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Absolute Certainty
Posted on July 1, 2011 | No CommentsAmong us atheists, of course, religious fundamentalism is ruled out, so absolute certainty in atheists most often seems to conceal over-confidence or intransigence or (more likely) both.
The Palestinian Problem
Posted on June 1, 2011 | No CommentsI understand that liberals want to be inclusive. And that's normally a good thing. But inclusion should not be a goal for its own sake. All considerations need to be addressed.
An Objective Moral Standard?
Posted on May 1, 2011 | No CommentsIf something is good because God wills it, does He have a reason? If so, then good is independent of God. If He has no reason, then good is arbitrary and whimsical.
Straw Men, Sock Puppets and Infinite Regressions
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsBegging the question: we're all familiar with this circular form of reasoning. Christians and Muslims can elevate this recursive "logic" to an infinite regression if you give them half a chance
White Male Privelege
Posted on March 1, 2011 | No CommentsJews are ridiculously over-represented in Nobel prizes. Does this mean the Nobel committee should withhold future prizes to Jews? Of course not! Jewish excellence in science benefits us all.
Expressions of Causality
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 1 CommentMental feedback gives us a virtual, temporal, advantage over causality by allowing us to anticipate it and plan for the future accordingly. THAT is the determinism in self-determinism.
Free Will in the Bible
Posted on January 1, 2011 | No CommentsBecause we all live as if we have free will, we affirm it in the things we say and do. When we take credit for our actions or blame others for theirs, we're paying lip service to free will.