Frank Patrick
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The emergence of “Christian” terrorism in Europe does absolutely nothing to diminish or simplify the problem of Islam—its repression of women, its hostility toward free speech, and its all-too-facile and frequent resort to threats and violence. Islam remains the most retrograde and ill-behaved religion on earth. And the final irony of Breivik’s despicable life is that he has made that truth even more difficult to speak about.
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The Blog : Christian Terrorism and Islamophobia : Sam Harris
Commenting on the recent events in Norway.
Tragedy of US science education.
It’s been on a downhill slide since we landed on the moon, and has been accelerated into a death spiral in certain regions.
As someone else said, this can’t be posted too often.
Sam Harris answers questions from Reddit
Link: Why U.S. is not a Christian nation
For the Fourth - Various founding father references that make clear that the original intent…
…was this simple — government could not dictate how to pray, or that you cannot pray, or that you must pray.
Amen.
I agree with Santorum that our history education has been influenced by ideology. I disagree with which ideology has prevailed (so far).
We should seek the greatest value of our action.
- Stephen Hawking interview: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story’
Daniel C. Dennett on What Should Replace Religions
Most of this talk is about the aspects and effects of religion that are the baby that should be kept while throwing out the baptismal bath water.
The US constitution allows people to believe what they want. However, it does not require universities to promote ignorance
The Vatican Rag, Tom Lehrer - Gotta love the rhymes.
Morality evolves…through “intelligent design”.
Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report
National Science Foundation screws up. Can’t believe they kowtowed to religion/politics by hiding level of American ignorance.
“Evolution and the big bang are not a matter of opinion. If a person says that the earth really is at the center of the universe, even if scientists think it is not, how in the world would you call that person scientifically literate? Part of being literate is to both understand and accept scientific constructs.”
The New Commandments | Culture | Vanity Fair
“The Ten Commandments were set in stone, but it may be time for a re-chisel. With all due humility, the author takes on the job, pruning the ethically dubious, challenging the impossible, and rectifying some serious omissions…”
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