So I saw this the other day and saw it as a very good idea ( Read more... )

So I posted this in response to a comment in a Facebook group recently. I like how it turned out, and it does a pretty good job summarizing the "militant" part of my atheism, so I'll dump it here.

Sure, there's some value in faith, and Dr. [Richard] Dawkins sees that (As do I) - however, he also sees that faith, even in a moderate form, is ( Read more... )

Screw it. Screw it all. I'm tired of not being able to do anything, so I'm going to write a book. More details later.

Alright, chances are it's far too soon for a blog with this, and most people probably would object to it, but it does need saying, and I am going to say it. =P

It's been about four days since the shootings at Virginia Tech. 32 people are dead that absolutely did not deserve to be due to a lunatic that probably should have been in a sanitarium over a ( Read more... )

I was just sitting around earlier, thinking to myself (again). I was musing over the nature of life, when suddenly, everything hit me like a bullet train. For whatever reason, I've finally found out that I was being so incredibly irrational before. I had found God earlier today. It's so magical... everything is good now. In any case, I'm just too ( Read more... )

Asdf. I don't completely lose my sensibilities often, but if there's absolutely nothing else I am allowed to hate so fervently and with such a passion, it's pure bigotry ( Read more... )

Death is the beginning of immortality.

From his last speech to the National Convention, July 26, 1794.

Although I'd have to disagree with Maxime a bit here. Immortality begins by the actions we take in life, death is simply the transition between the mortal and the immortal...

So I just picked up a copy of Fatal Purity for a bit of nonfiction ( Read more... )

...wow, this has to be one of the saddest things I've read all day ( Read more... )

Okay, so that's completely irrelevant to the purpose of writing this, but it's a lame attempt at an intellectual joke. :P ( Read more... )

Well, I’ve pondered whether I should write a blog on my “why” for a good while now, and I’ve decided that I might as well. I have a point to make ( Read more... )