Why do people laugh at creationists? - 0 views
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This is a biting critique of Ben Stein and his movie called Expelled in which he decries the mistreatment of creationists and attempts to debunk evolution. The youtuber doing the critique articulates the rhetorical tactic of colluding free speech and the scientific method- the idea that anybody's OPINION is somehow just as valid and important as a SCIENTIFIC THEORY because we're all entitled to free speech. (Those who think that should go look up what it takes for a hypothesis to become a theory.) That's not how it works and anyone who's even slightly serious about figuring out fundamental truths about our existence should reject that notion outright. Only the trained professionals, please. I can certainly say whatever I want about anything- but I shouldn't be listened to as any serious beacon of knowledge if I can't back up my claims with evidence. (And "because the Bible says so" or "there must be an intelligent designer because it's just so complex and I don't understand it" is not evidence.)\n\nI still don't get why we need to have all this stuff figured out in order find fulfillment and to live our lives happily. We greatly underrate ourselves. The video is also really fascinating because it reminds us just how amazing and fascinating our world is - he lists off many discoveries of the past 150 years - amazing stuff. All Ben Stein accomplishes is making himself resemble a life-size douche (a South Park episode comes to mind).
Darwin's Tree of Life - 0 views
Deluding Who About What - 0 views
Daylight Atheism > Images of Mohammed - 0 views
Muhammad cartoons reprint sparks protests in Indonesia | JURIST (24.02.08) - 0 views
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Protesters in the world's most populous Muslim country burned Danish flags and called for the death of the cartoon artist. Jyllands-Poste and 16 other Danish newspapers reprinted the cartoon earlier this month one day after Danish police arrested three people suspected in a plot to murder Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard for his characterization of Muhammad.
Daylight Atheism > Is Sex for Procreation? - 0 views
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The Bible itself says that the human lifespan is between seventy and eighty years (Psalms 90:10), and given the advances in lifespan brought about by improved nutrition and modern medicine, we can safely use the higher estimate. We should then ask why, if sex is intended for procreation, it is all but impossible to use it for that purpose for about half of our natural lives. Even during the biologically brief window of maximum fertility, our rate of conception is significantly lower than that of most other animals. If sex's only or primary purpose is procreation, then it would seem to be a badly designed mechanism indeed, considering how inefficient it is for that purpose.
15 Quotes By Famous Atheists | Dvorak Uncensored - 0 views
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Faith means not wanting to know what is true. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Massenpaniken am Mekka - 0 views
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Mehr als 1400 Tote im Jahr 1990, 270 Tote 1994, 118 Tote 1998, 251 Tote 2004. Erdrückt, totgetrampelt, erstickt. Anders Johansson kannte Mekka, so wie jeder angehende Panikforscher Mekka kennenlernt: in Opferzahlen.
Greta Christina's Blog: Atheists and Anger - 0 views
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atheist soldiers -- in the U.S. armed forces -- have had prayer ceremonies pressured on them and atheist meetings broken up by Christian superior officers, in direct violation of the First Amendment. I'm angry that evangelical Christian groups are being given exclusive access to proselytize on military bases -- again in the U.S. armed forces, again in direct violation of the First Amendment. I'm angry that atheist soldiers who are complaining about this are being harassed and are even getting death threats from Christian soldiers and superior officers -- yet again, in the U.S. armed forces.
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the 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, said of atheists, in my lifetime, "No, I don't know that atheists should be regarded as citizens, nor should they be regarded as patriotic. This is one nation under God."
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I'm angry that it took until 1961 for atheists to be guaranteed the right to serve on juries, testify in court, or hold public office in every state in the country.
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