The Damned

'New Atheism' serves as logical explanation against religious beliefs Daily 49er He is also one of the originators of the concept called "New Atheism," which goes a step further than common atheism: a rejection of a belief in any form of god. New Atheists write from a purely scientific perspective, and all of them dispute the ...

One thing most people know about Ayn Rand is how she railed upon the weak who took government hands-outs, the mooches who leeched off the superior elite. But she got a sobering dose of reality in her old age, when she found out she needed hand-outs in order to pay the medical bills to fight the lung-cancer she claimed cigarettes won’t give you (because government research is always wrong, remember).

But who can blame her… her entire ideology was centered on being self-serving, and I believe she earned it. She was right to do it… it just basically invalidates any philosophical integrity she might have.

But who reads Ayn Rand besides pseudo-intellectuals who imagine themselves as part of that superior, alpha-male culture is modeled by Ayn Rand after a serial killer?

Whereas in America we’ve been wasting our robot races on autonomous cars that can drive on real roads without causing Michael Bay levels of collateral damage, Japan has taken a more subtle approach. Their “history making” bipedal robot race involves expensive toy robots stumbling through 422 laps of a 100 meter course, which is followed by [...]

I am pro-life.  By this I mean that I am against abortion in most case, except when a woman’s life is in danger.  Even then, science may be able to develop technology to get around this problem with artificial wombs.

I’m sure this comes as no shock to anyone, seeing as how I am Christian.  However, I do take a different stance on fighting abortion than most prominent pro-life people.  I’d rather address the causes of the supposed need for abortion, rather than abortion itself.  Sexual promiscuity are the primary reasons for abortion and I believe that if women were to not devalue their marriage market value by being promiscuous, then many abortion clinics would go out of business.

Of course, this plan breaks down due to the government subsidizing abortions by funneling money to groups like Planned Parenthood.  The new Republican Congress has finally brought this issue up after decades of silence from the so-called moral majority oligarchs who have run that party.

For years, the Republicans have had the opportunity to take a stand and stop government subsidies that went to a controversial group like Planned Parenthood and they did nothing.  From 2002-2006, they controlled all relevant branches of government and did next to nothing about it.  I confronted a state delegate about it and he said he didn’t want to shut down the government over this issue.  Talk about moral cowardice.

The truth is, politicians are opportunistic slimeballs and will pay as much lip service as they can get away with.  For the Republicans, the past couple of decades has been about social issues like abortion.  The pro-life movement is the Republicans as the black civil rights movements are to the Democrats.  They have a seat at the table of power but they aren’t allowed to speak.

Still, this whole idea of removing subsidies for Planned Parenthood has nothing to do with abortion or morality really.  This has everything to do with fiscal sanity.  From what I understand, they are supposed to be a non-profit organization after all, yet they continue to post profits in the millions.  One-third of their funding is from the Federal government.

To be fair, none of the government subsidies they receive are supposed to be allocated for abortions.  But this line of logic reminds me of the time when we gave Katrina victims a $2000 debit card, which many then spend on booze and strippers.  In other words, you can tell them not to spend that money on abortions, but that doesn’t mean they won’t.

I heard former actor and talk radio show host today Jerry Doyle talk about how the Republicans in Congress were sent there to clean up fiscal matters and not deal with moral ones.  Unfortunately, he is wrong in his assessment on this.  The truth is, this does clean up fiscal issues.  I know it’s probably a small scratch in the fiscal insanity that our overlords in DC have created, but the Federal budget will be fixed by a thousand cuts, not one decisive blow.  That is the unfortunate truth of the matter.

In the end, cutting funding to Planned Parenthood is just one more step in the right direction, regardless of the morality behind it.  Depriving all non-profit organizations of Federal dollars will reduce the deficit, regardless of whether we like or not.  In the end, this is just one more thing that needs to get done.

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In another of the long chain of mind-bending stupidity over the past few months, Indiana has decided to adopt a measure similar to that in place in Arizona that allows police to arbitrarily demand “suspicious” individuals provide proof of residency.

What’s odd is… someone who doesn’t even believe privacy exists outside of the creative minds of human beings is the one pointing this out in a supposedly skeptical blog which claims to concern itself with infringements on individual liberties.

I just point it out because the measure is borderline Gestapo (if they make illegal immigrants wear a gold star, I’ll be getting my attic fit to live in and stocked with diaries). I would solve the whole mess by just granting amnesty before eliminating quota laws and waiting lists in order to document immigration. Need to hassle people: gone.

But let’s suppose you’re an idiot who doesn’t understand the economic benefits of immigration in a low-fertility population. I am of the opinion that most people who want to deport illegal immigrants also want the government to get off our backs… but they also don’t think it’s torture if you waterboard an Arab.

There’s no arguing with some people.

Atheists need a gang sign. Gangs, regardless of their business endeavors, have it right: a simple hand gesture that identifies members. No questions needed. Someone flashes you the sign they're in the same club. I was in a fraternity as ...

Atheism and Leibniz. The cosmological argument is really a family of arguments. Some of the cosmological arguments are very concrete. Aquinas's Second Way and the Kalam Argument (popularized by William Lane Craig) reason back to some ...

At the time that I heard this message I already had thoughts of embracing atheism and it was one of the few times in my church life that I thought the priest was speaking directly to me. How right the reverend was. ...

Religious teaching, insofar as it seeks to influence the political sphere, should be subject to rational scrutiny, argues Russell Blackford.

Atheism is not a system of morality. This means that atheists such as Stalin did not get their morality from atheism. Atheism is not nor should it ever be considered a system of morality. 2. Atheism is not a spiritual position. ...

The Middle East protests have fueled more than just a change in Democracy; it looks like these political outbursts will affect the gas pump as well. There are reports that crude oil could rise up to 200 dollars a barrel. Director of the Trends Research Institute Gerald Celente says the role of the Federal Reserve, interest rates and the potential oil crisis out of the Middle East could be detrimental to the United States economic recovery.

VIEW: How many secular people will you kill? —Dr Irfan Zafar Daily Times Most of the people somehow wrongly believe that the meaning of secular is “not pertaining to or connected with religion” or equate secularism with atheism or anti-Islamism or anarchy. Secular Pakistan means a state that neither supports nor opposes any ... and more »

It was probably created by an atheist who is sick of various things within the church, to a) generate hatred towards Christians and b) to present to people attracted to the hate a “what to do next” message that may help moderate their ...

Letters: No Jesus, fair tax and the meek will rule Knoxville News Sentinel I have yet to meet an atheist in a trench. Now about this “fair tax” that the rich people are pushing or trying to push through the House and Senate. Is it fair for a 90-year-old lady buying a loaf of bread and paying 25 percent tax? ... and more »

I'm not sure how many atheists have this Coexist bumper sticker on their car… Coexisting is fine. I'm all for that. But the sticker seems to imply that we shouldn't criticize the beliefs of people who cling to these faiths.

Controversy follows atheist arrest Polk County Democrat 22 Polk County School Board meeting got off to an ominous start when two Atheist of Florida members, John Kieffer and EllenBeth Wachs, mounted a protest to a prayer invocation — which led to one arrest — immediately prior to the start of the session. ...

To call someone an atheist is to suggest a definite attitude, even if that attitude is a negative one. To me it suggests a reaction against something, a rejection of a philosophy. And that certainly seems to be how many atheists present ...