I was just interested in seeing what books my fellow Forumites have read concerning morality & ethics from an atheist perspective.
I'll start...
"Value and Virtue in a Godless U...
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Thought you might all like this.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.a...20080423b.html [http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200804/CUL20080423b.html]>
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The universe looks exactly as you would expect it to look if there was no designer. The Andromeda Galaxy is on its way to destroy us, we had to wait 10 billion years before the planet Earth came...
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Totally unscientifc poll: What percentage of American non-Catholics do you think would be able to give the name of the current Pope (Not his birth name, but his Papal name)?
And, bonus quest...
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Hi,
This thread is purely started out of curiosity.
I have noted we have some theists on this board who seem to be very intelligent, critical thinkers, which is usually an indication of a...
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Materialism is the position that everything is explainable in terms of physical processes. Physical processes are processes which can be described in terms of a mathematical model. This is ess...
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"My inner certainty and conviction come through meditation and Tibetan Dream Yoga's lucid dreaming practice; other fruitful methods could include intense holotropic breathing training, Jung...
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wow nobody's posted here in over two weeks o_0
I had this thought earlier so im just committing it to text before I sleep.
Higher Planes of existence: we believe they exist; some people believe in...
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Something Plumjam said in another thread struck a chord with me. It was off-topic for that thread, so here it is.
Originally Posted by plumjam
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I don't know if this has been posted as I have been busy for the last couple of days with grandchildren. Please forgive me if I am repeating the good news but The Cardinal of Death, Alfonso Lope...
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For those who asked, "What's the harm in a teacher refusing to take a Bible off his desk?", now you have an answer!
Teacher Accused Of Burning Crosses Onto Students' Arms [http://w...
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Ok well not a bar but lets say a meeting for some rather conservative/fundamentalist christians discussing say for example people not condeming homosexuals enough.
He walks straight into the ...
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http://education.guardian.co.uk/egwe...275308,00.html [http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2275308,00.html]>
As usual Winston still doesn't get it, does he?
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How does a theist, or other believer, decide which beliefs to have? In another thread, a Christian asks how an atheist makes this decision, but I think it is a much more interesting question how...
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Perhaps this belongs in the humor section ....
I was having some microbrew beers with a work mate of mine and we were talking about religion. He mentioned that he wasn't religious but felt h...
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I recently came across a gambling comunist who said that he believes that players counting cards in not unethical, but dealers counting cards are.
For those not familiar with the practice,...
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Now, I'm not just asking in terms of behaviour/actions.
The quick answer I've heard is some sort of nebulous thing/effect called "tolerance." But what, in a religious context, does &qu...
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A fistfight broke out recently between a group of Orthodox Greeks and Orthodox Armenians over turf at Jesus' (alleged) tomb:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/...ing_christians [http://new...
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So,
Recently I saw a thread where an atheist basically made a post showing why his belief system (in this case Materialistic Humanism) was superior to theistic beliefs.
What I would like...
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Theism asserts that there is nothing more than God and what God created.
Materialistic Humanism makes no assertions about what there is, leaving open an infinite set of possibilities.
Th...
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This is probably going to sound nuts to you guys but anyway....
A while back I was discussing the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Steps programme with some ex-alcoholic guy and it turns out it's fai...
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By using a proof by contradiction Cantor proved that Power(X) > X.
Let us carefully examine this proof.
A question:
If –as a part of our proof– we define E and F in s...
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I just love this guy. Full interview not released yet. This is a teaser. Beware - profanities ABOUND.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-13477 [http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-13477]>
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Here's a new post on my Alex Jones Exposed blog, which may be of interest.
Alex Jones and his Jew obsessed friend [http://alexjonesexposed.blogspot.com/2008/04/alex-jones-and-his-jew-obsesse...
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This is intended to be a thread of complete positivity, value, and... well.. yeah, you guessed it.
What does love mean to you?
How best has it been described to you?
If you had to describe it to...
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