Apr 17 2013
Sometimes it must be hard for religious bullies to punch down as hard as they would like to on despised minorities like nonbelievers and LGBT especially when they’re asked to stop. It seems no matter how politely you phrase it; the mere act of the mildest resistance to their authority is met with denials, outright …
Feb 23 2013
Last weekend, Aron and I went to a presentation about the history of Black Freethought by Alix Jules hosted by Houston Oasis. Right now the Houston Atheists boast the largest group of freethinkers in Texas with a population of 2,078. Salute! We happen to know Alix from being members of DFW’s Fellowship of Freethought the largest group …
Jan 27 2013
While there may be places on Earth that equal the darkness of Mordor of Middle Earth in terms of the very real evil of ignorance more than Texas this year; that won’t be from a lack of effort on the part of the Texas Legislature. Secularists here are already beleaguered trying to stamp out the encroachments …
Nov 24 2012
Back in the days of Usenet, one of the posters to Talk.Origins was a former creationist named Glenn Morton. He is the author of a meme, Morton’s Demon which explained the sort of confirmation bias at work in the religious mindset. This he had witnessed from within and without, and his story is an interesting …
Nov 05 2012
I very much enjoyed the Secular Rally this weekend in Tallahassee, Florida. I thought it was very well arranged. There were plenty of good presenters, several tents and tables representing secularism, atheism, and aspects thereof. They provided porta-potties, two food wagons, lots of amplification and recording equipment, and everything one should have considered to put …
Oct 29 2012
Whenever I post some prior notice of some event I intend to attend, my wife says it looks like I’m ‘pimping’ myself. If I don’t do that, then people complain that they live down the street from whatever it is and are mad that they didn’t know about it in time. I got several messages …
Oct 22 2012
How often do you get microphone from the steps of the state capital, right? Here is a link to the recordings wherein our governor, Rick Perry declared ‘spiritual warfare’ against secularists and atheists. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/perry-christian-warriors-spiritual-warfare-satan-separation-church-state
Oct 10 2012
I hardly have time to do or read anything anymore, so I haven’t read the associated study behind this article from Discover magazine, only the article itself. Past experience has taught me to cautious of conclusions based only on that. The interesting implication herein is that having more gray matter in the anterior cingulate cortex …
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