The Hijacking of Morality
Morality has been hijacked. But how and by whom has it been hijacked? To understand this, we first need to understand what morality is about.
Questions for Religious People
This post is for a video I made in 2011. I actually got answers from someone today, and I realized it would help to have a list of the questions asked in the video for my own reference, if nothing else. It may also prove useful to someone answering the questions.
Robust Multiculturalism vs Rabid Monoculturalism
A robust multiculturalism has to ground itself in universal values, not in cultural relativism.
Interesting Kindle Deals for March 2016
Last updated: Monday, January 16, 2017I’ve put this one off much too long. If I don’t write it now, I won’t get it in for March. At least, writing it on the last day of March, I can comment on some titles more. First, here are the titles I bought this month: Health K2 is … [Read more…]
Interesting Kindle Deals for January, 2016
I have combed through more than 1,100 monthly Kindle deals for January, 2016 to come up with a small set of books that seem worth checking out. Check out the list before the month ends.
We are Robots
We are robots, literally. Life emerged when non-living self-replicators built autonomous machines to house, sustain, and reproduce them. We are robots, built by DNA, programmed by genes and memes.
Flaws in Paley’s Teleological Argument
Paley’s teleological argument for the existence of God argues that the universe is designed, but it has a hard time explaining flaws in the design, such as death, suffering, disease, and conflict.
Must We Presuppose God to Account for Existence?
The argument from existence claims that we must presuppose God to account for existence. But can the existence of God really explain existence?
Abiogenesis by Natural Selection
Evolution by natural selection didn’t start with life. Anything that can replicate itself can evolve. Life came about from the evolution of non-living replicators.