Atheist Zone | caseydorman | Activity https://atheistzone.com/members/caseydorman/activity/ Activity feed for caseydorman. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:27:20 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 32e19e779cc6479abf46c511eca63765 caseydorman posted an update: I agree with Reg that nonviolence is the most effective way […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/6681/ Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:51:42 +0000 I agree with Reg that nonviolence is the most effective way to deal with issues such as White Supremacy, racism, etc. Nonviolent resistance is not pacifism or passivity and need not require that someone be passive in the face of a direct physical attack. Read my book “Atheistic Nonviolence.” I’ve also just published a new novel, “2020” that shows…[Read more]

]]> 0 51de8869dbd449af431df1d708a209ae caseydorman posted an update in the group To Do or not To Do: Speaking of doing, nonviolent resistance is my preferred […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/6430/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:02:09 +0000 Speaking of doing, nonviolent resistance is my preferred method of protest and am clear about being able to defend my position without resorting to religion or spiritualism. My essay, dealing with this topi, “Atheistic Nonviolence,” is free on kindle, if anyone is interested.It’s also #14 right now on Amazon’s kindle best-seller list in…[Read more]

]]> 0 bca6e42c0015503cc67fe0ac1b3ed478 caseydorman joined the group To Do or not To Do https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/6429/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 16:58:14 +0000 0 66044fb5a604a176fea216a0f70933a3 caseydorman posted an update: My essay, "Atheistic Nonviolence" is free today and […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/6427/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 15:43:01 +0000 My essay, “Atheistic Nonviolence” is free today and tomorrow on Kindle for anyone interested.https://www.amazon.com/Atheistic-Nonviolence-Casey-Dorman-ebook/dp/B073XWV749/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1501945376&sr=1-1

]]> 0 ef6f14b39658ac86a4fd7e02ccb51b10 caseydorman replied to the topic What is God? in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-is-god/page/9/#post-3802 Sun, 23 Jul 2017 04:13:33 +0000 Science is, by its very nature, limited and often produces erroneous theories—probably more often than not—because it is limited by current knowledge and concepts. To argue that science can’t explain something is simply to argue that science hasn’t gotten there yet, not that science has inherent limitations. To take what science doesn’t cur…[Read more]

]]> 188bb92b6ba7bb35edce3e2adf707caa caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/4/#post-3666 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:11:30 +0000 @simonpaynton– I’m afraid I differ with all of your points.

Evolution is a process of mutational changes that increase survival being selected by environmental conditions so that they have an advantage in reproductive success. There is no pressure to improve, raw or otherwise.  When environmental circumstances change, reproductive success is…[Read more]

]]> 2aa3e4f546ed17dd92fb6ddf9ed234d4 caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/3/#post-3654 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:28:22 +0000 @simonpaynton  Good question and the answer is yes. In my book I provide some quotes by both Gandhi and MLK, Jr. with regard to their spirituality—one rooted in Hinduism and the other in Christianity—which underlay their  belief in nonviolence. I believe that most of the leaders of nonviolent movements have had a religious basis to their work…[Read more]

]]> f199ce4f0436096532bb2159876d2b7b caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/3/#post-3650 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:50:35 +0000 @reg ,@simon—when I refer to spirituality, I am talking about a belief in a supernatural dimension (one that does not obey the laws of matter and energy), usually which is thought to provide order to the universe, but, in the past, this may have been restricted to one’s local environment (e.g  belief in the supernatural powers of local plants an…[Read more]

]]> d93215455988c4e1182ea9b51a334e40 caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/3/#post-3640 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:02:31 +0000 One doesn’t base his philosophy of nonviolence (or of many other things) on his atheism, since atheism is compatible with almost any nonreligious philosophy, including those that espouse violence. Instead, the atheist bases most of his personal philosophy on nonreligious ideas, which can include evolutionary ideas, humanistic ideas, politically…[Read more]

]]> 89b989d26693377df7295a805922f719 caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/3/#post-3639 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:50:06 +0000 I think you are arguing against a position I have not taken. My argument is simply that spirituality is not a necessary condition for having a nonviolent moral philosophy. I take that position because many people have argued that one can’t have a moral philosophy that endorses nonviolence (or love or kindness), if one is an atheist, since…[Read more]

]]> 42224151a430797a9c411d0ee245959b caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/3/#post-3636 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:54:18 +0000 Simon: You and I agree that cooperation is an evolved trait in humans, more so than in almost any other species (not sure about bees and ants, for instance), and that most of human interaction has favored cooperation, and often self-sacrifice over direct competition or aggression, despite the common view that evolution favors aggression. But, as I…[Read more]

]]> 78fb08bea15f0dbab589f685f396f1e1 caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/2/#post-3628 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:20:31 +0000 Michael Tomasello’s newest book, “A Natural History of Human Morality” (2016) gives a good evolutionary and historical cultural account of the development of human morality.

]]> 422794e2baf0b3d3944062b43f43335f caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/2/#post-3627 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:56:11 +0000 Simon: Thanks for the observations on my brief book. The volume by Fry sounds interesting and something I need to read. The evidence for one human killing another during the  hunter-gatherer period (which is probably more akin to murder than to war) comes from multiple sources and is conflicting, but suggestive, as summarized in Harari’s book…[Read more]

]]> b22df5b276b80a5b8ebde9ad2375d892 caseydorman and Simon Paynton are now friends https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/6077/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:51:40 +0000 0 cc14a3a9d97e1cdf0f613678d7eb7743 caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/2/#post-3623 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:06:39 +0000 email me at caseylostcoast@gmail.com and I will send you the PDF of “Atheistic Nonviolence” (as well as to anyone else who wants it). It should be available on the UK Amazon, but I don’t mind sending the PDF , not sure how to put it into one of the website replies. Designing a culture is what we do everyday when we write laws regarding behavior…[Read more]

]]> 869250ab3bb00ec8af68651edf11dae6 caseydorman replied to the topic What is God? in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-is-god/page/3/#post-3615 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 01:39:00 +0000 Evolution, being change, is not the same as creation, which may be either change or the replacement of nothing by something. Evolution does not need a force to cause or guide it, as it is the shaping of survival outcomes of both nonrandom and random events according to their survival value in their environment. Creation may or may not need a…[Read more]

]]> 7823d224df0b58f8951e3fb56c417ecc caseydorman replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/2/#post-3614 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 01:13:39 +0000 The will of the non-aggressive can become the rule of the people, both because we inherit the disposition to cooperate  and sacrifice for our neighbors (as well as the disposition to dominate and to be aggressive) and because we can design a culture that rewards nonviolent behavior. Read both Michael Tomasello (e.g. “A Natural History of Human…[Read more]

]]> 907eb3d84c0ef1499232a71c0766123d caseydorman posted an update: I just published a new brief book/essay, titled "Atheistic […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/6063/ Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:56:09 +0000 I just published a new brief book/essay, titled “Atheistic Nonviolence.” It examines the arguments in favor of nonviolence and how one can be nonviolent without a belief in god or in spirituality. It’s available as a Kindle ebook or a paperback on…[Read more]

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