Happy Holidays from SLDI and MA
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Cognitive Evolution Laboratory study could shed light on Mormon morality
Following the Harriman Machine Gun Fire, some 4 years ago now, the largely Mormon population, of those affected by the fire, were counseled by their church leaders against filing excessively inflated, or otherwise bogus claims, against the National Guard. Apparently sparked by reports of claimant opportunists, unconflicted by any apparent moral dilemma in going after…
Beliefs hazardous to World Health
I generally spend a good deal of time and effort suggesting folks would do well to retire many of their absolutist and fundamentalist religious views, for those more psychologically healthy views of human spirituality, and morality. Based on those innate human values we share with virtually all other human beings on the planet. I…
It doesn’t take a belief in God, to be self-righteous
Since most men don’t know how to do anything but wipe their ass on a new idea, we sometimes fall prey to our own defensive hubris, in our attempts to communicate those ideas to others. And we fail to appreciate the ever-present danger, of falling into an ironic, self-righteous diatribe, at the expense of those…
Re-examining our God of the gaps
It’s not at all uncommon to encounter any number of agnostic non-believers (no, really – there are such folks), apparently up on all the science, but who are still unable – in good conscience – to tic that last box as confirmed atheists. Who default to an almost truculent allusion to that old ‘God of the…
Suffer not the little children
I’ve been thinking a lot about the harm to the infant psyche, that being raised from birth in a religious belief, does to us. Later – as adults. The inherently coercive and corrosive effects of religious indoctrination. I had an Uncle who was a lay minister at a local Assembly Of God church, where…
CULTURE WARS
One of the reasons religious folks fight so hard against change, in the world around them, has as much to do with cultural considerations, as any perceived notion concerning God’s will in the matter. They merely mistake – or chose to invoke – God’s will, by conflating religious considerations with entirely cultural ones, in…
We Are Atheism
VIDEO: The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. In keeping with our Common Man and Woman / No God Meme theme – that atheists are no different from anyone else you know – we’re re-posting this barely 2 minute address, by the normally outspoken – though surprisingly quiet and low-key – Dr. Richard…
No God meme photos II
Another collection of our No God Meme photos, published on our facebook page. Look ’em over, let the meme soak in, and share your favorites. Thanks, Donnie This meme, of course, simply exploits a pathway into the minds of believers. Past the normally closed doors that would automatically reject even the barest notion…
The Salt Lake Daily Issue 