unapologetic

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Science is the systematic endeavor to observe empirical facts about reality and use them to formulate coherent theories that explain natural phenomena. As new measurements and observations are made, an increasing number of facts become available.

Did you write all that with AI?  It’s really good if you didn’t.

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
MAGA policies

“Wrong is right, and lies are truth”.

Unseen wrote:
Let’s imagine that 10% (or any %) of atheists turn to terrorism. Would that form a valid basis for attempts to stifle or stamp out atheism?

It would give people a reason to dislike atheism, as is the case with Islam.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
remind me again why Evolution is ‘only a theory’.

That’s pretty neat.  It is a theory, but it’s consistent with every biological phenomenon.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.

I don’t feel a void.  I don’t feel life is meaningless, and I’m not a nihilist.  Christians can’t make sense of that.  Which may be understandable as they are required to see something from another’s point of view.  What Christians worship is a void in our life, yet there’s “nothing there” in the sense of there being no void.

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Lol, that’s true

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
@unapologetic – Re. Sunday Assembly: No thanks. I am pretty antisocial.

Those things sound pretty strange to me.  Everyone’s there to worship nothing?  What’s the point?

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Cooperation and shared thinking helped shape human intelligence.

This author, Cody Cottier, does a good and competent job of summarising Michael Tomasello’s work on the evolution of human cognition.  He also misses out some important stuff like cooperative breeding, which allowed a greater brain size (increased help…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The Atlantic unfairly disses Dawkins.

This article disses the author of the Atlantic piece, Ross Andersen, thus:

It appears that Mr. Andersen is not just journalistically ham-handed, but also incurious.

Ouch!  Is that true?  Maybe Mr Andersen believes that indigenous creation myths are as valid as science.

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Well, it’s a mixed bag.  On the one hand it can be paranoid, aggressive and arrogant, responsible for the very worst that humans can do.  On the other, it’s a beacon of light.

what i think needs to be exposed is the dominant role of human nature in power dynamics and in adoption of beliefs.

Yes, why does it bring out the worst in people as well a…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Simon, does not seem like the reaction to Muslims in UK is racist or xenophobic.

It’s a right wing trope – “we hate Muslims”.  Draw your own conclusions.

The abuse of vulnerable girls seems to be disproportionately done by Muslims, it’s true.  Although, everyone and his dog seems to be at them, because they’re vulnerable g…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
islamophobia

I don’t know what it’s like in the US, but in the UK we have quite a lot of Muslims.  Some right wing people are forever going on about Muslims this and Muslims that.  Muslims are going to take over.  Muslims are going to declare Sharia Law.  Muslims are a bunch of evil freaks.  I hate Muslims.  That is Islam…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Robert is describing the doctrine, belief and practices of that tiny cult. Is he tarring all 900 members of the cult? Or is he exposing the cult for what it is in simply describing it?

You can say that a cult has x, y and z doctrines, beliefs and practices.  But you can’t say that all the people in it are the same.