TheEncogitationer

Jakelafort,

No doubt fire-making was and still is a crucial skill of humanity.  Doing it with electricity, friction, flint-and-steel, a magnifying glass, or even with a well-placed drop of water is indeed a feat of mastery.  But for me it’s mastery over nature and my place in it, not to lord it over anybody.

Sadistic parents do indeed use s…[Read more]

Jakelafort,

You wrote:

In the same way a dater may reject a potential date based on profiling, or a handicapper may reject upon cursory examination a prospect to win a race; so it is that the nature of purportedly holy books is enough to safely eschew its contents although it may serve well to start a fire under the stars.

Now, now, Jake. …[Read more]

Glen D,

I am interested in getting into The Rig Vedas.  So I am led to understand, Hindus claim that the book is unauthored.

That is probably even more bizarre than claiming a book is “The Word of God” either directly or by proxy via an illiterate shepherd memorizing the words of Allah from The Archangel Jibril.

I mean, did the words of The Ri…[Read more]

Ivy,

To answer your question, the works I’ve read that others consider sacred include: The Holy Bible (King James Version,)–actually written by a committee appointed by King James I, passages of The Mishnah (as part of a course on Judaism,) The Holy Qu’ran (as much as I could stomach; it is a boringly repetitive and violent book,) The Tao Te Chi…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

Here is an update.  Now, the 1000 person convocation of the Charlotte United House of Prayer has resulted in 143 infections and 5 deaths, along with 7 hospitalizations. A Hell of a price to pay for piety and fellowship.  Even members are now condemning church leaders over this:

Some religious leaders continue to hold s…[Read more]

Unseen,

I know that confirmed, conscious Atheists wouldn’t believe AI or anything or anybody is a god, but the narrator of the video did mention the possibility of AI as becoming a god, so I had to respond.

As for AI as a strictly natural entity, I think we should look at all of it’s potential, not just the worst ones and use what we know about…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

I proport no technical expertise on the subject of Artificial Intelligence (AI..)  Judging, however, from the beginning video/sales pitch for SkillShare, I can say this much about AI that is of relevance to Atheism, Secularism, and Naturalism:

AI may have the potential to equal and exceed humans in knowledge absorption,…[Read more]

Reg,

Oh, and there was only one reference to “Abba” (meaning “father.”)  Small wonder the Swedes are so secular.

👱‍♂️👱‍♀️👨‍🍳 “Ee deesh vur de Grim Fairy Tales, mit no ‘Dancing Queen’ or ‘Waterloo.’  No goot!”

Reg,

Bible, The obviously needs to be read with a Thesaurus and dictionaries in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin, because there are ‘way more references to slavery and sex than it mentions here.  The Hebrews frequently referred to the sex act as “to know,” to the genitals as “feet,” and, of course, referred to non-stop daisy-chains of…[Read more]

David Boots and Fellow Unbelievers,

While I certainly do buy Atheist, Secularist, and Natualist Books, Movies, and Media, when it comes to other products and services, I have to do like every other rational economic animal with limited knowledge and limited resources:

I buy the best product or service my money can buy without making inquiries…[Read more]

PopeBeanie and Unseen,

I know it does sound utopian.  Maybe a more realistic possibility is if already-existing third parties got State and Federal court rulings against the strict and onerous ballot access laws that keep third parties from standing against the Demopublican-Republicratic duopoly.

Such ballot access laws do inhibit the ability…[Read more]

Fellow  Unbelievers,

One thing is for certain: No one in the SJW/BLM/Antifa movements can blame any of this on Atheism as a concept or as a movement:

North Charlotte church now linked to over 100 COVID-19 cases, 3…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

You know, I think these flyers are already having an impact even before they have even spread.  Even Big Papa Francis is railing against the ideas therein:

Pope at Audience: No to ‘Practical Atheism, That Everyday Atheism’

Pope at audience: No to “practical atheism, that everyday atheism”