"Teach a man to reason and he’ll think for a lifetime."
— Phil Plait @ The Amaz!ng Meeting 8
(via godtoldmeto)
AC Grayling is one of the most well spoken individuals I think I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to.
(via orbitalteapot)
Really?
Their logical conclusion is to say the kid’s nightmares are from a past life, and there is no other explanation for his statements?
You’re really going to label your child like that, and force him to grow up thinking he’s really someone else?
Do you even know what that could do to your kid, psychologically and emotionally?
"Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions."
— Frater Ravus
Until your sensory perceptions can be proven infallible, I’ll just take your “personal arguments” for theism with a grain of salt.
Christopher Hitchens clip from Collision (via WhyWon’tGodHealAmputees)
This might be the most straightforward argument I’ve ever seen Hitchens make during a debate. That’s not to say he’s unreasonable in other debates, but rather that he gets himself a bit convoluted from time to time.
"What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer."
— Bertrand Russell
Yep. That’s about right. I love the “Children raised by gays will become gay!”
