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Stop Motion trip down Yonge Street
Continued talk with Russ and Friends (Blog Entry by dag)
At the very least, I want them to see atheists as people, and not the bogey man- likewise it's helped me get beyond my sterotyping of bible thumpers as an aggregate, to see them as individuals with varying degrees of faith.
There certainly are hues to the fundy rainbow, once you look inside.
Continued talk with Russ and Friends (Blog Entry by dag)
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Unreported World: The Battle for Israel's Soul
Bill O'Reilly: Atheists Are Jealous Of The Holiday
For Christmas, I think Bill would like to run his Loofa over these ladies.
The Ultimate Rube Goldberg Machine
The Ultimate Rube Goldberg Machine
cool optical illusion - the infinitely long finger
Another Facebook Question (Geek Talk Post)
Have YOU had an affair with Tiger Woods too? (User Poll by JiggaJonson)
Sizing (Blog Entry by jwray)
No, not really.
I could use some new ones for Xmas though.
Virtual sounds get real
IF YOU USE CONDOMS YOU WILL NOT BE RAPTURED
Home is Where the Food Is.
On Atheism (Blog Entry by dag)
I would like to strip it from myself though - as a kind of atheistic asceticism. That's why I think perhaps atheists might not live as long. Reality is a burden - and you really feel its weight when you have kids.
>> ^peggedbea:
and if something terrible were to happen in my life, say to my kids, even as much as i reject the idea of god or an afterlife or a mystical man in the sky sitting around judging me for wiping my ass with wrong hand all day, i can imagine a void that is so great and insurmountable i would NEED to believe in an afterlife. and i would definitely need some kind of community support. i can only imagine a few people arrogant enough to want to strip that comfort from people.
The Office US - Stanley blooper
The genius of Steve Ballmer on the iphone
On Atheism (Blog Entry by dag)
Well put Lodurr- that was kind of what I was trying to say about religion being selected for - at the end of my post. I guess it's not quite the epiphany I thought it was- and must be a pretty well-worn social theory.
It does make sense to have something like religion hard-wired in the brain to help people work together. Maybe it really is just the herd instinct- hyper-extended and applied to sentient beings. Maybe if we find aliens who evolved as solitary creatures (like spiders) - religion will seem completely incomprehensible to them. But that makes me wonder if civilization could ever develop among beings who don't have "togetherness" as a value.