Libertine

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. –Bertrand Russell While trying to come up with something to write about today, I visited a quote site where I found the quote above.  The first thing that popped into my mind was that of religion.   Wars [...]

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I’ve often considered what attracts different people to religion and what purposes religion has served in society.  Recently, I’ve been thinking of the converse: what makes people reject religion and the different reasons why people are either atheists or agnostics. I think there are several reasons, often depending on each particular person’s personality and outlook [...]

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It seems as if I have a homing device to attract the religious of all stripes.  I don’t know what it is; perhaps it’s my air of disrepute that attracts them like moths to a flame. Recently, they hired a new guy at my place of employment, a squeaky-clean, straight arrow kind of person.  I [...]

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In my book, there’s something seriously wrong with a church that would protect priests who molest children, but would immediately seek to excommunicate a priest who supports the ordination of female priests. Nearly 5,000 Catholic priests in the U.S. have sexually abused over 12,000 Catholic children.  The usual response from the Catholic heirarchy is not [...]

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