Intelligent design is fundamentally dishonest.
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Thought of the day
Posted on August 6, 2010 by Michael
One of the worst argument I hear on a surprisingly regular basis is that objective morality is somehow evidence for God. It isn’t any such thing; it assumes the existence of God.
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Thought of the day
Posted on August 3, 2010 by Michael
Anytime someone starts using quantum mechanics to argue 1) for or against a god or 2) how to behave or 3) how to be healthier, it’s always bullshit.
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Thought of the day
Posted on August 2, 2010 by Michael
It’s ridiculous to demand anyone offer creationists any respect.
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Thought of the day
Posted on August 1, 2010 by Michael
Jumping from a 25 foot railroad bridge, tubing, and water skiing are all awesome.
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Thought of the day
Posted on July 29, 2010 by Michael
If it was up to the woo crowd, I wouldn’t have taken multiple vaccinations over the past several months. Not doing so would in turn prevent my trip to Tanzania.
Good thing I’m not hostile towards science.
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Thought of the day
Posted on July 28, 2010 by Michael
No scientist would ever reach the conclusions drawn by any religion if no religion ever existed.
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Thought of the day
Posted on July 26, 2010 by Michael
There is probably a lot of non-Earth based life throughout the Universe.
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Thought of the day
Posted on July 25, 2010 by Michael
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson is an excellent read. Or rather, listen. I have the audio version and I love it. I must be around the 8th or so time listening to it over the years and I’m nowhere near bored of it. Buy it. Listen to it. Love it.
(Skip the first minute or so to get to Bryson’s soothing voice.)
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Thought of the day
Posted on July 23, 2010 by Michael
The phrase “science and religion are compatible” is impressively dishonest. Not only is it blatantly false, but virtually no religious adherent would agree that all religions are correct. If it is recognized that not all religions can be correct, then the utterance of the compatibility phrase is inherently misleading – “religion” is not what the person espousing the view means at all. Instead he means science and his religion are compatible. Otherwise he’s claiming all religions are compatible, undermining the ultimate goal people have by using the phrase: to promote their own particular religion, hiding its obvious conflict with science.
It’s also worth noting that religion isn’t simply in conflict with the results of science; religion is also in conflict with the spirit of science. Whereas science offers methodology and a way to discover what is true, religion only offers faith – science’s biggest antagonist.
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For the Sake of Science 