June 2012
153 posts
A witty saying proves nothing -Voltaire
A witty saying proves nothing -Voltaire
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RE: Prominent atheist blogger converts to...
A Mystic Politics examination of ‘atheist blogger’ Leah Libresco’s conversion of to Catholic faith in souls, heaven, hell, and Jesus…
How do you go from what is reconciled in a negative belief in god to Catholicism?
Watch now: RE: Prominent atheist blogger converts to Catholicism - Leah Libresco
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Prominent atheist blogger converts to Catholicism?
Leah Libresco, who’d been a prominent atheist blogger for the religion website Patheos, announced on her blog this week that after years of debating many “smart Christians,” she has decided to become one herself, and that she has begun the process of converting to Catholicism.
Do you think a belief in ‘metaphysical morals’ rationalizes a conversion to the catholic faith?
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Steal This Film – The League of Noble Peers (2006)
Steal this Film documents the creation, rise, take-down, philosophy, and relaunch of piratebay.se, as well as pontificating on copyright, media, freedom of information, piracy, and challenging conventional ideas on ‘ownership’. Watch it now: Steal This Film – The League of Noble Peers (2006)
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Israel, Zionism and the Diaspora: What is Halacha?...
“Who is a Jew” for Israel may be just one more step from secular towards religion as civil law.
Do you think the question of who or what a Jew is pokes at the ‘hebrew as a race’ thing?
Read more: Israel, Zionism and the Diaspora: What is Halacha? Who is a Jew?
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War on Religion? ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ distorts...
Are you gay, in an interracial relationship, or were of a segregated epoch? Have you noticed that all the arguments against contraception coverage by catholic companies mirror their arguments against civil liberties and for slavery?
Read more: War on Religion? ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ distorts true Religious Liberty
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The State of Siege in Gaza
5 years into the Gaza Siege the war crimes continue: 1.6 million Palestinian’s human rights are being trampled.
While America and Obama pin medals on the oppressors and send them billions, millions of Palestinians are imprisoned in the land of their parents…
Read more: The State of Siege in Gaza
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Newton, Einstein, Hawking: Who could know the Name...
Does a scientific mind automatically preclude a belief in god, or do atheists present a false dichotomy?
Do you think Einstein was a proponent for a ‘god’? Do you think science needs to live apart from ‘god’, or is science where ‘god’ will be found?
Read more: Newton, Einstein, Hawking: Who could know the Name of God?
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Religion and Politics: Who’s Afraid of Secular...
While Obama caters to the christian right, Sarah Posner thinks it’s time for democrats to flex their separation of church and state muscle.
Should democrats worry more about stressing the constitutional basis for disregarding Christians, or work to appease their demands? Read more: Religion and Politics: Who’s Afraid of Secular Government?
I intend to lay a foundation that will...
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[Video] The U.N.’s War on the Internet: A Global...
A lot of speculation has been floating around about a proposal from the United Nations that could impose a global Internet tax on the world’s largest content providers. Based on leaked documents from the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) that are being made available at WCITleaks.org, the speculation is, in fact, true.
If the U.N. really is attempting to take...
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A Mormon President: What Joseph Smith’s...
How does Mitt Romney fit into Joseph Smith’s White Horse Prophecy and Presidential campaign to start a “Theo-Democracy”?
What do you know about Joseph Smiths Prophecy of a Mormon becoming POTUS, making America a Theocratic Democracy, and replacing Jesus Christ? lol
Read more: A Mormon President: What Joseph Smith’s Presidential Run Suggests About Mitt Romney
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[Video] Osho – Fear is the Master: A Cult...
Fear is the Master: A Cult Documentary on ‘India’s infamous free sex guru’, Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) and Jim Jones.
Harmless? Check out the mind-control techniques forwarded by the psychoanalysts Osho kept on payroll….
Who knew stuff like this was going on in what most would consider silly new-agey groups?
Watch now: [Video] Osho – Fear is the Master: A Cult Documentary
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[Lecture] Memetics and Genetics: Richard Dawkins...
Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennet meet at Oxford for a robust discussion on memetics, genetics, religion, faith, and cultural tropes.
Are you comfortable reconciling your ideas as societal viruses? :)
Watch now: [Lecture] Memetics and Genetics: Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett
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Wikileaks: Julian Assange seeks Ecuadorian Asylum...
Julian Assange of Wikileaks fled to the Ecuadorian embassy and asked for asylum in order to dodge Swedish extradition on sex-abuse charges.
Do you think Julian’s strategy will play out well for him? Let us know in the comments!
Read more: Wikileaks: Julian Assange seeks Ecuadorian Asylum to Dodge Swedish Persecution
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Alien Memes: 5 Misconceptions About...
Scientists from astronomers to biologists address Alien Memes: 5 Misconceptions About Extraterrestrial Life.
Whats the goofiest alien belief you have come across? Is there anything on the list you don’t agree with?
Read more: Alien Memes: 5 Misconceptions About Extraterrestrial Life
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Anti-intellectual Design: The Problem with...
What is worse- that 46% of people polled said they were creationists - or that 32% believe in ‘theistic evolution’ ??
If creationism is correct archaeology, paleontology, geology, genetics, biology, chemistry and physics are part of a vast fraud.
Read more: Anti-intellectual Design: The Problem with Creationism
