Tim Minchin (via AtheistMediaBlog)

— L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, allegedly spoken in 1950, two years prior to its creation.

(via Pharyngula)

Now, it doesn’t seem like she’s qualified to make the economic statements she does concerning Smith’s Invisible Hand (not that I’m saying she’s wrong; I simply don’t know), but the overarching message is pretty blatantly sound.  

Optimism? Pessimism? Cynicism? All delusions of one form or another. I much prefer realism, skepticism, and empiricism.

An 11-year-old boy’s parents say that he has been having memories of a WWII pilot killed in battle 60 years ago. (via CNN.com)

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?

Until your sensory perceptions can be proven infallible, I’ll just take your “personal arguments” for theism with a grain of salt.