24 JAN 2015 by ideonexus
The Need for Diversity and Empathy in Science and Religion
The diversity of science also finds a parallel in the diversity of religion. Once, when I was a child, walking with my mother through the English cathedral town of Winchester, I asked her: "Why are there so many different churches?" My mother gave me a wise answer: "Because God likes it that way. If he had wanted us all to worship him in one church, he would not have made so many different kinds of people." That was an answer invented on the spur of the moment to satisfy the curiosity of a fi... 1 
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Science Overthrowing Religion
The claims of certain so-called scientific men as to 'science overthrowing religion' are as baseless as the fears of certain sincerely religious men on the same subject. The establishment of the doctrine of evolution in out time offers no more justification for upsetting religious beliefs than the discovery of the facts concerning the solar system a few centuries ago. Any faith sufficiently robust to stand the—surely very slight—strain of admitting that the world is not flat and does not ... 1 notes
notesTeddy Roosevelt makes important points about accepting the theory of evolution and how that does not impact religious faith.
28 MAR 2012 by ideonexus
Prejudice of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
Our Sunday mornings began with the smell of a big breakfast. Our traditional Sunday “worship” took place in our kitchen. We worshiped each other and thanked the adult income-makers for providing us all with good food, a roof over our heads, and all the comforts we never took for granted. Sunday breakfast was a time for planning the upcoming week (we all brought our calendars to the table), discussing the events of the past week, distributing allowances, enjoying good food, and a lot of jo...Folksonomies: atheism discrimination
Folksonomies: atheism discrimination
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notesStory of a child being subject to heartbreaking discrimination for being an atheist.
23 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Religion is Hubris
The fact that stares one in the face is that people of the greatest sincerity and of all levels of intelligence differ and have always differed in their religious beliefs. Since at most one faith can be true, it follows that human beings are extremely liable to believe firmly and honestly in something untrue in the field of revealed religion. One would have expected this obvious fact to lead to some humility, to some thought that however deep one's faith, one may conceivably be mistaken. Noth... 1 notes
notesQuoting Sir Hermann Bondi. To claim that you know the mind of god with great certainty is incredibly egotistical when you consider all the other divergent religious opinions making the same claim.
01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
The Military is Good For Space Exploration
The experience of space exploration gives no unique philosophy; to some
extent, each group tends to see its own philosophical view reflected, and not
always by the soundest logic: Nikita Khrushchev stressed that in the space flight of
Yuri Gagarin no angels or other supernatural beings were detected; and, in almost
perfect counterpoint, the Apollo 8 astronauts read from lunar orbit the Babylonian
cosmogony enshrined in Genesis, Chapter 1, as if to reassure their American
audience that the exp... 1 notes
notesThe competition against other militaries unites them against the public. Space flight would move them into a peacetime occupation.
23 JUL 2011 by ideonexus
The Principle of Religious Diversity
As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith, Let a man throw aside that narrowness of soul, that selfishness of principle, which the niggards of all professions are so unwilling to part with, and he will be at delivered of his fears on that head. Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. For myself, I fully and c... 1 notes
notesPaine argues that a plurality of religious beliefs with strengthen the country.
17 JUN 2011 by ideonexus
Attempts to Discern the Authorship of the Treatise of the...
here have been but few scholars whose religious beliefs were dubious, who have not been credited with the authorship of this treatise.
Avervoes, a famous Arabian commentator on Aristotle's works, and celebrated for his learning, was the first to whom this production was attributed. He lived about the middle of the twelfth century when the three impostors "were first spoken of. He was not a Christian, as he treated their religion as "the Impossible," nor a Jew, whose law he called "a Religion... 1 notes
notesA list of suspects, none of whom were probably involved with its authorship, that reads like a list of heretics.
02 JUN 2011 by ideonexus
Nurse's Pledge
With full knowledge of the responsibilities I am undertaking, I pledge
to care for my patients with all of the knowledge, skills, and
understanding that I possess, without regard to race, color, creed,
politics, or social status. I will spare no effort to conserve meaningful
life, to alleviate suffering, and to promote health.
I will refrain from any action, which might be harmful to the quality of
life or health of those I care for. I will respect, at all times, the
dignity and religious be...
1 Focuses on treating patients equally, respecting dignity, keeping knowledge current, and refraining from doing harm.
23 MAR 2011 by ideonexus
1933 Humanist Manifesto
The time has come for widespread recognition of the radical changes in religious beliefs throughout the modern world. The time is past for mere revision of traditional attitudes. Science and economic change have disrupted the old beliefs. Religions the world over are under the necessity of coming to terms with new conditions created by a vastly increased knowledge and experience. In every field of human activity, the vital movement is now in the direction of a candid and explicit humanism....
1 Original humanist manifesto, defining humanism's 15 affirmations.
