at the moon 2 times a night to stop from…
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Added by Martin Pribble on May 30, 2010 at 7:34pm —
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from Atheist Climber Blog
We live in an imperfect universe, one where the objects that inhabit it are constantly under the strain of outside forces. And while,
as was pointed out in the comments from my previous blog, there are moments where systems may work together cooperatively, these…
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Added by Martin Pribble on May 27, 2010 at 7:17pm —
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from Atheist Climber blog
I have, in the past tried to put forward
my thoughts on the idea that all things that happen in a universe are natural. There is no such thing as an unnatural act, because when you look at THIS world on a universal scale, it is little more than a small speck of dust…
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Added by Martin Pribble on May 23, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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Just a little Note.
I "The-Defeating-the-Bible-One-Chapter-at-a-Time" Guy, is now on YouTube
My Introduction video
Viva Atheism
Added by Andrew Lafont on May 20, 2010 at 6:00pm —
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As a person who discusses his beliefs mostly with the like-minded, I find it difficult to speak to someone with a very different viewpoint to my own in relation to religion, science, the paranormal and the metaphysical. I generally won't stand by and let what I perceive as foolishness escape challenged, because I think misinformation is…
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Added by Martin Pribble on May 20, 2010 at 1:57am —
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One of the innate human characteristics that separates us from other animals on earth is our insatiable need to find out "why". Our natural need to seek for things like food and a mate is shared with other animals, but the questioning of why things happen is a unique to humans. It is ingrained in us, from the first day we start searching…
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Added by Martin Pribble on May 17, 2010 at 10:00pm —
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My recent blog piece
"At the edge of knowledge" spawned an awesome amount of feedback…
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Added by Martin Pribble on May 17, 2010 at 12:30am —
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from Atheist Climber blog
I was asked recently by a very good friend of mine "But what gives an atheist a sense of hope?" We were at our 20 year highschool reunion, and it was very noisy, there were far too many distractions for both of us for me to give her an answer worth anything, so I simply said, "I'll get back to you." Lets call this friend "A" to protect the innocent.
Well A,…
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Added by Martin Pribble on May 14, 2010 at 6:35pm —
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After a few weeks of relationship...complications...I found a nice video that will, surely, piss you off. Welcome to the BBC documentery titled,
The
Trouble With Atheists, where Rod Liddle, just a guy who asks questions, depicts atheism as another religion. So after bad mouthing something he knows liddle about....Little about...his conclusion, "There may or may not be a God, why not leave it at that". SO SHUT UP ATHEISTS AND STOP HATING GOD!!!!!! I do want to add there are the…
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Added by Jake W. Andrews on May 12, 2010 at 11:22pm —
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We know nothing.
The collective knowledge of all the people on earth that have ever lived is but a drop in the ocean of all possible knowledge in the universe.
(1) And the amount of knowledge any one person has is…
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Added by Martin Pribble on May 9, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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Via Atheist Climber Blog
Religion really is an oddity in humanity. When citing religion, one can be excused for irrational behaviour or beliefs. It gives people an excuse to not take part in the cultural norms of the society they live in. It allows people rights and privileges that people not of that religion are denied. It regularly excuses wrongdoing and lawbreaking if these are done "in the name of God". It…
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Added by Martin Pribble on May 4, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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As people of religion encounter those of us that have no god, the inevitable question comes up, "What is the meaning of life?" The heated discussion recently here on TA and another question about Nihilism on another site made me think that I can only answer that question visually. I made a collage of some of the photos that make me happy that are from my life, mostly in the last five years. In it you'll find photos of me at work, play, travelling, with the two most important beings in my life,…
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Added by Gaytor on May 3, 2010 at 1:34pm —
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From "Atheist Climber" blog,
There seems to be a lot of confusion for people on what is a compelling argument, and what is just muddying the waters of debate. So often, when in discussions around the existence of gods, the yeasayer will turn to personal experiences of things…
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Added by Martin Pribble on April 23, 2010 at 8:30pm —
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PRESIDENT KENNEDY ONCE SAID THAT A DINNER FOR NOBEL LAUREATES WAS THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF BRAIN POWER EVER GATHERED AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, EXCEPT WHEN THOMAS JEFFERSON DINED ALONE.
Obviously, he was a man ahead of his
time.… Continue
Added by Mike Ashley on April 18, 2010 at 2:27am —
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Added by Martin Pribble on April 1, 2010 at 12:00am —
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Added by Andrew Lafont on March 27, 2010 at 9:29pm —
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