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Greta's Speaking Tour, Pacific Northwest, Sept. 9-13
UPDATE: The location for the Reed College talk has been changed. See below. If you're in the Pacific Northwest -- specifically in the Portland or Vancouver, BC areas -- come hear me speak! I'm going to be doing a speaking tour, September 9-13, at various college and university campuses in the P...
Greta,
I hear you about the idea that God may be a persuadable arguement for you. But I dont agree that spae aliens is the other possibility.
I have a number of ideas of what it would take to prove god's existence for me.
But the thing is, even with that proof, the fact of the matter is...
God is an alien.
It doesnt matter if he has magic powers, it doesnt matter if he is outside of the universe or the cause of the universe. It would still be a separate entity, with a will of its own (benevolent or wrathful), and it wouldn't be human or born on the planet Earth. God, if he exists, is an alien.
What Would Convince This Atheist To Believe?
This piece was originally published on AlterNet. Atheists often point out that religious faith is closed off to evidence that contradicts it. What evidence would persuade atheists that their atheism was mistaken? If I'm such an open-minded atheist -- if I really am an atheist because I think th...
Lol!
It makes total sense to use nomenclature from one of the most annoying (my opinion) and unused languages ever developed on a cutting edge blog. I'm surprised it doesnt require a few parentheses to get the point across.
Perhaps we should use COBOL: NOT=
:)
Atheist Meme of the Day: Criticizing Ideas /= Attacking People
Today's Atheist Meme of the Day. Pass this on; or don't; or edit it as you see fit; or make up your own. Enjoy! Atheists often get accused of intolerance and disrespect for saying things like, "I don't agree with you," "I think you're mistaken," "What evidence do you have to support that?", "I ...
Geek programming gripe
!= means: does not equal
/= means: is divided by
<> is also understood to mean does not equal.
Or perhaps you were looking for this : ≠
Atheist Meme of the Day: Criticizing Ideas /= Attacking People
Today's Atheist Meme of the Day. Pass this on; or don't; or edit it as you see fit; or make up your own. Enjoy! Atheists often get accused of intolerance and disrespect for saying things like, "I don't agree with you," "I think you're mistaken," "What evidence do you have to support that?", "I ...
Well, I'm not commenting over there, because the comment list got so long. Wow.
" The principle of purity has to do with the idea that the body ought to be pure and holy, not desecrated by that which is contaminated or evil."
Weird.
Seems that for conservatives purity can only apply to the body.
Because they are more than happy to thrust pipes into the ground over and over again hoping to gain a release of million of gallons of liquids spewing forth.
Ok, sorry, that was my feeble attempt at using sexual innuendo for the drilling of oil.
but the point is the same, screw the rivers, as long as we can burn coal. Screw the pristine mountaintops as long as we can dig up coal. Screw the air as long as we can burn oil. Screw a pristine mountain lake as long as we can make a few bucks installing some sort of tourist trap.
etc etc. Purity seems to stop at the vagina for them.
Why Being Liberal Really Is Better Than Being Conservative
Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree about specific issues -- we disagree about core ethical values. Can a case be made that liberal values really are better? You may have heard about this. It's been in the news and the blogosphere, and has been making the rounds at the nerdier water ...
"Looks like you should get out more often and focus on what is important"
sigh, if I had a nickle for every time I heard that condescending tone. If you were actually humorous, I'd say you were adding humor. But you are just an asshat with nothing to say. As if Yakaru spent all day huddled up in his computer room in the dark to spit out that 20 second post.
Plus you are all over the place, yeah 7 years is a long time. Handley maintains both points of view, but worse than all of this and the reason fo rthe post, is that handley runs Generation Rescue. It woudl be fine if he was some no name parent asking question, but no, he runs the antivax central command. The damage this guy causes is huge.
So sure, think you are funny when you are not. go for the live and let live point of view while your child isnt infected by something harmful due to the vitriol and bile this guy spews.
I suppose most fools think they kick ass.
The Two J.B. Handleys
Seems there are several people with the same name all promoting the notion that vaccines cause autism. A couple of weeks ago I wrote that there were at least two people with the name “David Kirby” – one from 2005 who thought that decreasing autism rates meant that autism was caused by vaccines,...
Sadly, it was not satirical.....
What Is "Woo"?
You’ll see me (and skeptics in general) talking about “woo.” (Sometimes “woo woo”, but I prefer just “woo.”) Woo is a word skeptics use as shorthand to describe pseudo-scientific and often anti-scientific ideas - ideas that are irrational and not based on evidence commensurate with the extrao...
I have no idea why my handle is stuttering now. It happened when I started signing in with my google account. At least it remembers me now. :/
Where the hell did you pick up a term like Mohorovicic? I had to go look that one up.
One Giant Embarrassment
Trust The Onion. Two Bangladeshi newspapers recently took that statement quite literally, which was a big mistake. The Onion recently ran a Moon landing conspiracy piece - Conspiracy Theorist Convinces Neil Armstrong Moon Landing Was Faked, featuring a spoof interview with Neil Armstrong, who s...
I've actually had friends refer me to Onion articles as if they were real. Yeesh.
I've got some other "real" science places that they could look too
Discovery Institute
Institute for Creation Research
North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH)
American College of Acupuncture
Heartland Institute
.
.
.
they are just as much of a joke..
One Giant Embarrassment
Trust The Onion. Two Bangladeshi newspapers recently took that statement quite literally, which was a big mistake. The Onion recently ran a Moon landing conspiracy piece - Conspiracy Theorist Convinces Neil Armstrong Moon Landing Was Faked, featuring a spoof interview with Neil Armstrong, who s...
thats fun, when I sign in with google, I am double the techskeptic. And my block quotes failed. :(
Maher-Woo
David Gorski, writing today at Science-Based Medicine, has a comprehensive post detailing Bill Maher’s various woo beliefs – specifically his anti-science views about medicine and (most) vaccinations. It’s a long piece, but worth a read, and worth referencing – all Maher’s faulty thinking detai...
As one of my favorite bloggers Skeptico pointed out...
Now I see why you posted this....
:)
Maher-Woo
David Gorski, writing today at Science-Based Medicine, has a comprehensive post detailing Bill Maher’s various woo beliefs – specifically his anti-science views about medicine and (most) vaccinations. It’s a long piece, but worth a read, and worth referencing – all Maher’s faulty thinking detai...
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