Ecology and rationalism
As an alternative to religion, ecology seems more viable than secular humanism. Secular Humanism, like religion, seems to result from over-estimating the ecological and cosmological […]
More notes on religion
It may be the case that fundamentalism and fanaticism will increase in the short to midterm as religiosity overall declines in the longrun, barring the […]
Solace and common ground
-I used to seek solace and nourishment from gathering with like-minded people ( such as when I was almost exclusively focused on LGBT issues 15 […]
Notes on theology 9-20-14, taken from an email correspondence
I will try to answer regarding one of the Brothers Karamazov characters claiming, “if the soul of man is not immortal, anything is permissible, even […]
I wonder about the idea among some vegans that we should value nonhuman life–all else being equal—-on par with human life. But it’s tricky. On […]
Transcendence
As a materialist (philosophy of mind), I suspect that something similar to what we might call ‘transcendence’ may be possible, but not in a dualist […]
Notes on technology and human self-interest
From Jay White : ” what do you think technology (logical as well as hardware) can do in bettering ecology and humanity? what role do […]
Notes on attitude and method
Thanks Mary, While thinking about your comments and comments from Jay and Sylvia, I’m reminded today (in contrast to my defensive justification yesterday) that I’m […]
Notes on the future of religion
Regardless of whether non-fundamentalist Christians emphasize hell or not, it’s still part of scripture. Clearly, those who wrote the books of the New Testament describe […]
Breathless prayer
Somehow reading studies about the neurological foundation of religious experience reminded me of this. If nothing else, this might be good for a laugh. In […]