1. Oh dear. This could come in handy.
2. If only it really worked this way.
3. Warning: High density skepticism/pessimism ahead.
Atheism foolishly presumes that reason is, in principle, capable of figuring out all that there is.... [From here.]
I don't know about other atheists, but I certainly don't claim that we can or ever will know everything there is to know. I'm sure there are truths and realities out there that are beyond human comprehension. What I don't buy is that those unfathomable concepts would so closely resemble human interests and wishes. If there is some binding or creating force in the universe, what are the chances it resembles humans or anything known to humans, or that it even cares about us? And if there are indeed immortal souls, isn't it convenient that they retain full sentience and get to stick around for an afterlife that's (potentially) free of suffering? It seems like wishful thinking to me. I'm suspicious of explanations that are too convenient -- because human reason is limited and fallible.
4. Yet more reason to avoid enlisting in the military:
In a 2005 New York Times story on the growing numbers of evangelical and charismatic Christian chaplains in the armed forces, Chaplain Brig. Gen. Cecil Richardson said, "We will not proselytize, but we reserve the right to evangelize the unchurched." [From here.]
5. Holy crap. If anyone ever needs a gift idea for me, here's a good start.
2. If only it really worked this way.
3. Warning: High density skepticism/pessimism ahead.
Atheism foolishly presumes that reason is, in principle, capable of figuring out all that there is.... [From here.]
I don't know about other atheists, but I certainly don't claim that we can or ever will know everything there is to know. I'm sure there are truths and realities out there that are beyond human comprehension. What I don't buy is that those unfathomable concepts would so closely resemble human interests and wishes. If there is some binding or creating force in the universe, what are the chances it resembles humans or anything known to humans, or that it even cares about us? And if there are indeed immortal souls, isn't it convenient that they retain full sentience and get to stick around for an afterlife that's (potentially) free of suffering? It seems like wishful thinking to me. I'm suspicious of explanations that are too convenient -- because human reason is limited and fallible.
4. Yet more reason to avoid enlisting in the military:
In a 2005 New York Times story on the growing numbers of evangelical and charismatic Christian chaplains in the armed forces, Chaplain Brig. Gen. Cecil Richardson said, "We will not proselytize, but we reserve the right to evangelize the unchurched." [From here.]
5. Holy crap. If anyone ever needs a gift idea for me, here's a good start.
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