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Resistance Is Blasphemous

I sometimes wonder if there’s a connection between being deeply religious and following authority without question. In the most popular holy books, God does often come across as a rather cruel, petty dictator. Of course, that’s not really how it … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, History, Judaism, Middle East, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Roman Empire | Tagged authority, bible, gideon, high places, israel, jeremiah, jesus, jezebel, john of patmos, judah, judges, king ahab, king david, king saul, nebuchadnezzar, obedience, priests, prophets, revelation, romans, samuel, st. paul, the family |

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 |

Splitting the Adam

There are quite a few things I don’t really get about the Adam and Eve story, but one that I thought of recently involves the notion of being fruitful and multiplying. Actually, this isn’t part of the same story, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Etymology, Gnosticism, Judaism, Language, Relationships, Religion | Tagged adam and eve, angels, authority, bible, creationism, death, garden of eden, genesis, marriage, mortality, nephilim, omnipotence, reproduction, sex, tower of babel, tree of knowledge, tree of life |

Here She Come A-Slytherin

I recently saw a post on Tumblr pointing out something about the Harry Potter books that I hadn’t really thought about before but is pretty weird. Slytherin is full of rich kids, yet their dormitories are in a dank, slimy … Continue reading →

Posted in Harry Potter, Magic, Politics, Prejudice | Tagged albus dumbledore, authority, hogwarts, j.k. rowling, lucius malfoy, slytherin, sorting hat, voldemort, wizards |

Now We’re Calling You a Radical, a Liberal

Recently, an article at Unreasonable Faith addressed the link between atheism and liberalism. As the article says, obviously the correspondence isn’t absolute, but it does seem like a fair number of vocal atheists are also rather progressive in their views, … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Politics, Religion | Tagged atheism, authority, conservatism, liberalism, libertarians, religious right, republicans, selfishness |