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  • Religion and violence

    I like a lot about The End of Faith. There are a few things that bother me, however, which I'll get into now.Religion leading us to extinction?Sam Harris is very concerned that religious beliefs will lead to the extincti…

  • The End of Faith

    I'm currently reading Sam Harris' The End of Faith. I have mixed feelings about the book. Perhaps I'll discuss that another day. For now, I'll just quote from the book some things that I found interesting:The belief t…

  • The evidence puzzle

    "Our situation is this: most of the people in this world believe that the Creator of the universe has written a book."--Sam Harris, The End of FaithContinuing from parts one, two and three...In general, two things should…

  • Why religious beliefs?

    Continuing from parts one and two...Why do so many humans believe in the supernatural? Why do they accept as true stories that involve unbelievable tales? Pascal Boyer consider this issue from a cognitive-evolutionary …

  • Narnia

    Recently I read C. S. Lewis' Narnia series to my son. I must say, I agree with this take on it:If you read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or saw the first Chronicles of Narnia movie, you'll recall -- I suppose th…

  • Details....

    Continuing from Part I....I have spent some time considering why people believe religious texts, despite what seems like wild claims made in these books. Naturally, I thought about finding common elements in books acros…

  • Crazy beliefs

    Previously I pointed out that we all have beliefs that others might find crazy. I want to re-visit that topic, in order to explore the 'why' and 'how' in future posts.Imagine you live in a world free of religious dogma,…

  • The Antichrist

    I was listening to a popular right wing radio talk show yesterday. The host (I forget his name) said he was worried that an Obama presidency would lead to one world gov't and the US currency being replaced. I was confu…

  • Prop 8

    I had a brief chat with a friend of mine, who is very religious (Muslim), about same sex marriage. Here is the exchange:friend: well, to give you the short answer... i don't know what is meant by "marriage" since, in m…

  • Lies....

    I like this post (link): To a creationist, the idea that life was shaped by "intelligent design" instead of "natural selection" might sound like a sports team to cheer for. To a biologist, plausibly arguing that an or…

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