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Tag Archives: religion
I Guess Women Are People?
Normally, when I’m asked for my opinion on the topic of abortion, I usually just respond with something along the lines of “My opinion is irrelevant, because I can’t have one. I don’t get a say. I’m not capable of … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Politics, Quick post, Rant, Social Justice
Tagged abortion, Alabama, civil rights, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, rape, reason, religion, republicans, science, Supreme Court, Women, women's rights
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On Secular Morality
This brief missive came about from indirectly observing the argument of… we’ll say a friend of a friend, on Facebook. This individual was discussing morality, specifically the need for morality to be centered around religious tenets. Between his initial post, … Continue reading
Posted in Rant
Tagged Bernard Williams, C.S. Lewis, consequentialism, David Hume, deities, Elizabeth Anscombe, ethics, Euthyphro dilemma, god, Greg Epstein, Gregg Easterbrook, Henry Sidgwick, history, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Julian Baggini, Matthew White, morality, Mozi, Peter Singer, philosophy, Plato, R.M. Hare, religion, Sam Harris, secular morality, secularism, Socrates, Steven Pinker, Thiruvalluvar, utilitarianism, William Godwin
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One down, 207 to go…
Donald Trump has been President of the United States for one week now. Just typing that feels strange. Like a different reality. I’ve been re-watching episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine lately, and I’ve recently gotten to one of … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Civil Rights, Economics, Elected yet unelectable, foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, immigration, Infrastructure, Politics, Science, Social Justice
Tagged abortion, bigotry, Christianity, climate change, culture, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, dishonesty, domestic policy, Donald Trump, environment, facts, fear, Feminism, foreign policy, GOP, government, ignorance, Islam, Kellyanne Conway, misogyny, news, oppression, propaganda, race relations, racism, refugees, religion, religious extremism, religious liberty, Republican, Republican Party, republicans, science denial, Sean Spicer, sexism, Standing Rock, Steve Bannon, systemic oppression, walls, Women, women's rights
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Politicizing Science
Now that science denial is coming back into (political) fashion, and indeed, an entire government is going to be built on lies and bad information, I feel like it’s now my duty to combat incorrect information as much as I … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Myths and misconceptions, Politics, Science, Technology
Tagged age of the earth, anti-government, biology, climate change, conflict of interest, Congress, corruption, deep time, dishonesty, Donald Trump, environment, evidence, evolution, extremism, facts, funding, global warming, GMOs, partisan politics, polarization, political extremism, politics, progress, proof, religion, religious extremism, research, research and development, science, science denial, stem cells, technology, theories
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Brexit Lemmings
So, last week, the United Kingdom did it. They voted narrowly to leave the European Union. Well, kind of. Okay, actually, they didn’t. This was a referendum among the citizenry to ascertain popular opinion about the EU. The actual process … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Governance, History, Politics
Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, Britain, civil rights, Conservative Party, controversy, David Cameron, dishonesty, Donald Trump, economics, environment, EU, Europe, European Union, extremists, facts, fear, government, immigration, Ireland, John Oliver, lies, military, nativism, Northern Ireland, nuclear weapons, politics, racism, regulations, religion, Scotland, short-sightedness, statistics, taxes, Tories, trade, UK, United Kingdom, United States
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Jesus H Cosmos
Our world will be consumed by the sun in a few billion years. As the nuclear fusion reactions within it run out of fuel, it will expand – possibly past Earth’s current orbit – and SPF 3 billion will become the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quick post, Rant, Science
Tagged god, intolerance, reason, religion, stupidity, Ted Cruz, Ted Cruz is a creep
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Speaking Before Thinking – Reactions to the Obergefell Decision
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on the case of Obergefell v. Hodges. It was actually a merging of several cases across multiple states, but was spearheaded by one Jim Obergefell of Ohio. He … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Governance, History, Politics, Social Justice
Tagged Antonin Scalia, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Christianity, civil rights, civil unions, Constitution, Constitutional law, Earl Warren, Equal Protection Clause, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, gay marriage, GOP, history, hyperbole, Jim Obergefell, John Arthur, LGBT issues, Loving v. Virginia, marriage equality, Mike Huckabee, nullification, Obergefell v. Hodges, precedent, reactionaries, religion, religious liberty, Republican, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Scott Walker, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Ted Cruz
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Elected yet unelectable – Jody Hice
Elected yet unelectable Jody Hice Currently unelected, running for US House in Georgia’s 10th Congressional District Jody Hice, a Baptist minister and radio talk show host, is not actually an elected official – yet. I suppose he’s not the best … Continue reading
Posted in Elected yet unelectable, Governance, Humor, Politics, Series
Tagged 2nd Amendement, awful people, Christianity, Congress, Constitution, Elected yet unelectable, extremists, gay rights, Georgia, ideology, Islam, jody hice, religion, series, women's rights
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Repost – Blogger – December 2, 2007 – Movie Review – The Golden Compass
Reposted from Blogger Movie Review: The Golden Compass – December 2, 2007 April 20, 2014 Note: Since this original blog post, I’ve read all three books in the His Dark Materials trilogy, and I think they are all excellent. One … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Repost
Tagged allegory, atheism, Chronicles of Narnia, film, movies, Phillip Pullman, religion, The Golden Compass
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