from an article on phys.org (one of my favorite science article compiling sites) "An international research team, including a member of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, investigated the role of "big gods" in the rise of complex large-scale societies. Big gods are defined as moralizing deities who punish ethical transgressions. Contrary to prevailing theories, the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation: An article “Complex societies gave birth to big gods, not the other way around: study”
Tag: religion
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Anti-Israel isn’t anti-Semitic
While I’m still dealing with influenza (I always forget just how horrible it makes you feel (and to see why you do feel horrible see here)) , I thought I’d do a post about the current religious nonsense here in the US. We have conservative Christians having a tizzy that a US representative criticizes the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Anti-Israel isn’t anti-Semitic
What the Boss Likes – welcome a most unusual looking follower of this website
Let us all welcome "The Majesty's Men", a Christian website that seems be, well, interesting. This is from their gravatar page. Their website hasn't been verified by ICANN yet. They do have quite a nice logo, if rather a bit over the top, something like I'd expect in a Dan Brown novel or perhaps on … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – welcome a most unusual looking follower of this website
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a handful of quick dismantlements of common theist claims
This was bouncing around in my head while I couldn’t sleep last night. The claim that atheists *must* be nihilists or aren’t being atheists “correctly” – this fails since “dude”, and WLC (William Lane Craig, a very inept conservative Christian apologist and philosopher), have yet to show that subjective morality or meaning in life is … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a handful of quick dismantlements of common theist claims
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – And we still haven’t heard a “clear logical defense of Christianity”
(as always, if you follow me for food, wine and art posts, you may want to skip this post. Any “not polite dinner conversation” posts are about politics and religion) I haven’t poked fun at Christian attacking their fellows as being wrong in a while. It’s such a good way to know that Christianity is … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – And we still haven’t heard a “clear logical defense of Christianity”
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – us atheists haven’t heard a “clear logical defense of Christianity”??
As my title says us atheists haven't heard a "clear logical defense of Christianity". At least that's what good ol' Ray Comfort says. He wants Christians, and atheists, to come to his failing Ark and listen to what he claims to be this unicorn, since, no, there isn't any such thing as a "clear logical … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – us atheists haven’t heard a “clear logical defense of Christianity”??
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation: More TrueChristians™ acting like idiots, and a painting
This has been a week for me running into all sorts of TrueChristians™. They certainly do run the gamut of being just thoroughly unpleasant people. I frequently kibbitz on the Washington Post facebook page (and at the WaPo site itself). I also comment on ThinkProgress’s facebook page. I’m Jane R@venswood there, an old email address … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation: More TrueChristians™ acting like idiots, and a painting
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – when you just can’t good help these days
A rather extraordinarily deceitful anti-atheist organization, the rather derivatively named Freedom from Atheism Foundation, has been my current antagonist today. I got my holiday present as a lovely example of how incompetent and deceitful some theist can choose to be. As often occurs, the topics are familiar. If you are usually here to look at … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – when you just can’t good help these days
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – And this is why we call Trumpies deplorable
such TrueChristians (tm) aren't they?
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – some agnostics and their curious arguments
As I've indicated on other posts, I occasionally search on the terms "atheist" and "atheism" on Wordpress's blogs. Here I find a lot of posts by atheists, and also a lot by theists and agnostics too. Agnostics always strike me as very defensive. They seem to think that having no position is the only position. they also have a … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – some agnostics and their curious arguments
Club Schadenfreude 