by Damien AtHope | Sep 1, 2016 | Short-writing or Quotes
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art How We Think is as Important as How We Behave. We should strive to be our best, not just in thinking and reasoning but in character and behavior. But we can be prone to desire the transformative feeling of superiority, which can then blind us...
by Damien AtHope | Feb 22, 2016 | Short-writing or Quotes
To me, “truth” is a value judgment we place as a label on what we believe is evidence. Thus, we should be compelled to validate the warrant to believe a value judgment we label as “truth” is actually supported with valid and reliable reason and evidence.
by Damien AtHope | Feb 2, 2016 | Short-writing or Quotes
Most Dangerous Phrase?To me, one of the most dangerous phrases is “I don’t follow man’s laws, I follow god’s laws” because they also seem to have a god that hates and justifies all the same hate, bigotry, oppression, and discrimination as they do. This often included...
by Damien AtHope | Jan 18, 2016 | Short-writing or Quotes
So, you call Atheism a belief system? It is not. Ok, well, I will humor you. If atheism is to be thought of as a belief system as religionists like to think, then it’s the confirmation of two philosophies, Rationalism (reason) and Empiricism (evidence), in...
by Damien AtHope | Jan 12, 2016 | Short-writing or Quotes
No gods and No Kings? Hell yes, No gods and no Kings! Only enlightened humans, freely working, as one shared humanity. We must own the responsibility and drive towards equalitarian hope, not simply as an individual but as a mindful group of individuals with...
by Damien AtHope | Jan 12, 2016 | Short-writing or Quotes
Free Secular Society? I am a firebrand atheist, and I am not for the oppression or abuse of religious believers. Rather, I want a free secular society with both freedom of religion and freedom from religion. Even though I wish for the end of faith and believing in...
