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  • If My Avatar Reflected the Truth… June 25, 2017

    The avatar that I use is that of a machine. That does not mean I am a machine. I often desire that, but alas, continue in my present form. However, if I could be a machine, then I might make a better atheist in the eyes of many non-believers. If I were a machine I…

  • Centrist… June 18, 2017

    A centrist is neither right nor left. A centrist holds positions ranging over the spectrum. No two centrists are the same. Centrists cannot be part of a group because a group requires homogeneity.

  • Again and Again Until the End of Time… June 4, 2017

    From time to time I feel the need to restate my stances on religion and atheism. This is probably a reaction to the continuous stream of proselytizing in the media, the internet, and Facebook in particular. The individual exposed to the constant barrage of those urging one to adopt this or that belief system cannot…

  • My Indictment of the Feminist Movement… May 5, 2017

    Feminism is still around. Equal rights have been attained, but feminism persists. They point at the wage gap, a gap obtained solely by taking all men’s wages and comparing them to all women’s wages. There is no real gap, but they insist there is. There is no real gap because these feminists, purposely, do not…

  • The Failure of Female Secular Writers… May 3, 2017

    I find that I cannot read the stories written by female secular writers. It seems their writing has been tainted by the ideology of feminism. Invariably they denigrate and disparage men, blaming men for all of their personal failings in life. Failing to name one right they lack but men have they nevertheless claim oppression…

  • The Id Cannot Be Repressed; The Id Must Be Controlled………… April 2, 2017

    The Id is the primitive part of your psyche present from birth. It is the part that demands instant gratification. It is the part that made you cry when you were a baby until your needs were satisfied. Though indispensable it needs to be controlled. That is the job of your Superego. Your Superego manifests…

  • Misunderstandings… April 2, 2017

    Human language developed to describe the world and existence. A crude instrument, language fails to convey thought to its fullest accuracy. Conflicts and war have resulted from misunderstandings. Whether it is due to the inability to match thought to word or the lack of words available to fit the thought, misunderstandings seem inevitable. In the…

  • Time Travel, You Say? … March 19, 2017

    Why I Cannot Accept Time Travel Does time flow like a river or expand like a growing sphere? In either case there is mass moving down the river, or expanding infinitely.     Is there differentiation between layers of mass? Each layer following the one before, going in the same direction? Are there other directions?…

  • Compromise Is Impossible… March 15, 2017

    I have written about the human tendency to form groups or camps in the past. Each group has its own set of ideologies… even those that claim to be ruled by reason and logic. This is why there is so much turmoil in a society that is “multicultural”. Compromise is impossible. There is no solution…

  • Spring… March 5, 2017….

    The Vernal Equinox is on March 20 this year. The March equinox marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from south to north. Pagan celebrations of Eostre, aka Ostara, Austra, and Eastre, is thought of as the origin of the celebration…