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A Conversation with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Part 1)

Hugh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:45:06 +0000

Sam Ogden, contributing writer for the wildly popular skeptical blog, Skepchick, sits down with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium and the NOVA scienceNOW program for a conversation about the universe, scientific literacy, and sundry other topics. Part 1 covers the latest in astrophysics and the universe.

Why do we believe in GOD?

Hugh — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:21:01 +0000

Rafael… Dude, you rock. Welcome to the blog world.

whygod.weebly.com

Thanks for coming out for non-belief. You are on my list of favorites already.

I’m just an average Joe. I do not believe in any dogma or any powerful being. I don’t like labels but I guess I’m an atheist, although I think of my self as just plain rational. I don’t claim to disprove God’s existence, I make no such claim because I cannot prove that God doesn’t exist. No religion can prove that he does either. It’s all faith. I know that I cannot compete against faith. I am just talking about having reasonable doubt.

I think that’s fantastic… if we took God to court, he would surely lose on that basis alone.

Update: Weebly sucks and Rafael’s site may be down.

2nd Update: Weebly still sucks but whygod is back up with minor damage. Why would they have taken every weebly site down for several hours during peak US surfing hours? Idiots.

This Blog Is Rated Arrr

Hugh — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:23:25 +0000

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This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:

* hell (9x)
* death (3x)
* punch (1x)

I think this is quite silly particularly based on the words used to rate, but I suppose I haven’t offered anything better. Therefore, my blog is rated R.

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What’s My Blog Rated?

Atheist in the Closet

Hugh — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:49:31 +0000

Well, that about sums it up for me too:

Anonymity: Shield of the Atheist Blogger

What a shame that we can’t live openly as non-believers without it negatively affecting our livelihood in some way.

Last week we had a coworker emerge from surgery with favorable results. One of the senior leaders in the company couldn’t resist but to publicly thank “the Lord” for the positive outcome via e-mail to a large distribution. This was followed by a large number of Reply All e-mails with things such as “Amen”. I wanted to reply, “Yes, we are very fortunate to live in the 21st century — medical technology has done wonders by allowing us to extend our lifespans and quality of life significantly. We should all get together and thank the surgeon…”

Instead, I quietly rolled my eyes and got back to work. I think I’ll be discrete for just a little longer.