Sunday, July 31, 2011
Neil deGrasse Tyson- Fear of Numbers
Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses America's Fear of Numbers as well as other things at The Amazing Meeting 2011 in Las Vegas.
Thanks to the JREF and James Randi!
randi.org
Christian Sues for $50 Million
"Bradlee Dean (misspelling in video) alleges that he is a victim of slander due to his Biblical standards against homosexuality."
Sorry, Mr. Dean, but being exposed for the homophobic bigot that you are isn't slander. You might want to go look for the actual meaning of the word in a dictionary.
The Crusader-Christian foundations of Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik
Article by Al Stefanelli
Read more here:
http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-national/the-fundamentalist-christian-ideology-of-terrorist-anders-breivic?CID=examiner_alerts_article
What's my opinion on this? If anything, this should be a wake-up call to anybody who thinks that only Muslim extremists are terrorists and have been ignoring the Christian ones. And instead of complaining about how Anders Breivik isn't a "real Christian" and making up conspiracy theories about him (i.e. calling him a Freemason), Christians should be facing up to the fact that they've got bad apples in their tree, too. Using the No True Scotsman fallacy over and over again isn't going to make those bad apples go away. Own up to the fact that they exist and go after them.
If anybody among us atheists does something stupid, we don't go "Oh, he's not a 'real atheist'..." We make sure he knows that his actions or words are stupid and that his behavior is unacceptable.
Read more here:
http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-national/the-fundamentalist-christian-ideology-of-terrorist-anders-breivic?CID=examiner_alerts_article
What's my opinion on this? If anything, this should be a wake-up call to anybody who thinks that only Muslim extremists are terrorists and have been ignoring the Christian ones. And instead of complaining about how Anders Breivik isn't a "real Christian" and making up conspiracy theories about him (i.e. calling him a Freemason), Christians should be facing up to the fact that they've got bad apples in their tree, too. Using the No True Scotsman fallacy over and over again isn't going to make those bad apples go away. Own up to the fact that they exist and go after them.
If anybody among us atheists does something stupid, we don't go "Oh, he's not a 'real atheist'..." We make sure he knows that his actions or words are stupid and that his behavior is unacceptable.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
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