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June 2018

June 25, 2018

Who Are the Real Americans?

Why should I be judged any more or less suspect because of how long ago...

September 2016

September 21, 2016

Repost: If I Were an Unethical Atheist

[I'm taking a break from the blog to bond with and care for my new...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

Why Not a Distributed Congress?

I've just gotten back from a vacation in Europe, where the news coverage of the...

August 2013

August 21, 2013

If I Were an Unethical Atheist

More times than I can count, I've heard the argument that atheists can't be trusted...

May 2012

May 14, 2012

Getting Apologists to Go Off-Script

In a previous post about debating on Twitter, I wrote that I conduct most debates...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

What the Bible Could Have Said

Via Slacktivist, I came across a post on the Christian blog Exploring Our Matrix that...

July 2010

July 28, 2010

Reengineering Human Nature: Dogmatism

The Problem: Human beings are stubborn creatures, set in our ways, resistant to changing our...

July 16, 2010

Reengineering Human Nature: Pride

The Problem: According to Christianity and other monotheistic religions, pride is the deadliest sin. Taking...

July 09, 2010

Reengineering Human Nature: Selfishness

The Problem: Nearly all the world's religions teach that we should be generous to the...

June 2010

June 16, 2010

Reengineering Human Nature: Violence

The Problem: Many religions, including Christianity, teach that unjustified anger and violence are sins that...

June 11, 2010

Reengineering Human Nature: Lust

The Problem: According to the commandments of the major religions, God expects humans to have...

June 10, 2010

Reengineering Human Nature

"For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these...

July 2006

July 19, 2006

Designing the Afterlife

In his book The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis puts a challenge to those who...

March 2006

March 14, 2006

How Big is the Library of Babel?

One of my favorite short-story authors is the Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges. Many of...