by Damien AtHope | May 7, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Faith is an invalid method to know the reality qualities of the world. Thus, every theory proposed from or with faith is equally invalid and since all gods and religions require faith at some point in the belief ownership process as or in place of evidence and/or...
by Damien AtHope | May 7, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Archie John Bahm (21 August 1907 – 12 March 1996) was an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of New Mexico. Archie was one of the signers of the first Humanist Manifesto and in 1933 he contributed to The New Humanist, listing 10 items...
by Damien AtHope | May 7, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Blasphemy laws are abusive religious fascism: Fascism (in general use) expresses extreme right-wing/religious right, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice; political factions characterized by their strong support of socially conservative religious policies...
by Damien AtHope | May 5, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
The Need to be a Friend Even up to a couple of years ago I had to learn that I could not act the same around or with everyone. I am from southern california and was raised in areas that had a steady threat of gang or other violence and so I became very aggressive in...
by Damien AtHope | May 3, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Well, I don’t really think the way I do because of an “atheist” book. However, I would say that these books really furthered my thinking. Here are a few books: 1.”Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman, that helped me conceptualize irrational thinking...
by Damien AtHope | May 1, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Rationalism, Freethinker, Humanism & Secular Humanism? My “Rationalism” is a philosophy in which a high regard is given to reason (specifically logic) and to empirical observation. ref To me, “Freethinker” is a person who forms their own...