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Any sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence is indistinguishable from God

Any sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence is indistinguishable from God

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Shermer’s Last Law Any sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence is indistinguishable from God As scientist extraordinaire and author of an empire of science-fiction...
Can Atheists Be Religious? Are there Religious Atheists?

Can Atheists Be Religious? Are there Religious Atheists?

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by Austin Cline Atheism and religion are often portrayed and treated as polar opposites; although there is a strong correlation between being an atheist and being irreligious, there is no...
Neil deGrasse Tyson: We Might Be Living In Higher Dimensions…But Our Senses Can’t Tell Yet.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: We Might Be Living In Higher Dimensions…But Our Senses Can’t Tell Yet.

Via: CB  •  Doubting Thomas' Lazaretto  •  152 Comments  •  6 years ago

I wanted to title this one:      Is Neil deGrasse Tyson a Scientist, Philosopher, or Gone Crazy?!
Philosophical Naturalism? Who you?

Philosophical Naturalism? Who you?

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Metaphysical naturalism, also called philosophical naturalism , is a philosophical worldview and belief system that holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations...
The dodgy science of wiping your backside

The dodgy science of wiping your backside

Via: CB  •  Doubting Thomas' Lazaretto  •  2 Comments  •  6 years ago

S cience is now a massive and expensive international project and one of the, perhaps inevitable, downsides of this success is the growth of dishonest practices. I have written before about...
The El Salvador pastors saving MS-13 gang members: 'The only way out is through Jesus’

The El Salvador pastors saving MS-13 gang members: 'The only way out is through Jesus’

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MS-13 gang members: 'The only way out is through Jesus’ Oh, yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
Paul Kurtz, 86, Humanist Publisher, Dies

Paul Kurtz, 86, Humanist Publisher, Dies

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Paul Kurtz, a philosopher whose advocacy of reason ahead of faith helped define contemporary secular humanism, died on Saturday at his home in Amherst, N.Y. He was 86. He had been treated...
Humanist Manifesto I

Humanist Manifesto I

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FIRST: Religious humanists regard the universe as self-existing and not created. SECOND: Humanism believes that man is a part of nature and that he has emerged as a result of a continuous...
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