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I’m Right, You’re Wrong
Theology’s Oldest Growth Industry Theology has produced many great themes. There is The Constant Need for Money, which transforms the infinite Creator into the chief financial officer of a perpetually underfunded enterprise. There is Miracles for Me, Magic for Thee,… Continue reading
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When Worlds Refuse to Fit the Labels
Planets, Dwarf Planets, Moons, and the Problem of Classification On a cool, unexpectedly gray August morning in the Pacific Northwest, the kind where low clouds cling to the Cascades and summer seems to have misplaced itself, I settled into my… Continue reading
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Featured Memes for the week of Sep 9th
Starting a new service for readers, showing the featureed memes for the week. Meme featuring Matt Dillahunty’s departure from Christianity and arguing that a future minister becoming an atheist is not evidence that atheism is true, only that beliefs should… Continue reading
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Memes In Motion
So, an update to anyone who uses the memes stored here. We have been working to move the collection of remix and original memes to a new searchable Meme Library at https://celerykills.com/meme-library/. Migration is about 70% complete, so we are… Continue reading
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The Strawman in the Orchard
A Threads Conversation About Scientism Some arguments arrive dressed for the wrong century. They wander into a modern discussion wearing antique clothes, then act surprised when people point out the fashion problem. That was more or less the shape of… Continue reading
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If I Know That I Know Nothing, Can I Earn a Certificate for That?
This latest philosophical problem arrived on a cloudy Pacific Northwest afternoon, which is to say it arrived on a normal afternoon. I was staring out the window, watching certainty dissolve into mist over a stand of fir trees, when a… Continue reading
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The Constant Need for Money
A Brief History of Theology’s Most Reliable Miracle Theology has produced many great themes. There is I’m Right, You’re Wrong, the spiritual equivalent of planting a flag on a hill and declaring the map complete. There is Miracles for Me,… Continue reading
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The Convenient Atheist Nobody Actually Meets
Over the last few months, I have found myself noticing a familiar pattern spreading across social media feeds, particularly on Threads and Facebook. The examples differ, the subjects change, and the rhetoric shifts with the mood of the day, but… Continue reading
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Familiar Lies, Exhausted Truths
Beating the Illusory Truth Effect and the Refutation Burden of Propaganda Some lies do not win because they are convincing. They win because they are still standing after everyone else gets tired. That sounds cynical, and maybe it is, but… Continue reading
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On Distilling Philosophy Into Concentrated Nonsense
The other day, while wandering through Facebook for reasons I still cannot adequately defend, I stumbled into a discussion between a friend of mine and a local legend. Not a legend in the heroic sense, mind you. More like the… Continue reading
