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POPSGood Article Until... I'd like someone to explain how awareness begins at conception. That's baseless without believing in magical thinking. Without a nervous system developed to a certain degree I'd conjecture that there can be no "awareness".
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POPSFloridians Upset! Not surprisingly, the good Christians in Florida are up in arms about those "militant" atheists. Out of curiosity I wonder what the ratio of religious to atheist billboards is?
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POPSRemember Your Hardhats! This question came to me while I was outside this afternoon. How much does a cloud weigh? The answer surprised me. Pretty neat!
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POPSArthropods on the March cont. You better start practicing your tango is you hope to get along with our new arthropod overlords. I saw this movie in the 50s!
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POPSWorkplace Rights cont. If you don’t talk about your personal life at all, you don’t form connections or friendships with your co-workers. You are perceived as ‘distant.’ That is not a behavior that tends to lead to promotion or professional recognition. The remaining option is to change pronouns and names. This is a nuisance. Forming relationships with co-workers based on lying is not likely to lead to long-term friendships. If you do form friendships, you have to go to great lengths to keep your work friends away from your real friends, where ‘real’ is defined as people you don’t feel compelled to lie to.
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POPSAhmadinejad and Reality Don't Mix Cultural differences aside, this joker seems to be the epitomeof the political tin ear. Of course I realize that his remarkes are directed to his countrymen but as far as political naivety he certainly wins the prize.
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POPSOut! You Demons!!! Too bad they don't have laws against abject stupidity.Such ignorance is inexcusable. But such is the nature of religion. And such is the danger of religion.
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POPSReligious Law Granted, Somalia has major problems as a country. IMO, these draconian religious actions can't be in the best interests of the Somali people. But such is the power of religious indoctrination. Another stunning example on how theocracy is a cancer when used as a governing method.
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POPSJesus Machine Gets Sued One of the most well known televangelist is getting sued. Could this paragon of morality have done something illegal? Couldn't be!
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POPSHate Filled Theists This incident saddens me as it should all rational people. I know from personal acquaintances that racism and bigotry are a component of many religious people's lives. These days it is uaually hidden and brought up only under "safe" conditions. Such a public display of hatred and bigotry is truly regrettable.
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POPSWell, That Seals the Deal for Me! It's too bad they didn't cover the goat sacrifice that took place earlier in the Rose Garden. The altar, blood and flames would have played much better than this somewhat lame little ceremony.
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POPSAnd a heaven-o to you too It's a good bet that somewhere in Texas some legislature is thinking about coming up with a really ridiculous law. And frequently it has something to do with telling others just how godly they are.
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POPSHate on the Rise This took me by surprise. Georgia is one of five states that doesn't have laws related to hate crimes. Given the simmering prejudice that is still prevalent here I suppose I'm not too shocked. It took us literally years to rid our state flag of the Rebal flag. All, of course, in the name of "preserving our heritage". Many were not taken in by that particular canard.
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POPSJesus Intervenes to Save Woman I realize that bringing up the countless times prayer doesn't result in the hoped for outcome would be futile. Theists invariably fall back on the "mysterious ways" explanation. If I were her I'd give credit to my daughter who called the cops. But that's just crazy!
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POPSInhofe The Bizarre This joker takes the cake. Just when you think he's truly cooked his own goose he comes out with more outrageous crap like this. If I was an Oklahoman I'd be deeply embarrassed.
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POPSWant to Move to Atlanta? Here's your chance. The bargain of a lifetime! Come on down to Atlanta and life like a king. Eat grits in your very own wedding chapel!
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POPSFixer Upper? It freaked out the guy who took these shots. There is something about old, abandoned places like this. Or rather, it may be more correct to say they do have a unique ability to get our imaginations running.
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POPS3D Art An assortment of 3d art from scifi to cartoon to fantasy.
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POPSFemale Beauty is Not Only for the Young As a ... ahem... more mature male, I was gratified to see a piece on naturally beautiful older women. We still seem to worship youth so it is nice to see the other end of the spectrum recognized.
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POPSDiscussion is a Good Thing It's time to turn the lights on. Don't let religion hide under its cloak of "un-critizablility". It is nothing but a set of ideas and like any idea is subject to being questioned.
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POPSNazis and Abortionists - Not In the Way You Think Cont. As Gloria Steinem pointed out in 1982, a flaw "in the fervent condemnations of pro-choice advocates as Nazis is that Hitler himself, and the Nazi doctrine he created, were unequivocally opposed to any individual right to abortion." Steinem notes: "Under Hitler, choosing abortion became sabotage; a crime punishable by hard labor for the woman and a possible death penalty for the abortionist." Hmmm, let me see: a "death penalty for the abortionist." Some things really haven't changed much since 1933. Back then, it was the Nazis condemning "abortionists" to death. Today, it's the extremist, hate-filled evangelical "Christian" bigots whose twisted rhetoric is encouraging violence against doctors who practice abortion.
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POPSRadical Right Spokesman Shows His Stripes Using inflammatory, emotion laden language gauged to stir anger among the Religious Right, Randall Terry spews forth his usual brand of god-inspired, holier than thou bile, to justify the killing of another human being. Granted, he's on the fringe. The sad fact is that I hear justifications that Terry makes aped by his less vitriolic as well. By and large, they all hinge on religious dogma. Not on fact, not on science, but on arbitrary rules set forth by religious authorities.
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POPSMan Made Gods This article does not lend itself to a short clip. If you're interested follow the link to the original and take the time to read it in full. It explores certain concepts that are at the root of why people believe in gods. Excellent food for thought. This is just part of a series of articles on this subject. Stay tuned!
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POPSHistory Repeats? Sound familiar? I imagine Chaney would have fit right in. There truly is nothing new under the sun.
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POPSBelieve It or Not I stumbled upon this investigation of two photos, supposedly both of Abe Lincoln. Hard to believe but supposedly well vetted.
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POPSGood Reasons for Church State Separation This excellent article (of which the clip is merely a teaser) spells out in a logical and reasonable fashion what is so wrong about the inclusion of a religious motif in the command structure of the military.
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