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Really interesting statement in response to ridiculous questions put to him: An Eastern Cape candidate judge caused a stir before the Judicial Service Commission when he told members he left priesthood for the law because he concluded that there is no God. Senior Counsel Torquil Paterson told the JSC: “I left the church for a [...]
Archive for July, 2009
South African Judge Candidate On His Atheism
July 23rd, 2009 
Daniel Fincke 
Posted in Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta, Uncategorized 
Tags: Jeff Radebe, Marxism, Sonia Sotomayor, Torquil Paterson 
No Comments »Spong Denies Existence of Hell
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Thanks to 123 Religious Comics. Your Thoughts?
Posted in Christianity, Religion, Videos Tags: Bishop Spong, Hell, Liberal Christianity No Comments »Atheists Make Efforts To Organize
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Rather exciting stuff: Some are adopting rituals themselves, from de-baptisms to wedding ceremonies, as a way to cement ties among members. Others are organizing science-related outings or enrolling in community-service programs. Nationwide, atheists’ groups are now treading, sometimes gingerly, into unfamiliar territory. “This is the transition moment right now,” says Dale McGowan, author of “Parenting [...]
Posted in Atheism, Atheistic Ethics, Secularism Tags: American Atheists, Blair Scott, Caring Kids Without Religion, Constructive Atheism, Dale McGowan, De-baptisms, Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago, Ethical Societies, Greg McDowell, Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Ritual, Thomas Hoeppner No Comments »A New Common Ancestor Found
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke They say it’s a lemur-like creature from 47 million years ago:
James Randi Exposing Healing Frauds
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke James Randi, the former magician known as The Amazing Randi, in the ’80s went on Johnny Carson with some staggering footage and insight into how religious charlatans were faking miracles and swindling people. This video shows a portion of what they uncovered.
A Statistical Case For Atheist Ethics
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Your Thoughts?
The Family
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Atheist Revolution sums up some of the facts about this mysterious, theocratic power player in Washington as covered by Bruce Wilson: Here are some details about the group worth knowing: The Family is the oldest conservative Christian organization in Washington D.C. The Family runs (but does not own) the notorious “C Street House” as a [...]
Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Religion, Religious Extremism, Separation of Church and State Tags: "Jesus Plus Nothing", "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power", Abraham Vereide, Bill Bright, C Street House, Campus Crusade For Christ, Carlos Eugenios Vides Casanova, Costa e Silva, David Loren Cunningham, Doug Coe, Ed Meese, Fascism, Francis Shaeffer, General Suharto, George Allen, Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, Herman J. Abs, Hillary Clinton, Jack Kemp, James Baker, James Inhofe, Jeff Sharlet, John Ashcroft, John Ensign, Mao, Mark Sanford, National Prayer Breakfast, New Deal, Papa Doc Duvalier, Rachel Maddow, Rick Santorum, The Family, Youth With A Mission, Yoweri Museveni No Comments »Jerry Falwell’s “Spiritual Mathematics”
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Daniel Florian puts it best: He calls it “spiritual mathematics.”I call it money-grubbing superstitious bullshit.
Lisa Hannigan Nominated For Mercury Prize!
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Her album Sea Sew is among my very favorites and so I hope she wins!
Suderman: Singer Right About Rationing, Wrong About Who Should Do It
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Suderman contra Singer: Governments that determine treatments using the QALY assign a dollar value to a year of perfect health (in Britain, it’s about $50,000 a year) and then generally reject treatments that don’t provide enough value. This means, among other things, that expensive treatments for older individuals are less likely to be funded. From [...]
The Virus Spreads Even Further Into The System
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Rick Astley is now taking over the greatest songs of all time…
Posted in Music Videos, Uncategorized, Videos Tags: "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Mashups, Nirvana, Rick Astley, Rickroll No Comments »Epistemic Luck?
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke James Garvey has some thoughts about an astute observation from Pascal: ‘Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them.’ I tripped over that from Pascal after breakfast and had to think about it all morning. There’s a lot written about moral luck — a philosophical industry owed [...]
Coraline
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Put simply, Henry Selick’s Coraline (out on DVD yesterday) was one of the greatest visual experiences I’ve ever had in a movie theater. Not to mention that its story was thoroughly engaging and effectively creepy and suspenseful. Selick’s film actually is the first which shows a real generational leap beyond the stop motion animation achievements [...]
Posted in Film, Film Reviews Tags: Coraline, Dakota Fanning, Henry Selick, John Hodgman, Terry Hatcher No Comments »Judge This: Is A 555lb 14 Year Old A Child Abuse Victim?
July 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke A really interesting legal and ethical debate, I lean towards no. Authorities in South Carolina say that what went wrong was Gray’s care and feeding of her son, Alexander Draper. Gray, 49, of Travelers Rest, S.C., was arrested in June and charged with criminal neglect. “There’s a strong likelihood that this kid is going to [...]
Posted in Applied Ethics, Law, News Tags: Alexander Draper, Child Abuse, Grant Varner, Jerri Gray, Jolene Puffer, Obesity, Parental Rights, Social Services No Comments »Pilot program to require religion or ethics classes in Russia
July 21st, 2009 Daniel Fincke MSNBC Reports: The proposal is part of a Kremlin effort to teach young Russians morals in the wake of a turbulent period of uncertainty following the collapse of the officially atheist Soviet Union. Medvedev said preteen students at about 12,000 schools in 18 Russian regions would take the classes. They will be offered the choice [...]
Stephen Pinker Makes The Case Against The “Blank Slate”
July 21st, 2009 Daniel Fincke Thanks to AtheisTube for the find. Your Thoughts?
Anti-Gay Visiting Law Professor At NYU Causes Controversy
July 21st, 2009 Daniel Fincke Jill at Feministe gives the basics: Oh this story is so easy to critique. The summary is this: NYU Law, my alma mater, invited National University of Singapore professor Dr. Li-ann Thio to teach as a visiting professor. Dr. Thio is slated to teach “Human Rights in Asia,” and is certainly an accomplished academic and [...]
Posted in Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Politics Tags: Academic Freedom, Feministe, Freedom of Speech, Li-ann Thio, National University, NYU, OUTLaw, Singapore No Comments »Debunking Creationists: Water
July 21st, 2009 Daniel Fincke Posted in Atheism, Cosmology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Religion and Science, Science Tags: Creationism, Flood, Grand Canyon, Intelligent Design, Noah's Arc, Thunderf00t, Water No Comments »Daily Hilarity: Abraham and Isaac
July 21st, 2009 Daniel Fincke That Mitchell and Webb Look dramatizes another Bible sotry:
Posted in Atheism, Comedy, Hilarious, Parody, Religion, Religious Satire, Satire, Videos Tags: Abraham, Divine Command Theory, Isaac, That Mitchell and Webb Look No Comments »Daily Hilarity: “Mr. Deity And The Scripts”
July 21st, 2009 Daniel Fincke Brand new Mr. Deity:
Posted in Comedy, Hilarious, Jesus, Mr. Deity, Parody, Religion, Religious Satire, Satire, Videos Tags: Biblical Inconsistencies, Script Doctors, The Bible, The Book of John, The Romans, Virgin Birth No Comments »Teen Pregnancies And STDs Up
July 21st, 2009 Daniel Fincke Has this resulted from efforts to scale back sex education in schools during the Bush years as the social left claims? Or is it because of increased sexual licentiousness throughout the culture as the social right claims? Teenage pregnancies and syphilis have risen sharply among a generation of American school girls who were urged to [...]
PZ Myers And Sam Harris On Atheist Activism And Everyday Encounters
July 20th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Your Thoughts?
What Makes Humans Unique?
July 20th, 2009 Daniel Fincke This is a fascinating, illuminating, and myth-debunking lecture from neurologist Robert Sapolsky. He goes through a number of features of our nature, shows how they are shared with other animals and how we take these features to another level. And in the end it’s paradoxical and inspirational. It’s long but worth the time. Thanks to [...]
Posted in Biology, Ethics, Evolution, Moral Psychology, Science Tags: "The Fate of the Animals", Aggression, Animal Genocide, Baboons, Chimpanzees, Commencements, Contradiction, Cultural Transmission, Culture, Dopamine, Empathy, Faith, Game Theory, Goal-Directed Behavior, Golden Rule, Guernica, Human Nature, Impossibility, Masochism, Menstrual Cycles, Monkeys, Moral Imperatives, Passive Aggression, Robert Sapolsky, Sadism, Secondary Theory of Mind, Sister Helen Prejean, Soren Kierkegaard, Theology, Theory of Mind, Tit For Tat Optimization, Uncertainty, Vampire Bats, War, Zoology No Comments »Daily Hilarity: Mr. Deity On The Lion And The Lamb
July 20th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Posted in Atheism, Christianity, Comedy, Hilarious, Mr. Deity, Parody, Religion, Religious Satire Tags: Larry, Larry and Mr. Deity Lost Interviews, Lion and Lamb No Comments »Jimmy Carter Breaks With Southern Baptists Over Views Of Women
July 20th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Good for President Carter: After more than 60 years together, Jimmy Carter has announced himself at odds with the Southern Baptist Church — and he’s decided it’s time they go their separate ways. Via Feministing, the former president called the decision “unavoidable” after church leaders prohibited women from being ordained and insisted women be “subservient [...]
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