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Comment on Another Example of How Religion Poisons Everything: SWINE FLU: GOD’S LATEST PUNISHMENT OF IDOL-WORSHIP « Republican Faith Chat by Sidney Carton

Sidney Carton — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:03:35 +0000

You assume that our hatred of each other would die with our acceptance of such truths. Has it never occured to you that religious extremism is merely an expression of our inherent selfishness? Human beings would find other reasons to slaughter each other were there no Gods. We would find other “absolute truths” upon which to base our hatreds. We would return to eugenics, or a more brutal utilitarianism. Darwinism is a great framework for biology and science, but when applied to morality and society, it shows a dark side. Natural selection is all to easily applied to the reinforcement of hierarchies based on current hegemonies. (The fittest are those who have most effectively monopolized the resources.)

Religious extremism and stupidity are not the disease, but symptoms of a far more profound disorder.

Comment on Monica is an artist by Derek Morrison

Derek Morrison — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:37:02 +0000

That makes me happy!

Comment on Coal Power Plant Retrofit With Solar by Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:49:43 +0000

Dude, it’s called a tree topper or a chainsaw. haha. I give it a couple of years and the cost of putting solar on the roof is going to drop like crazy and you’d have to be crazy, or unable, not to put them up there.

Comment on Saharan sun could power European supergrid by Michael

Michael — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:41:06 +0000

There is a new world wide web emerging right before our eyes. It is a global energy network and, like the internet, it will change our culture, society and how we do business. More importantly, it will alter how we use, transform and exchange energy.

Enough solar energy falls on the surface of the earth every 40 minutes to meet 100 percent of the entire world’s energy needs for a full year. There is no energy supply problem, there is an energy distribution problem — and the emerging solution is a new world wide web of electricity.

For more information, see http://www.terrawatts.com

Comment on Inhabitat » Commercializing Solar Power with Molten Salt by Saharan sun could power European supergrid « Operation Nerdblog

Saharan sun could power European supergrid « Operation Nerdblog — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:50:57 +0000

[...] over the southwest to give us clean power when we need it most (during the day). We could use the molten salt idea to generate several hours worth (if not all night’s worth) of power at night. If the molten [...]

Comment on I Joined the Church of Reality by Joey

Joey — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:22:33 +0000

From my experience, the biggest problem with religion (and with everything else) is that humans are involved.

Comment on We Got a Victrola “Talking Machine” by Derek Morrison

Derek Morrison — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:34:49 +0000

Throw that devilish contraption out at once! It will ruin live music!

Comment on We Got a Victrola “Talking Machine” by Monica

Monica — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:44:50 +0000

I hear they also have “talking pictures” now. I am also very excited about that.

Comment on Everyone in the world needs to watch this. by Celeste

Celeste — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:03:17 +0000

I totally agree with you. I just wanted to know where you got the image for the above post. I wanted to make a banner in support of evolution to put up on my blog and was wondering about copyright issues.

Do you own the image? If so, can I get permission to use it? I’ll credit you of course.
Let me know.

Thanks.

Comment on I Joined the Church of Reality by Derek Morrison

Derek Morrison — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:50:35 +0000

Love the flashy icon