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Quoting Carl Sagan
“You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don’t see things as clearly as you do. We have to guard carefully against it.” – Carl Sagan, 1987 CSICOP … Continue reading
Linda Ronstadt on belief
I’ve never listened to much Linda Ronstadt, but it sounds like she’s a lady on the ball. She was interviewed recently about her career and choices made to leave her hometown of Tuscon, Arizona in the process. She gave a … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, education, faith, religion, secular parenting, skepticism
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Saturday snicker: “Pardon me, demon. I have to take this phone call..”
Ah, haha.. An exorcist has just begun his attempt to cure this man of whatever demon ails him when the phone rings… The accent is hard to for me to understand and also the sound quality is cell phone poor … Continue reading
Posted in culture, In the Media, religiosity
Tagged beliefs, children, death, exorcism
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Are you gay? You must have a fart demon.
According to Bert Farias of Holy Fire ministries anyway. He’s adamant that stinky demons live in every gay person. Fart demons. In an interview with Charisma magazine, Farias begged gay people to “not get upset with me” as he explained … Continue reading
Posted in funny business, In the Media, myths and folktales, religiosity
Tagged beliefs, bible, homophobia, homosexuality, Red Dwarf, religion, skepticism
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10 questions for every atheist part 2
I found out about the list here and the original set of questions. I haven’t even read the answers given at maasaiboys because I didn’t want to look like a copy-cat. Answers 6-10:
Posted in atheism, Awareness Issues, culture, current events, In the Media, myths and folktales, religiosity, skepticism
Tagged ask an atheist, atheism, beliefs, culture, gods, jesus, miracles, prayer, religion, religiosity, science, skepticism
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10 questions for every atheist part 1
I found out about the list here and the original set of questions. I haven’t even read the answers given at maasaiboys because I didn’t want to look like a copy-cat. I wound up writing quite a lot for the … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, culture, religiosity, skepticism
Tagged ask an atheist, atheism, beliefs, gods, jesus, miracles, prayer, religion, science, skepticism
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Pareidolia hair
Looks more like OOOO to me… Kristin Kissee says her hairstyle is divine. As she recovered from rounds of chemotherapy and radiation in a battle against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Kissee posted a photo to Facebook of her regrown hair in November … Continue reading
Posted in In the Media, Optical Delusions, religiosity
Tagged beliefs, faith, illness, Optical Delusions, pareidolia, religiosity
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Black Jesus cartoon too discriminatory
Poke fun at Christian beliefs all you want, but cut the racism. That’s what I say. Times Live reports on a short cartoon that featured a black Jesus: The two-minute animation, created by Johannesburg company Mdu Comics, depicts a “black … Continue reading
Posted in In the Media, religiosity
Tagged beliefs, cartoons, controversy, faith, racism, religion, South Africa
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Linkskrieg! (First pass)
It’s occurred to me that I’ve collected far more links than I have time to write about, so here’s a batch of things I did want to bring up at some point but never did. I may flesh out some … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, beliefs, bible, faith, geology, history, religion, skepticism
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Prom season is open season on gay relationships
A Catholic school in Kentucky banned a lesbian couple from attending theirs. The trouble is, Hope Decker and Tiffany Wright found out they couldn’t go as a couple when they arrived at the gym on Saturday night and were immediately … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, faith, homosexuality, human rights, prom, school
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