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When is an atheist not an atheist?
One of the things I find interesting in my discussion on religion is how rampantly misused the term "atheist" is. Ranging from the ridiculous assertion that atheists are Satanists up to the equally ridiculously assertion that atheists only believe in that which can be proven.
So what does it mean to be an atheist?
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Is it moral to proselytize?
I asked yesterday for topics on religion. I got an interesting one. Is proselytizing a moral act? Are there times when proselytizing is moral, and times when it is not?
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What am I, anyway?
In order to explain several aspects of my personal belief system, I need to start way back with the basics. Today, I'm going to follow in the footsteps of Descartes. What am I?
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Why I am an atheist
There is a common question put to atheists: Why don't you believe in God? The tone can range from curiosity to bafflement to aggression. I tend to get it especially because of my background. My father is an Episcopalian priest, my mother is a deacon, and all four grandparents were Elders in the Presbyterian Church. I come from a very strong ( Read more... ) -
What I believe...
I'm using Ello as a blog to collect my artwork, and now to explore some philosophical musings. However, Ello does not yet support the jump-cut. So, I'm dusting off the old LJ to post the wall of text here, and link from there. Which does mean I have to make all these posts public. Eep. Anyway, feel free to also follow along and comment wherever.
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A long weekend
So, most of you are pretty aware that this was a long weekend for those of us with FREEDOM and PRIDE and MANY EXPLOSIVES. It was also a weekend that rounded up an awful lot of my life lately, so I figured I'd do an update post about it.
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Blog move
Sorry about the sudden burst of very wordy posts. I'm closing down my WordPress blog, and wanted to move a few posts over here for safe-keeping.
For anyone interested, my thoughts on RPGs and gaming are now stored at Division Nihil.
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Church of One?
I just finished reading A. J. Jacobs' excellent book The Year of Living Biblically. It is a memoir of his experiences trying to live as closely to the laws and rules of the Bible as possible. (This is the same author who wrote The Know-it-all, in which he read the entire Encyclopedia Brittanica from A to Z, also a fabulous book.) I highly recommend ( Read more... ) -
How Fragile We Are
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Introduction to Introversion
So, I happened across a wonderful article last week, thanks to the erudite Eddy Webb. Which linked me to another article, which was equally wonderful. Go on, go read them. It's important to support my inspirations. Also, there's really good stuff in there ( Read more... )