Adventus

That atheism is "parasitic" of religious belief cannot really be gainsaid.  In a world where no one believes, who would count themselves an "a-theist"?
But more interesting is the argument of many on-line atheists (at least) that religious belief is all about certainty, and so it is a fairy-tale version of reality. Yet it is scientists and atheists who seem to assert the virtue of certainty over all...

You know, the creepy thing about the premise of "The Truman Show" is that a child (Jim Carrey) was raised solely for the monetary benefit of another (the company producing and broadcasting the TV show of Truman's life).
And I'm trying now to figure out how that differs from the case of the Duggar family....

It's a mattress!  It's a protest!  It's a "rape performance piece"!
I've been struggling to formulate this issue, and I think I finally have.
What is the worst thing that ever happened to you?  And was it traumatic? Or were you told it was traumatic?  Do you even know what "trauma" is, or do you just think it's something very bad you can never forget?...

Talked today at the open forum which meets every Sunday afternoon in the high school.  The "lunatic fringe" of the city congregates there, in addition to many sensible people.  The question period in such meetings is unfortunately monopolized to a great...