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Archive for September, 2010
On The Incoherence Of Divine Command Theory And Why Even If God DID Make Things Good And Bad, Faith-Based Religions Would Still Be Irrelevant
September 29th, 2010 
Daniel Fincke The claim that all value, whether moral or otherwise, requires a God is a familiar one. But what this claim either means or how it is supposed to be apparent to us is far from self-evident. The claim could mean something along the lines of a divine command theory interpretation of value according to which [...]
Posted in Atheism, Atheism, Ethics, Ethics, Featured, God, God, Homophobia, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, Metaethics, Metaethics, Morality, Morality, Philosophical Ethics, Philosophical Ethics, Philosophy, Rationalism, Religion, Religion, Religious Secularism, Religious Secularism, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Secularism 
14 Comments »Menomena
September 29th, 2010 Daniel Fincke One of the best bands going and a personal favorite: Their brilliant new album is Mines. Your Thoughts?
Posted in Indie Music, Indie Music, Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Music, Music 
Tags: Menomena No Comments »Purging The Discourse Of The Weakest Arguments
September 27th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Sometimes I think that smart people actually spend too little time responding to the dumbest forms of arguments. It takes a certain kind of hubris to think that I’m going to persuade people who adhere to strong arguments that they’re mistaken. By contrast, I really do think I can persuade people that their bad arguments [...]
Just Preaching To The Converted?
September 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Theramin Trees explains why it’s indeed worthwhile to speak out about our atheism against those who say we are just speaking to those who already agree with us and that changing minds is impossible: Your Thoughts?
What Does It Mean To Be “Pro-Catholic”?
September 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Johann Hari makes the case that the most pro-Catholic thing to do is to arrest the pope:
Gary Null: “The Kent Hovind Of Alternative Medicine”
September 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Your Thoughts?
“Jesus Said It, But He Didn’t Mean It.”
September 19th, 2010 Daniel Fincke A classic ProfMTH video explores the bizarre attitude by which Christians regularly cite Jesus as the perfect Son of God who couldn’t quite perfectly say what he meant: Your Thoughts?
Richard Dawkins’s Case Against The Pope
September 19th, 2010 Daniel Fincke This brilliant, efficient, and so very importantly true speech needs to go viral, do your part to make it happen. Your Thoughts?
Hitler’s Remarks About Religion (And, Specifically, Christianity)
September 17th, 2010 Daniel Fincke In Engalnd, the pope is trying to terrify people into avoiding atheism by once again blaming Nazism on godlessness. The first simple fact is that even were Hitler an atheist (which he manifestly wasn’t) it would not mean either that atheism was false or that his views on morality were at all necessarily entailed by [...]
Xenophobia Distilled In Song Form
September 12th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Maybe when Cartman communicates all these sentiments at once, the xenophobia and racism in them might become a little clearer for all those out there who like to insist that they are of course definitely not racist (how could anyone imply such a thing??) but just wish there were not so many minorities being alive, [...]
Posted in Comedy, Comedy, Hilarious, Parody, Parody, Political Satire, Political Satire, Racism, Right Wing Politics, Right Wing Politics, Satire, Satire Tags: Cartman, Minorities, Not My Waterpark, South Park, Xenophobia No Comments »The Case For The Republican Party
September 12th, 2010 Daniel Fincke It’s pretty compelling: Your Thoughts?
Sundaily Hilarity: Neo-Con Jesus
September 12th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Your Thoughts?
Posted in Comedy, Comedy, Jesus, Jesus, Parody, Parody, Political Satire, Political Satire, Politics, Politics, Religious Satire, Religious Satire, Right Wing Politics, Right Wing Politics, Satire, Satire Tags: DarkMatter2525 No Comments »Meta-Metaphysics
September 11th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Philosophy TV offers Craig Callender and Jonathan Schaffer discussing what makes metaphysical debates substantive and important or not and what the relevance and relationship of metaphysics to science is. Your Thoughts?
Philosophy Of Portraits
September 11th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Cynthia Freeland talks quite insightfully to Philosophy of Bites about the relationship between portraits and selfhood. Your Thoughts?
Disambiguating Faith: Faith As Admirable Infinite Commitment For Finite Reasons
September 11th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Reposted from September 11, 2009, in honor of the heroes herein commemorated: May your strength give us strength, may your faith give us faith, may your hope give us hope, may your love give us love. In recent weeks I have distinguished and criticized numerous distinct belief formation and justification practices which go by the [...]
Daily Hilarity: Inception A Capella Re-Dub
September 11th, 2010 Daniel Fincke This made me smile start to finish: Thanks to Pete for the find. Your Thoughts?
Regrieving
September 11th, 2010 Daniel Fincke The Boston Globe has a heartbreaking article on the processes by which the young children of 9/11 victims take years just to grasp what happened to their parents and how at each stage of understanding they experience a new kind of pain: For many of these young people, this ninth anniversary of the attacks brings [...]
Selective Media Indignation Over Provoking “Blood-Spilling”?
September 11th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Glenn Greenwald finds the outrage of the media over the possibility that bona fide nut job Terry Jones’s proposed Qur’an burning might lead to “the spilling of blood” to be self-serving, hypocritical, self-righteousness. In particular he points to this clip from Morning Joe which involves Jon Meacham’s cringe-inducing attempt to invoke religious authority and make [...]
Posted in Politics, Politics Tags: Donny Deutsch, Glenn Greenwald, Jon Meacham, Media Criticism, Mike Brzezinski No Comments »Carl Sagan: A Universe Not Made For Us
September 9th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Really well done: Your Thoughts?
Louie CK On God
September 9th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Below is Louie CK’s NSFW full episode of his show “Louie” devoted to religion, focusing for the most part on the dubious means by which children in particular are emotionally manipulated through the Roman Catholic Church’s emphasis on the violent death of Jesus which they are told is their fault. Your Thoughts?
Posted in Christianity, Christianity, Comedy, Comedy, God, God, Hilarious, Jesus, Jesus, Religion, Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church Tags: Abraham, Crucifixion, Louie CK, Stand Up 3 Comments »Daily Hilarity: Fake Ad For “Burn A Quran Day”
September 8th, 2010 Daniel Fincke DC Douglas captures the common denominator between religiously inspired book burning and professional wrestling/monster rally aesthetics: By DC Douglas, via Boing Boing and thanks to Eric. Your Thoughts?
Posted in Christianity, Christianity, Comedy, Comedy, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism, Parody, Parody, Religious Satire, Religious Satire, Satire, Satire Tags: DC Douglas, Fred Phelps, Terry Jones 1 Comment »Daily Hilarity: Jay Pharoah, 50 Impressions
September 3rd, 2010 Daniel Fincke The rumor is this guy will be on SNL next year. He’s not bad, just needs some better scripting: The impressions continue here. Your Thoughts?
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