tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post5731372582013646915..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: A choice between two religionsRon Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-67472530364544640182010-03-07T11:47:55.848-08:002010-03-07T11:47:55.848-08:00nice post. thanks.nice post. thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-62282572822305422602010-01-07T12:06:48.476-08:002010-01-07T12:06:48.476-08:00I don't think it's that atheists need a re...I don't think it's that atheists need a religion-replacement so much as you have to be religious to align yourself with the Republican party.<br /><br />(Some exceptions for single-issue voters like gun nuts, flat taxers, etc.) I've never met an atheist Republican who wasn't either a gun nut or a flat tax advocate.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-24768931325634432902010-01-03T17:30:09.568-08:002010-01-03T17:30:09.568-08:00@ SFG:
Well thanks for that.@ SFG:<br /><br />Well thanks for that.OneSTDVhttp://onestdv.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-16891491451856651282010-01-03T16:50:18.551-08:002010-01-03T16:50:18.551-08:00There's always the anarchist-atheist libertari...There's always the anarchist-atheist libertarian-atheist option (no gods, no masters), but nobody seems to take it. Probably, as you say, it is too bleak for most people.<br /><br />Another thing to consider is that churches often act as private welfare states--food drives, etc.SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-65850730064064229812010-01-03T16:47:22.901-08:002010-01-03T16:47:22.901-08:00"Wouldn't it be great if people could hit..."Wouldn't it be great if people could hitch their faith to reality instead of some big myth or other?"<br /><br />You are going to die. Your consciousness will be expunged. All you have worked for will likely pass into nothingness as well. Your children will eventually forget you and die themselves, and your descendants will likely not even know you existed. <br /><br />You will have to spend most of your time doing something you don't like to pay the bills, with an uncaring employer who can discharge you and thus ruin your livelihood at any time ruling over you.<br /><br />Your wife can divorce you at any time to collect alimony. Your husband can beat you up at any time and if you try to escape, may kill you.<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm not religious, but I don't blame people who are.SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-21527972323838580832010-01-03T06:07:36.319-08:002010-01-03T06:07:36.319-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-9133137948285158932010-01-01T17:02:34.389-08:002010-01-01T17:02:34.389-08:00Of course, Internet and communications make commun...Of course, Internet and communications make community to some extent not linked to a place and practical and render these more compatible with the mobile and variegated structure of American society. <br /><br />However, that kind of community is stuck in a position where it has to compete with your "real life" or "work" community for your attention and time, and I don't think interactions through text and video can really compete with fleshy interaction for most emotionally normal people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-12580644461563416462010-01-01T15:08:05.160-08:002010-01-01T15:08:05.160-08:00Nanonymous: Thanks. I redid Table 2, and I think i...Nanonymous: Thanks. I redid Table 2, and I think it does look a little better. On my screen, they always look fine.Ron Guhnamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-14299978933853371702010-01-01T14:45:40.024-08:002010-01-01T14:45:40.024-08:00"Roosevelt, Kennedy, and King": it's..."Roosevelt, Kennedy, and King": it's unnecessarily rude to the memory of King to classify him with those two twerps. As for "O"; oh dear!deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-29987457957305318752010-01-01T11:07:15.517-08:002010-01-01T11:07:15.517-08:00Ron,
I noticed that the quality of bitmap graphi...Ron, <br /><br />I noticed that the quality of bitmap graphics quality of your tables is consistently very poor. Sometimes even barely readable. Just a suggestion: this is because you use JPEGs; use GIF format and they will be as crisp as if they were text (and smaller in size). Jpeg excels at photographic pictures, GIF's best is in low complexity solid colors.Nanonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-39474846564709216732010-01-01T09:45:26.402-08:002010-01-01T09:45:26.402-08:00I wrote about atheists and liberalism here:
Liber...I wrote about atheists and liberalism here:<br /><br /><a href="http://onestdv.blogspot.com/2009/07/liberal-atheists-and-state.html" rel="nofollow">Liberal Atheists and the State</a>OneSTDVhttp://onestdv.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-32925836029463134282010-01-01T09:18:06.765-08:002010-01-01T09:18:06.765-08:00Wouldn't it be great if people could hitch the...Wouldn't it be great if people could hitch their faith to reality instead of some big myth or other?Michael Carr - Veritas Literaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017030835398885411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-73527396344591508972010-01-01T08:45:37.969-08:002010-01-01T08:45:37.969-08:00I'm glad to see you citing the SD, and interes...I'm glad to see you citing the SD, and interested to note that it decreases with increasing religiousness - implying that the religious are more homogeneous in their political views than the non-religious.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.com