Remember that definition of “fascism” I provided in my last post: The new GOP buzzword: Fascism ? Fascism: “A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.†I’d mentioned how the current [...]
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The new GOP buzzword: Fascism
The irony and mid/disinformation is astounding: CNN.com – The new GOP buzzword: Fascism – Aug 30, 2006 From the article: Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania, in a tough re-election fight, drew parallels on Monday between World War II and the current war against “Islamic fascism,” saying they both require fighting a common foe in multiple countries. [...]
READ MORE »A Lil Squeek of Christian Relativism
Just read an article on Debunking Christianity that discusses the ironically relativist nature of Christianity, specifically in the nature of taking vows or not: Are Marriage Vows Immoral? And thought I’d quote this from the article. Cute. Naturalist: As there is no way for us to determine absolute morality, we must determine it as best [...]
READ MORE »CNN.com – Rep. Harris: Church-state separation ‘a lie’ – Aug 28, 2006
CNN.com – Rep. Harris: Church-state separation ‘a lie’ – Aug 28, 2006 Oh my god! Oh. My. God. This woman is insane. Mainly for reasons other than what she recently said, but nonetheless…. U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris told a religious journal that separation of church and state is “a lie” and God and the nation’s [...]
READ MORE »Two Hearted Ale
Two Hearted Ale From: Bell’s Brewery, Inc / Eccentric Café & Beergarden in Michigan, United States Style: American IPA overall: 3.3 appearance: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | mouthfeel: 3 | drinkability: 4 A: A bright golden color. See through, rich amber. The head was surprisingly thick and solid. Biteable even. Leaves a [...]
READ MORE »Roaring Grad School pt. 2
Had my 2nd class for the semester last night (only taking two classes a semester.) “ENG 600 Problems and Methods of Research in English”. Wow! This is going to be a great class! The instructor I actually know from the Springfield Astronomical Society and was pleasantly surprised to find out he was the professor. The [...]
READ MORE »Grad School Off to a Roaring Start
Don’t know if I’d mentioned this yet, but I started grad school this semester, 11 years after earning my English and Theatre BA’s. It’s always been my dream to earn a doctorate and a couple of masters, and now I’m finally back on track. This first masters is going to be in English, in the [...]
READ MORE »Hoping For Pain So They Turn To God
Let me be more specific in regards to yesterday’s post: Validate and Move On; Moving Past Religion. I’m all over trying to prove the failure and myth of religion, as it’s really self-evident and I’m tired of beating my head against the walls of others’ chosen self-delusion based on mountains of fallacies and congnitive biases. [...]
READ MORE »Father of “Sci-Fi” a Great Example of an Active Mind
Man, I really really hope when I get his age, I’ll still be as sharp…. The latest GeeksOn podcast has an interview with Forrest J Ackerman, the guy who, among countless other acomplishments, was the guy who coined the term “sci-fi.” He’s 90 years old, and while his voice is certainly weaker, and a bit [...]
READ MORE »Point of Inquiry » Neil deGrasse Tyson – The Sky Is Not the Limit
Excellent podcast episode! Point of Inquiry » Blog Archive » Neil deGrasse Tyson – The Sky Is Not the Limit In addition to a lot of discussion regarding the new proposals for what makes a “planet,” Tyson discusses a LOT regarding science education! About the importance of encouraging kids to explore their world, a natual [...]
READ MORE »U.S. Lags Behind Europe, Japan in Acceptance of Evolution – Evolution and Paleontology
Just terribly sad. Very, very sad, and pathetic: FOXNews.com – U.S. Lags Behind Europe, Japan in Acceptance of Evolution – Evolution and Paleontology
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Oh God I’m so over it. Back in college theatre, after a run of a show all involved would come together for a post-mortem where we’d all discuss what worked and didn’t work. And invariablely more than once each post-mortem the discussion would latch onto some trivial matter that would have an inordinate amount of [...]
READ MORE »More of Why Won’t God Heal Amputees
Incredible. Amazing. Fantastic. This site is exactly what I would have made if I were more skilled: http://whywontgodhealamputees.com I’d mentioned it in my last post earlier today. But here’s a more official plea to read this site! In its entirety. Everything it talks about is exactly what I’ve been discussing for years: The non-inerrancy of [...]
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I hate posting too soon after a previous post for fear people will miss the earlier post. This morning I posted: Emotion Is The Source Of Faith Belief I ended it with the implication that my religion started to die when I read the source of my religion in its entirety: The Bible. A moment [...]
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A couple of days ago a discussion off one of my posts: Apologetic Revisionism ended with Mark from Sojourner blog unable to meet the very pointed challenges to faith, religion, Christianity in specific, that I posted. My challenges were personal, (although not meant to insult or ridicule directly, or him personally, as I think Mark [...]
READ MORE »Theology Breaks Down Figuratively and Literally
A recent post of mine: Apologetic Revisionism has spawned a long but fascinating and interesting discussion. The discussion encapsulates much of the fundamental arguements for the claimed validity of Christianity over all other myths, and the freethinking reasons why it doesn’t hold up to true scrutiny. It ends emotionally as a response to very pointed [...]
READ MORE »Faster Than a Speeding Galaxy!
In keeping with an unintentional galactic theme of late, here’s a recent posting by the Bad Astronomer: Wait A Sec, How Big Is The Universe Again? Science is so cool! I have nothing more to say. =) Well, except to say that my entire career dreams of either a molecular chemist or a professional astronomer [...]
READ MORE »Turning to God, Will It Happen?
Normally I try not to post multiple posts too soon after each other. I fear that my two or three readers might miss the earlier post. But I just read something on a blog I just discovered and mentioned in my previous post, that deserves its own space. Just a moment ago I submitted “Some [...]
READ MORE »Some Fresh Looks on Miracles and Emotive Reasoning
The Skeptic Circle (of which I’m a part! Yeah!) has released its 40th edition of interesting members’ posts. I think it’s a monthly thing. This time it’s been released over at Daylight Atheism (note: I do not endorse atheism any more than I promote fundamentalism, which, in my opinion, atheism is the fundamentalist version of [...]
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