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Knowledge and Doubt

Moody — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:56:38 +0000

The following material, in this and related posts upcoming, draws extensively upon the writing of philosopher Walter A. Kaufmann, whose 1958 book, Critique of Religion and Philosophy, I have lately been re-reading. I have attempted to provide my own take on the material, putting it into my own words, with the idea of saying what [...]

The Hazards of Confronting Believers

Moody — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:35:17 +0000

One of the most difficult positions held by atheists—a de facto position following of course from the main proposition of atheism—is that there is no divine aid or comfort to be looked for in difficult times. Religious people are fond of saying that they are “carried through the hard times” by their beliefs, by their [...]

Where’s the line?

Moody — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:24:53 +0000

There are bound to be casualties on both sides in the culture wars. Try as we might to be considerate to those whose feelings and opinions matter to us, we are bound to run into some difficulty that either hurts them or us. If we speak our minds to persons close to us whose position [...]

What if… I believed?

Moody — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:23:40 +0000

Every now and again I get a wistful feeling when I hear someone talking about how satisfying her or his spiritual beliefs are. Such people are often very sincere, I know; when you have a belief, it feels like certain knowledge. So the heartfelt expression of their words is filled with that sense of “real” [...]

Apx. 99.9% sure I’m right about this…

Moody — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:55:10 +0000

Let’s try to put it as simply as possible and see if everyone can understand it, shall we?

Science has nothing to do with “God”. Science deals solely with the empirical universe as it may be observed, recorded, studied, tested, etc., utilizing whatever tools may be created to do so, as well as our innate human [...]

Evolving, A Mind

Moody — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:34:33 +0000

“You can’t be a rational person six days a week … and on one day of the week, go to a building, and think you’re drinking the blood of a two thousand year old space god.”—Bill Maher

Let’s make one thing clear from the outset: Whatever I might prefer, I shall have no say in whether [...]

Thoughts on a Sunday

Moody — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:00:50 +0000

The weekend comes, the weekend goes; the work week looms on the horizon. I think a lot about my work week for a number of reasons. I recall the lines from the World of Skin song, “24 Hours”: “24 hours split three ways. Because you bought one third, you own everything.” My days at work [...]

Tell Dr. Eric Keroack to Hit the Road

Moody — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:42:11 +0000

It gets me every time: some fool spouting off — in a more or less straighforward manner — about how sexuality and its myriad expressions must be controlled. As PZ Myers reports, Bush “is appointing a certifiable kook to run the federal program that oversees family planning and reproductive health”. This particular cert-k is one [...]

Dover, PA, Will Evolve

Moody — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:50:16 +0000

To characterize it as "science vs. religion" is to absolutely miss the point that there is no real conflict between the two, save insofar as there are those foolish individuals who would create one.