As shown at left, the ancient Roman stoic philosopher Seneca had a viewpoint on religion that is shared 100% by modern atheists.
Category: Sustainability
Understanding Social Democracy
I can’t swear that the content of the meme here is accurate; in fact, most affluent Scandinavians I run across admit that they pay higher taxes than Americans. They claim that the attraction is that they aren’t forced to live …
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The Coming Apocalypse
I had a friend who co-coached my son’s all-star soccer team with me 20+ years ago who told me, when I told him that I was an environmentalist, “Oh no, Craig, we must hasten to destroy the Earth, so as …
Do We Need More Fallacious Hate Speech?
Unfortunately, there are tens of millions of morons who believe hateful garbage like this. The average 10-year-old can understand that we can BOTH protect our citizens while obeying the U.S. Constitution and international law when it comes to treating the …
Empathy and Happiness
Exactly. Being indifferent to the suffering of others makes it easy to keep a smile on your face.
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Respecting Geologic History
Until I came across this statement from Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss years ago, it hadn’t dawned on me that teaching children evangelical Christianity could be properly called “child abuse.” I can tell you that I took some grief …
The Positive Effects We’ve Had on Others Are Profound, Whether We Know It or Not
There’s a theory that most people underestimate the positive effects they’ve had on other people. Yes, that’s the theme of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but it’s also the core of the 1995 film “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” in which a music …
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A Free Lunch?
My maternal grandfather was born in southeastern Pennsylvania in 1903 and told me when I was a boy that in the 1920s, times were so good that saloon owners would offer a free lunch, consisting of bread, cheese, and cold …
Bravery Meets Tragedy: An Unending Story
Here’s a story: He had 3 days left until graduation. STEM School Highlands Ranch. May 7, 2019. Kendrick Castillo was 18. A robotics student. College bound. Accepted into an engineering program. The final week of school felt like countdown, not …
Killing for God
Arthur C. Clarke makes a good point here. It reminds me of something neuroscientist Sam Harris said: Religion is to the human mind what a virus is to a computer.
