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Lazy Twitter Shakespeare 15 May 2013 | 10:03 pm
Today I bring you a different kind of grumpy intolerance, and also some poetry. I’ll probably be a prosaic hippy again later. So Twitter is this place where people like being funny and making self-ref...
Backtracking 10 May 2013 | 10:05 pm
Okay, forget everything in my last few posts. Turns out I was completely wrong, and some people are just shits who need a fucking slap. Fuck. Off. You fucking. Fucks. Yeah, I don’t care if you are nin...
Do mockery and ridicule have a place in rational debate? 7 May 2013 | 08:33 pm
The short answer, I think, is “yes, but”. Actually no, that’s too short. Even the short answer’s fairly long, by normal short-answer standards. Let’s just dive right into the long answer, then. Hayley...
The virtuous circle of rational non-dickitude 4 May 2013 | 05:29 pm
There’s two things we need more of: Rationality Compassion Those are the big two, anyway. Not a revelation in itself, but my ideas crystallise interestingly now and then. In particular, my mind keeps ...
The Persistence of Evil 1 May 2013 | 10:40 pm
I think a lot of religious conversation might be really unnecessary. Least shocking opening sentence ever right there. Really? Conversations about religion? Unproductive and futile? Surely not! I mean...
Ask An Atheist (and he shall answer) 29 Apr 2013 | 10:23 pm
When I get around to it, anyway. And after I’ve done enough housework and drunk all the tea that needs drinking. So, these questions you asked ages ago before I got lazy – or busy, let’s go with busy ...
Ask An Atheist – Answers! #1 21 Apr 2013 | 07:43 pm
Why do atheists spend so much time attacking a god who they say doesn’t exist? I wasn’t asked this one in the comments of my blog post soliciting questions a few days ago, but it came up in a Twitter ...
Individual liberty: still not exactly rocket surgery 20 Apr 2013 | 06:11 pm
If you’re arrested in the USA, you’re entitled to certain rights. Being arrested’s not the same as being formally found guilty, after all. Once you’ve been convicted, you become a convict; if they jus...
Ask (Me,) An Atheist (Day) 18 Apr 2013 | 08:01 pm
So, as even my new followers in this exciting post-Bieber era have probably noticed by now, I’m an atheist. And there’s this thing called Ask An Atheist Day. It’s more of an occasion on certain campus...
Can you beat the Better-Than-God challenge? 17 Apr 2013 | 08:51 pm
Let’s play God for a moment. You can take a while to get into character, if you like. Feel free to dress up, put on a fake beard, kill some children with bears, whatever helps. Okay. So you’re God. Yo...
