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  • Black or White, On or Off…

    Fundamentalism is not restricted to religions. Anyone that deals in absolutes is a fundamentalist. If they say: “You are either for us or against us” … they are fundamentalists. Such black and white, on or off absolutes are the domain of fundamentalist thinking… in their world there are no grays, no part way, there is…

  • The Concept of Goodness… May 28, 2019

    As atheists we sometimes overestimate the inherent goodness of human beings. It seems we suggest that if only religion were eliminated that a kind of utopia could be established. What we need to recognize is that though the concept of goodness may be within humans, humans do not inherently possess the quality. In fact, that…

  • The Human Atheist

    If you have ever been a member of a group you know that each group has a certain list of things you must believe in. Sure, many claim that your total adherence is not required, however, your success within the group depends how well you do. Membership or non-membership in a group does not change…

  • My Perfect Vision… March 4, 2019

    I’m so very sorry, but you simply do not fit the criteria. You claim to be normal, and merely a part of the greater whole, but from my perspective your mere existence is disturbing. You do not fit my vision. Over time I have come to view only certain traits, behaviors, and appearances as being…

  • S.T.E.M. … January 23, 2019

    Often these days the cry is heard that “women are not in the stem fields”. They lament that women do not dominate there, as they dominate elsewhere. There has never been an impediment, no fence, no block, no glass ceiling for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics. Women have simply chosen not to go…

  • Just Animals… January 1, 2019

    Humans really do not like the idea that they are just animals. They go to elaborate means to ignore that fact. They invent gods that consider them the favored life on earth, in fact, the reason the earth was created. Humans being the reason god created the universe, why be surprised that humans consider earth…

  • A Different Year, A Different Course… December 31, 2018

    New Year’s resolutions are always a difficult thing to consider, unless of course you just go with the old standards like losing weight, giving up this or that habit, being kind, etc. I believe I will try another this coming New Year. Starting January 1, 2019, I will no longer acknowledge any negative thing I…

  • Why Relent? December 17, 2018

    I see no evidence, no indication, anywhere of any sort for a god of any kind. Why should I allow even an iota of a possibility that such an entity may exist then by stating like an agnostic that I do not believe there are any gods rather than plainly stating that there are none?…

  • Global Warming is a Killer… December 16, 2018

    In the January/February issue of Skeptical Inquirer Amardeo Sarma founder and chairman of the German skeptics organization GWUP has a short piece that is critical of the new IPCC report on Global Warming. The report is available at http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/ The report indicates that past emissions are already adequate to cause a rise in global temperature…

  • No, No, No… to Islamic Law… December 6, 2018

    I am critical of Israel because of the military might they use on their neighbors, and the fact that before 1948s violent and aggressive insurgency, there was no Israel. However, I assert that the country called Israel today has nothing to do with an ancient Israel, including the makeup of its people. Despite my critical…