Thought of the day

Evolution is to Nazism as gravity is to Nazism.

Thought of the day

  • Introduction to Philosophy ought to become a required course at the high school level.
  • Everyone ought to make an effort to learn the basics of the biology of cancer.

Thought of the day

The statistically likely loss of Christopher Hitchens is going to be a big blow when it comes to the enjoyment of high discourse.

Thought of the day

A revisit: The Problem of Evil that theists face is absolutely not answered by free will. First, saying God isn’t responsible for evil as a result of free will is like saying the Roman’s weren’t responsible for lions killing Christians. “It was the lion’s choice!” Second, God is all-powerful and all-knowing. Since he is not required to create jack-squat in order to exist, he can circumvent all evil and suffering by just placing all people, souls, or whatever term we want to use in Heaven, Hell, Purgatory or whatever other place we want to say exists; he already knows where every person/soul/whathaveyou is going to end up. The Problem of Evil remains.

Thought of the day

I’m a bit suspicious that 5 posts which never show up in my stats anymore are suddenly being searched…and they all relate to a certain ‘doctor’…

I would really rather not have cause forced upon me to continue with that wretched topic.

Thought of the day

The best thing Dubya ever did was add time to Daylight Savings Time so that we could at least get through October without being forced to drive home in the dark every night. Now we need to just abolish standard time altogether.

Thought of the day

The truth of a scientific proposition rests upon the adequacy and strength of the evidence.

Thought of the day

This bears repeating because I run into so often:

When someone says “X, Y, and Z are all wrong”, the proper response is not to say, “But people have a right to believe, practice, like, etc them.” That’s a given. We almost all agree (in the West, at least) that everyone has a right to believe whatever. That isn’t the point being made. YES, YES, YES, everyone can believe and like and prefer and whatever X, Y, and Z. That does not mean X, Y, and Z are therefore good. The point is not a valid counter-argument.

Thought of the day

Now that LePage is governor, I’m thinking about going back to high school to just get an associate’s degree. Who needs two years and professors?

Thought of the day

I’m still waiting for someone, anyone!, to offer me even some evidence for God.