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Got My Mind Set on Mindsets
I saw a billboard this past weekend saying something like, “Paying too much for health care? Vote Republican!” Aren’t the Republicans the ones who are constantly pushing to make health care more expensive, constantly trying to repeal the Affordable Care … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Food, Health, Holidays, Introspection, Judaism, Language, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Television | Tagged affordable care act, atheism, autism, classism, donald trump, fear, foghorn leghorn, grammar, guns, health care, looney tunes, president barack obama, republicans, smoking |
The Great Dust-Up
The Secret Commonwealth, by Philip Pullman – The second in the Book of Dust series, the prequel/sequels to His Dark Materials, it takes place some time after Lyra has saved the universe, and she’s now a twenty-year-old attending classes at … Continue reading →
Posted in African, Authors, Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Politics, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged anansi, atheism, ayn rand, br'er rabbit, daemons, dark matter, fairies, high john, his dark materials, john henry, kwame mbalia, lyra belacqua, maafa, magisterium, marisa coulter, nyame, pantalaimon, philip pullman, rick riordan presents, slavery, susan pevensie, the book of dust, the secret commonwealth, tristan strong, tristan strong punches a hole in the sky, uncle cotton |
Hello to Bygone Ages
Looking at Robert E. Howard’s essay on his imaginary Hyborian Age got me to thinking about a few different issues in fantasy fiction that deals with lost civilizations. The essay tells of a succession of great empires contrasted with barbarians, … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Christianity, Discworld, Evolution, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Persian, Prejudice, Religion, Roman, Science, Terry Pratchett, Theosophy | Tagged agnosticism, angels, atheism, atlantis, aule, bori, cataclysms, charles darwin, charles kingsley, conan the barbarian, devolution, dwarves, elves, emperor constantine, god of evolution, h.p. lovecraft, hyborian age, hyperborea, john dough and the cherub, lemuria, middle-earth, mifkets, mithra, mitra, numenor, racial evolution, racism, rinkitink in oz, robert e. howard, small gods, the colour of magic, the last continent, the water-babies, tottenhots, valar, yasmela |
Don’t Mind the Maker
Not long ago, I came across a reference to a possible link between autism and atheism, which was interesting to me as I’m an atheist and on the autistic spectrum. While the idea can be misused, as this Turkish jerk … Continue reading →
Posted in Introspection, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged atheism, authority, autism, individualism, libertarianism, psychology today, razib khan, social interaction, theory of mind |
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Salvation
The Simpsons has been renewed through the thirtieth season. And to think I remember all the rumors that it would end after the tenth. I’m sure I’ll still watch it as long as it’s on, assuming I live that long. … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartoons, Catholicism, Christianity, Ethnicity, Humor, Judaism, Prejudice, Religion, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged ahura mazda, atheism, culture, jesus, krusty the clown, reverend timothy lovejoy |
Doubters of the Divine
Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World, by Tim Whitmarsh – This book is partially a response to the idea that atheism is a new idea, a product of the age of science and reason that turns against ancient … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Hellenistic Greece, History, Humor, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Robert Rankin, Roman Empire | Tagged anaximander, anaximenes, atheism, battling the gods, beauty and the beast, bluebeard, count otto black, cupid and psyche, epicurus, euhemerus, from the beast to the blonde, hugo rune, jim pooley, king arthur, king solomon, marina warner, merlin, monotheism, polytheism, queen of sheba, retromancer, salmoneus, sibyls, socrates, theomakhia, tim whitmarsh, xenophanes of colophon, zeus |
Misogyny Without Mysticism
This BuzzFeed article addresses something I’d been wondering about recently, which is misogynistic atheists. While a logically possible position, it just seems weird in light of the fact that the major group that’s historically been discriminated against by the major … Continue reading →
Tempting Faith
To my mind, a skeptical or rational viewpoint (using these terms fairly loosely) involves not only refusing to automatically accept anything out of hand, but also not immediately rejecting anything. That’s not to say that all things are equal, however. … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Magic, Religion | Tagged aslan, atheism, belief, bible, dwarves, evidence, faith, jesus, miracles, new age, pharisees, rationalism, skepticism, space trilogy, the last battle, the magician's nephew |
Spirituality in Space
Beth was talking recently about how Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t comfortable with being claimed by atheists, although his argument for it is basically that he doesn’t care for the term. I can understand where he’s coming from to a certain … Continue reading →
Christmas Is a Time When People of All Religions Come Together to Worship Jesus Christ
On Christmas Day, Beth and I caught a little of Bill O’Reilly continuing to sell his War on Christmas. Hey, what can we say? The Fox News crowd loves war. Sadly, I don’t think he’s used the term “Blitzenkrieg,” although … Continue reading →
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