We’ll I guess I knew it was coming … the signs were there … but alas my laptop has now departed this reality and gone to silicon heaven, so no posts for a day or two until a get a new one up and running. Panic not … Normal service will be resumed.
Promoting religion in public spaces has unintended consequence – Oklahoma now faces demand for a Statanic Monument
It is rather popular for the more conservative US elements to promote the idea of erecting a religious artifact in a public space. Remember now, the context here is that there is supposed to be a wall of separation between church and state to avoid granting a special privilege to a specific religious faction. OK, first some background context. The Oklahoma Republican-controlled Legislature (of course, who else) allowed a privately …Continue…
Sharon Hill on: “Being skeptical of eyewitness accounts”
Sharon Hill, writes a great article in the HuffPo all about why you should be skeptical of eyewitness accounts entitled … “I’m Not Making This Up: Why I’m Skeptical of Eyewitnesses“. To give you an idea, here are a few key phrases and observations that leapt out for me … …Memory is constructed. Pause a moment and let that sink in. Memory is not objective, it is constructed by our …Continue…
Being good without any god
Belief often insists that it retains the high moral ground and also asserts a monopoly over meaning, and yet the evidence for this is simply not there at all. It is perhaps all part of the psychology of belief where an appeal to our empathy is tapped into by asserting a claim that inside the belief resides all that is good and outside lurks evil and darkness, and so there …Continue…
