Posts Tagged ‘ religion ’

The Bikecast Episode #12: Genital Mutilation and the Supreme Court

Alright, it’s actually two separate topics loosely related by religion. I’m still having some word clippage issues, but I think everything is comprehensible. I typically don’t notice the clipping until I’ve already put in too many edits to undo them back to the clip. Sorry if they’re annoying. Download this episode of the bikecast The [ READ MORE ]

The Bikecast Episode #5a: State Destruction of Social Organization

My latest ramble, starting on, 4/20 spilled over into two other bikecasts. In the first, I’m attempting to stake out a pattern I’ve been noticing alot lately: reliance on the state is back-firing in numerous ways. Download this episode of the bikecast Show notes Episode 5a: Here are the stories behind my brief “today’s headlines” [ READ MORE ]

Reason vs. Faith

As further evidence of my unresolved psychological issues, I’ve occasionally have conversations with theists.  A classic dynamic that I find myself in during these conversations is the faith vs. evidence/discernment–I think most skeptics are familiar with the phenomenon. First, the theist will claim that their belief is just a reasonable following of the facts.  After [ READ MORE ]

Arbitrary Moral Codes

In a conversation I had recently with a friend who is a Christian, he shared with me that he’s raising his children to respect their parents because that is the commandment of their God. “What if they grow up and stop believing in that God?”  I asked. This demonstrates a terrible flaw in externalizing morality. [ READ MORE ]

Following Orders from things that Don’t Exist has Negative Results

Thank you Pew Research Center for doing the legwork to confirm things that we already knew: in this case, the inverse relationship between human decency and church attendance. [ READ MORE ]

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