by Damien AtHope | Oct 17, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Infectious Ideas: An Epidemiological Approach to Religion by Bennett Gordon Social scientists find it helpful to think of ideas and religions spreading like infectious diseases. Phrases like “going viral” and “tipping points” are often used to describe the spread...
by Damien AtHope | Oct 17, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Here is a list of creation myths, as neither the bible’s or quran’s god as preposed creation myths are not special at all: Creation from chaos creation myths: *Cheonjiwang Bonpuri (a Korean creation myth) *Enûma Eliš (Babylonian creation myth) *Greek...
by Damien AtHope | Oct 8, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art If you say you doubt science, I will likely address the problem you now are burdened with backup such an assumption or assertion first concerning that you have a valid and reliable method of organizing, theorizing, and knowing any proposition...
by Damien AtHope | Oct 4, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Brave Thinker A thinker who earnestly directs, analyses, and challenges their own beliefs is brave. For it is better to search not like one with a belief to prove, no. First, one must drill down into the belief, exposing any and all flaws and, if there are, be willing...
by Damien AtHope | Oct 1, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Atheist, Antitheist, and Antireligionist I am an atheist (lack belief in or rejection of god$). I am an anti-theist (rejection of or see theism as harmful, ie. belief in god$ or the concepts themselves as harmful). I am an anti-religionist (rejection of or see...
by Damien AtHope | Sep 29, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
FREEDOM in relation to group status To me, there is some confusion about FREEDOM, which I see some make about the ontological nature of FREEDOM in relation to group status. They think it’s like being alone uninfringed by anything or anyone allowed to do anything. But...