You never really ask the right questions until they don’t really matter.

“Let go and let gravity.”

An introduction to my upcoming exploration of logical fallacies using both classic examples and arguments of the day

So, here’s a thing.  Today, one of the people I follow on Facebook posted the following update:
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” – Charles Darwin
One of his other followers posted this (almost eerily) prescient followup:
“…to argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to the dead.”  – Thomas Paine, The Crisis
Then, as if by plan, a theist …

This is a placeholder for people looking for a post on the “Church of the Founding Fathers” and the American National Religion.  Post is forthcoming.

I have finally gotten around to replying to the remarks made to my original “Perplexing” post (link). I have not approved any of the comments for several reasons.  To wit: one was from a Catholic, another made an unfriendly remark about a prominent Catholic.  And while I don’t judge my friends, neither do I facilitate flame wars – not that these two would flame up, necessarily; in fact I think they would be good friends.  I am just done with online conflict.  I am thus pulling the comments into a …

So I think I’m going to take a break from Facebook for a while. I walked into a minefield that was clearly marked. My bad. I am intrigued how the Persians invented using crucifixion in the 6th century BCE to hurt people. Those who have taken up the cross as a symbol often learn how to use it as a weapon as well. Which begs the question; why do so many Christians feel perfectly good about insulting people in the name of the Bible?
After composing a short recap …

In Humanism, our expectation is to act as if we were humans – and we succeed, every time.
In Christianity, their expectation is to act as if they were Christ-like – and they fail, every time.
How can the system be designed to fail and be expected to work for people?