Over at Bitchspot, a blogger named Cephus has been fisking my About Me section (which I'll get around to updating soon) to try to spot the roots of my errors. I'm not really interested in counter-fisking, but right near the end, Cephus cogently summarized an argument I've seen elsewhere, that I'd quite like to address. I'm the double-indent, Cephus follows. So welcome to the conversation. Play nice, but play to win. And don’t be afraid to show your hand. If you’re doing someone a … [Read more...]
Telling Better Deconversion Stories
May 9, 2012 By 25 Comments
A while ago, Hemant Mehta of Friendly Atheist had a post contrasting atheist deconversion stories with Christian conversion narratives. He thought atheists need to beef up speaking skills to be able to match the intense emotion of Christian "once was lost" stories. A lot of atheists stop believing in god after a long process of introspection. Maybe they read a book or a friend (or, ironically, a pastor) started them down that path, but there usually isn’t a “born again” moment. When … [Read more...]
More Beating Up on Lazy Humanism
April 17, 2012 By 25 Comments
There was a link to the definition from Webster's that the Council for Secular Humanism highlights at the top of their "What is Secular Humanism?" page (ellipses theirs): Secular. "Pertaining to the world or things not spiritual or sacred." Humanism. "Any system of thought or action concerned with the interests or ideals of people … the intellectual and cultural movement … characterized by an emphasis on human interests rather than … religion." Holy False Dichotomy, Batman! I would … [Read more...]
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