Podcast Alley has a list of some of The Infidel Guy’s podcasts. http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=9302 Just listened to one regarding the Pagan Origins of Christ, with the author of a book and Web site on the subject: Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth A lot of stuff I already new, and a LOT of stuff new to [...]
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This I Believe – On God and Spirituality
As is what happens when one doesn’t follow a dogmatic belief system (read: “religion”) one’s beliefs can be subject to change. As more thinking and meditation reveals more, as experiences color knowledge, and knowledge increases, a person who does not fall for a religion can be expected to evolve in their beliefs, and faiths. The [...]
READ MORE »Painful Keeping Mouth Shut, on Medical Quackery and Church and State
As has been obvious on here, I speak my mind. In person too, when something riles me. Like when my sister-in-law mentioned Kevin Trudeau’s book Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You To Know About. And I’m aware of this fraud’s history, as described on various sources: Wikipedia description of his criminal history Skepdic’s detailing of [...]
READ MORE »Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?
For the Christmas holiday season… The Infidel Guy had a podcast a few weeks ago that involved a debate regarding the resurrection of Jesus: “Debate: On The Resurrection of Jesus Christ Richard Carrier and Frank Turek debate Jesus’ resurrection. Carrier is the author of “Sense and Goodness without God”. Turek authored “I don’t have enough [...]
READ MORE »Jeffersonian Limits of Morality and Legality, and a Living Constitution
As you may or may not know, Thomas Jefferson is a hero of mine. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine being 2nd and 3rd. And Batman 4th, of course. Jefferson’s writings and efforts to structure our young government into a representative democracy are valiant and wise. His efforts separate church and state are all affectations of [...]
READ MORE »Xmas War: BOTH sides should, and CAN win!
(Let me just say first of all, this “war” is stupid.) OK, the latest edition of Skepticality.com has an interview with Tom Flynn, author of “The Trouble with Christmas.” The interview should REALLY be heard by anyone who cares about Christmas, either as a religious holiday or those who are annoyed by it. And by [...]
READ MORE »God of Evil, God of Good, Logically They’re the Same
This month’s “Skeptical Inquirer” magazine has an interesting article which takes a different view at the all-powerful, all-good BibleGod arguement: The God of Eth
READ MORE »Pathetically Unprophetic Bible
Over on NewSojourn, Mark discusses the unique validity of the Bible as being inerrantly prophetic and the only source for accurate and actually fulfilled prophesy: “Merry CHRISTmas” Normally I’d post a reply there, but Mark’s got too much to deal with in his life right now (“Days of Darkness”) to also have to deal with [...]
READ MORE »“Every Time You Say ‘Happy Holidays’ an Angel Gets AIDS”
This fake “war on Christmas” just astounds me. I want to blog about how we’ve been saying “Happy Holidays” for YEARS without backlash until now, how forcing retailers to say “Merry Christmas” is absurd, how attempts to pass legislation “protecting the symbols of Christmas” and no other religious holidays is a blatant violation of the [...]
READ MORE »Battered Citizen Syndrome (or how Bush looks in a “wife-beater”)
Well, how much MORE rationalizing is going to have to be done by the people so married to the Bush administration? http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/16/bush.nsa.ap/index.html If you’re not interested in reading, basically after 9/11, after the 1st Patriot Act bill was passed, Bush signed an authorization to have the NSA conduct secret wire-taps on American citizens without warrents. [...]
READ MORE »Why?! Grief, Pain, Suffering… Joy and Celebration
A friend of mine recently experienced great, acute loss. http://newsojourn.blogspot.com/2005/12/days-of-darkness.html His young niece was killed in a car accident. Mark and I worked together, he was my instructor for Web technologies, and while our relationship now is mostly very heated philosophical and religious debates and downright arguments, he is a friend. He’s a good, good [...]
READ MORE »Why The Very Basis of Orthodox Christianity is Absurd and Cruel
There are a few basic, fundamental requirements of belief to be an orthodox or conservative Christian that not only don’t make any sense, but I have yet to ever have a Christian address them. They’re illogical problems with the dogma that convinced me out of my belief in the religion, and I feel undermine the [...]
READ MORE »Anti-creationism prof beaten by the meek and forgiving
CNN.com – Anti-creationism prof�quits�department chair – Dec 8, 2005 Yeah, that was an unfair blog title. The men that beat up the professor are certainly no more “Christian” than Pat Robertson or abotion clinic bombers or the KKK. I just find the irony of an anti-Creationism proponent being beaten by self-described followers of the Prince [...]
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