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Fish in Space: Disavowing the Chapel Hill Murders
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Disavowing the Chapel Hill Murders. I've been slogging through a post taking another look at Pope Francis I. As he enters his third year as the Supreme Pontiff, but the murder of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill. Police said in a statement Wednesday morning that a dispute about parking in the neighborhood of rented condominiums may have led to the incident. So let's stop pre...
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Fish in Space: God is intangible, unknowable and ineffable. Except when he isn't. (updated)
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Friday, July 17, 2015. God is intangible, unknowable and ineffable. Except when he isn't. (updated). One of the fundamental flaws I often criticize about religious belief is when believers want their cake and eat it too. Specifically, I refer to when their arguments rely too heavily on special pleading. Revelations and which are heresy? So which is it? Is a god knowable or not? A middle-aged man (sad, but tr...
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Fish in Space: August 2014
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Thursday, August 28, 2014. The Cult of the Celestial Unicorn Herd. One objection to comparing the evidence for unicorns to the evidence for gods is that they're not the same thing. Unicorns didn't create the universe, God did. But how do you justify this claim? There's just as much evidence to support the creation of the universe by a herd of unicorns as there is creation by a god. Links to this post. God be...
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Fish in Space: Hillary Clinton and the Democrats
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. The Democrats have a problem in the US. Liberals have been the media's favorite punching bag for quite some time, and a lot of Democrats have been running away from it for that reason. That leaves at least a quarter of the nation with little to no representation. Enter The Third Way,. An attitude that I find infuriating in American politics is the...
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Fish in Space: July 2015
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Monday, July 20, 2015. For forty years it's been an article of faith that low voter turnout favors Republican candidates. It's one of the reasons why people attribute more electoral victories for Republicans in mid-term election seasons than for Democrats. The truth is that low voter participation favors extremism. Of course, conservatives are quick to argue that these laws aren't racist at all,. Republican ...
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Fish in Space: What Is The Great Existential Threat To Civilization?
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Friday, October 10, 2014. What Is The Great Existential Threat To Civilization? Thanks, Bill Maher. They're all correct and they're all wrong. Islam is. What do you think would happen if we let Christianity off the leash? Do you think the liberal churches would survive very long? How long would it take before a new Inquisition or three are resurrected to root out the heresy within Christendom?
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Fish in Space: Modern Voter Suppression
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Monday, July 20, 2015. For forty years it's been an article of faith that low voter turnout favors Republican candidates. It's one of the reasons why people attribute more electoral victories for Republicans in mid-term election seasons than for Democrats. The truth is that low voter participation favors extremism. Of course, conservatives are quick to argue that these laws aren't racist at all,. Republican ...
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Fish in Space: September 2014
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Thursday, September 11, 2014. Why I Am An Atheist. I don't know if Tim Minchin had this post in mind when he wrote this song but it's possible. He's a fiendishly clever fellow. I'll just give him credit for helping to inspire this little essay while listening to this song. There are lots of reasons for me to be an atheist; the lack of evidence for gods, the mountain of debunked religious claims, the a priori.
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Fish in Space: November 2014
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Tuesday, November 25, 2014. What is left to say that hasn't already been said? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A middle-aged man (sad, but true) with a family halfway around the world and a dream of one day writing for a living instead of begging for scraps. View my complete profile. The Conscience of a Liberal.
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Fish in Space: Why Does the Chapel Hill Atrocity Matter?
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A middle-aged man dreaming of the day when he can stop begging for scraps and write for a living. Thursday, February 12, 2015. Why Does the Chapel Hill Atrocity Matter? It's only the second day since Craig Stephen Hicks. And a lot of atheists are already tired of hearing about it. Although the police have been careful to avoid accusing Hicks of a hate crime, everyone else has been quick to leap to that judgment. We've been saying it for a while but it needs repeating:. Atheism doesn't inform our actions.
