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So What's a Santorum Rally REALLY Like?
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mojo5501 commented on American Humanist Association's group American Humanist Association (AHA)
"Right, once we lower the taxes on the wealthy some more, they'll go right out and use the money to higher more domestic help for that THIRD home they just bought...real estate being so depressed right now...those guys are getting some great…"
mojo5501 commented on American Humanist Association's group American Humanist Association (AHA)
"Paul Ryan lives in the same town I live in Wisconsin. On 'Meet the Press' yesterday I kept hearing the phrase "leadership and courage" applied to Romney's 'game-changing' pick for vice president. I also…"
mojo5501 commented on American Humanist Association's group American Humanist Association (AHA)
"RE: David Barton's book. I am almost finishing reading the book "So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State" and its author Forrest Church is a Unitarian. It is a well written…"
Victoria Vann replied to mojo5501's discussion Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin?
"People are supposed to love God more than anything else because he is the Father, the creator who brought you into this world. Nothing and no one comes before him, so it's perfectly normal to love someone and still hate what they do. The fear…"
mojo5501 replied to Steph S.'s discussion Atheist ethics and moral code in the group American Humanist Association (AHA)
"Thank you for listing those 'affirmations', Steph. I actually wrote them all down so I can go back to them whenever I feel the need to. What this really helps me with personally is taking the opportunity to define myself to…"
mojo5501 replied to eric stone's discussion Alert and Major Shocker: Denzel Washington - a rabid anti-atheist
"I think it is common for people to use the term 'atheist' when they mean to use the term 'nihilist'. As if the two are interchangeable. I wonder if this is what happened in the case of Denzel Washington's choice…"
mojo5501 replied to matthew greenberg's discussion US Theocracy Parallel
""He really doesn't like condoms. He said if men are going to pull something on to prevent procreation, nothing works better that a sweater vest." -Bill Maher"
mojo5501 replied to matthew greenberg's discussion US Theocracy Parallel
"Exactly the way I feel and think. I cannot get over the lack of outrage about this kind of religious litmus test gaining ground with the general public. It is practically expected of presidential candidates to 'prove' their…"
mojo5501 replied to Phil's discussion Mitt's cracking under the strain of talking trash to the trash.
"He'll never get the tea party vote NOW (like he ever could). It's all about rage and anger ...the best Mitt can do is to look slightly miffed. As in this: "
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So What's a Santorum Rally REALLY Like?
http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/03/01/santorum-and-left-wing-professor-go-head-to-head-at-belmontI just came across this article today and it cracked me up...now none of us really have to feel obligated to actually attend one of these campaign rallies...ha. See More
mojo5501 replied to James M. Martin's discussion Santorum Claims Environmentalism is a "Religion"
"As I was watching network news, I was counting all the times that religion came into the discussion: the tragedy of the school shooting in Ohio (Coach states "I know God was with them...), the lives lost during the tornadoes in the Midwest (a…"
mojo5501 replied to Daniel W's discussion Santorum: Obama's phony theology, abortions, and more.
"I only watched the first hour of last night's debate on CNN but was wondering if Santorum was ever asked this direct question: What do you mean when you say that you believe satan is destroying American, systematically? I think the…"
mojo5501 replied to Daniel W's discussion Santorum: Obama's phony theology, abortions, and more.
"Is the phrase 'Rick Sanctimonious' under any kind of intellectual property restrictions 'cause I'm about to steal it, okay Crazy Cat Lady??"
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mojo5501 replied to James M. Martin's discussion Obama to RCC, Pols
"Maybe President Obama is just waiting to crucify (excuse my value-laden religious language) Candidate Santorum in a debate forum...let Santorum THINK he's got the upper hand. Obama is just being patient. There's no rush. …"
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- At 6:36am on August 16, 2011,
Loren Miller said… - Putting photos up on posts or comments here is pretty easy. If you need a hand with it, give a shout.
- At 2:58pm on June 11, 2011,
Mark Michicich said… Hi mojo.
I love Susan Jacoby and Richard Dawkins too. I'm reading The Greatest Show on Earth right now. Carl Sagan's lectures are in a pile of books on my nightstand too. I've yet to read Dennett, but he's on my list. I understand Paul Kurtz is the man for secular humanism. He's on my list too. If I had to name my favorite 10 books for freethinkers, I'd pick (alphabetical order):
Barker, Dan (2008) godless
Dawkins, Richard (2006) The God Delusion
Eller, David (2004) Natural Atheism
Harris,Sam (2006) Letter to a Christian Nation
Hitchens, Christopher (2007) god is not Great
Jacoby, Susan (2004) Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
Price, Robert M. (2003) The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man
Shermer, Michael (2002) Why People Believe Weird Things
Smith, George H. (1979) Atheism: The Case against God
Stenger, Victor J. (2007) GOD: The Failed Hypothesis
- At 9:09am on June 11, 2011, Mark Michicich said…
Hi mojo.
I chose "god is redundant" for the title of my book because throughout it, the concept of god became unnecessary to explain anything. It was never the best answer in explaining nature (creation, design, etc.) or morality or...
I wrote the book for my daughters who were fairly young, so I tried to keep it simple and moving fast. There’s a few dozen chapters that are on average only 5 pages long. The whole book is only 200 pages and can be read in a couple sittings.
After introducing the topics, I provide some simple definitions and do a quick American history lesson on the Founding Fathers.
The next section gets into all the things I don't like about theism: the nature of faith (vs. reason), the nature of religion (vs. science), why the benefits to theists aren't benefits to me, why I think it's psychologically unhealthy, and why I think it promotes intolerance, anit-Semitism, and misogyny.
In the third part of the book, I tackle the great debate dedicating brief chapters to all the historic arguments theists have offered over the ages: Pascal's Wager, causal, arguments from design, authority, etc.
The next section dives deep into Christianity and provides more likely answers to prophecies, miracles, virgin births, resurrections, etc. I also examine references to Jesus in other holy books, historical writings, and discuss historical authenticity.
I wrap up by examining the relationship of morality and reason to theism, and lay out my wish for my kids. My goal was not to indoctrinate them, but it was to be honest and make sure they knew whether and what to believe was their choice.
If you're interested in learning more, my profile has a link to my book's facbook page where there are many links to free chapters, reviews, etc. I'm told it's a fun, fast read that makes for a handy little freethought primer.
Thanks for asking!
- At 8:57pm on June 7, 2011,
A3Kr0n said… Hey fellow Janesville dweller! How's it going? Did you ever hear of Southeast Wisconsin Free Thinkers group? They just move here to Nexis. Join the fun!
- At 9:33am on May 28, 2011,
Pansy said… - OMG!!!! those photos are hilarious..... it took me a couple times to watch to realize they're telling a story...... that is awesome! very creative!! :)
- At 1:59pm on May 16, 2011,
Ruth Anthony-Gardner said… - Greetings, mojo5501! I'd like to invite you to a group where we talk about anything on our minds, Hang With Friends. :D
- At 4:51pm on July 12, 2009,
Richard Healy said… - By the way, Oliver Sacks was on The daily Show recently plugging Musicophillia, apprently it's now out in paperback- and there's a NOVA series in the US to accompany it.
From what I heard of it - it sounds fascinating as you said it was. So thanks for the recommendation. It goes on the list.
- At 4:49pm on July 12, 2009, Richard Healy said…
- Updated the photo slideshow on my page.
The Pumpkins are no more.
Now it's Switzerland in Summer.
- At 4:11am on June 14, 2009, Richard Healy said…
- Still reading Pinker (taking longer than usual, this book is not as 'readable' as I'd hoped) but I went down to London last week Listened to Prof. Dawkins and Philosopher A.C Grayling give speeches at The British Humanist Association, had a great time, but on the way down I cracked open Denet's 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' as I felt I had to have something evolutionary about my person since I would be in such august company, and that scores over Pinker in the 'readability stakes' so I'm now trying to read both.
Dawkins by the way is a lovely man (I'm taller than him! :D) who very kindly signed my copy of 'Ancestor's Tale' before he left.
- At 7:08am on April 26, 2009, Richard Healy said…
- Sorry for the delay - one of those I'll get a round tuit moments - my apologies.
I studied the history of medicine when I was at school - so I guess you are right; he is better known here. If I recall his work on isolating the cholera infected water pump in London on Broad Street in Soho was one of the pioneering and foundational moments in the development of epidemiology, with which he is also credited.
The history of pain management is indeed fascinating: There were two recent documentaries on this from the BBC you might be able to track them down online (as my informants tell me BBC America panders to the lowest common denominator of television so I suspect you're unlikely to find such high-brow content as an informative documentary series on there) one was called Blood and Guts: The History of Surgery, which covered neuroscience and brain surgery, open-heart surgery, transplantation, facial reconstruction, and modern surgical practice (Into The Brain, Bleedin' Hearts, Spare Parts, Fixing Faces, Blood 'n' Guts , respectively.) and another series (same presenter: Dr Michael Mosley) called Medical Mavericks which looked at Anaesthesia, Vaccines, Diet and Infections.
Given my somewhat polymath approach to reading what takes my interest - I found these really interesting.
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http://rapidlibrary.com/index.php?q=blood+and+guts+the+history+of+surgery&filetype=0
http://rapidlibrary.com/index.php?q=medical+mavericks&filetype=0
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This is my first reading of Demon haunted World - almost done with it now, just got to the chapter about antiscience, found it good so far, I see it as sort of ancestral to the kinds of books, Dawkins and Dennet etc come out with now. so the examples like crop circles, false memory trials, aline abduction etc strike me as being a bit dated, but for all that no less relevant for the purpose of explicating the belief in mystery and faith and blind adherence to pseudoscientific ideas.
I've not yet decided if I'm going to go back to Dennet (Breaking the Spell) or maybe alternate between him and Pinker so my reading isn't too same-old-same-old.
I've not heard of the Mind Wide Open - but I'll look it up. Thanks for the recommendation!
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