Comments for 20 gram Soul http://20gramsoul.com Friendly outgoing eclectic agnostic seeks one gram of soul Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:30:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on About by Calvin the theologian and Calvin the theoretical neurobiologist « Neuroanthropology http://20gramsoul.com/about/#comment-2615 Calvin the theologian and Calvin the theoretical neurobiologist « Neuroanthropology Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:03:47 +0000 1318701944#comment-2615 [...] The cognitive leap that led to our augmented mind - the ability to read another person’s mind - is perhaps the same cognitive leap that led us to anthropomorphise nature, i.e. it may have led us to formulate our ideas of God(s) and possibly Religion(s). Whilst a our modern scientific understanding could be used to disprove the existence of anthropomorphic Gods, it may be more important that we deepen a sense of ethical-spirituality or well-living in order to reintegrate our living habits into a harmonious relationship with our ecology. For some interesting posts and links to the question of God, I recently found this blog: 20gramsoul [...] [...] The cognitive leap that led to our augmented mind - the ability to read another person’s mind - is perhaps the same cognitive leap that led us to anthropomorphise nature, i.e. it may have led us to formulate our ideas of God(s) and possibly Religion(s). Whilst a our modern scientific understanding could be used to disprove the existence of anthropomorphic Gods, it may be more important that we deepen a sense of ethical-spirituality or well-living in order to reintegrate our living habits into a harmonious relationship with our ecology. For some interesting posts and links to the question of God, I recently found this blog: 20gramsoul [...]

]]> Comment on Organised Atheism by Ben Barnett http://20gramsoul.com/2007/10/21/organised-atheism/#comment-2448 Ben Barnett Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:00:39 +0000 http://20gramsoul.com/2007/10/21/organised-atheism/#comment-2448 I liked Sam Harris's comments on this topic from the AAI Conference in 2007. I agree that 'atheist' isn't the word we should be promoting, although it is one descriptor we can be comfortable with. Why can't we all just be... Reasonable? When people ask me what I "am", I just say I'm Reasonable. If they press me further, I usually smile and say I'm a Fundamentalist, Evangelical Agnostic. Great blog you've got here. I'd love to get added to your blogroll (and of course I'd do the same). Check out mine at www.createcognitivedissonance.wordpress.com! Ben I liked Sam Harris’s comments on this topic from the AAI Conference in 2007. I agree that ‘atheist’ isn’t the word we should be promoting, although it is one descriptor we can be comfortable with. Why can’t we all just be… Reasonable? When people ask me what I “am”, I just say I’m Reasonable. If they press me further, I usually smile and say I’m a Fundamentalist, Evangelical Agnostic. Great blog you’ve got here. I’d love to get added to your blogroll (and of course I’d do the same). Check out mine at http://www.createcognitivedissonance.wordpress.com!

Ben

]]> Comment on How Small We Are by davidmabus http://20gramsoul.com/2008/03/16/how-small-we-are/#comment-2115 davidmabus Fri, 02 May 2008 02:12:59 +0000 1645963588#comment-2115 For Dawkins and Randi and the rest of the so-called "critical thinkers"... The *MODEL* of mental health: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBEbfiaZTfc "Look at the ANGLE OF THE KEY....see that, see that...." what a fucking idiot this Randi is.....a REAL CRITICAL THINKER..... Visit: http://www.centerforinquiry.net/forums/viewthread/3283/P0/ to see how we stopped James Randi's fraudulent MILLION DOLLAR PARANORMAL challenge..... watch carefully the consequences of Randi's *idea*….. For over 40 years James Randi Zwigert (is this even a REAL NAME?) has had total control over who and how the testing was conducted, yet despite all this he has terminated the challenge. The ONLY REASON why the challenge was stopped is because he lost and refused to pay. PS: Love the IRONY of the BULLSHI*T sign over Randi's ugly little head For Dawkins and Randi and the rest of the so-called “critical thinkers”…

The *MODEL* of mental health:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBEbfiaZTfc

“Look at the ANGLE OF THE KEY….see that, see that….”

what a fucking idiot this Randi is…..a REAL CRITICAL THINKER…..

Visit:

http://www.centerforinquiry.net/forums/viewthread/3283/P0/

to see how we stopped James Randi’s fraudulent MILLION DOLLAR PARANORMAL challenge…..

watch carefully the consequences of Randi’s *idea*…..

For over 40 years James Randi Zwigert (is this even a REAL NAME?) has had total control over who and how the testing was conducted, yet despite all this he has terminated the challenge.

The ONLY REASON why the challenge was stopped is because he lost and refused to pay.

PS: Love the IRONY of the BULLSHI*T sign over Randi’s ugly little head

]]> Comment on How Small We Are by Andrew Reynolds http://20gramsoul.com/2008/03/16/how-small-we-are/#comment-2092 Andrew Reynolds Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:10:01 +0000 1645963588#comment-2092 Well, I could say that we are lucky enough that our planet is "special" . Thanks for sharing this video. :) Well, I could say that we are lucky enough that our planet is “special” . Thanks for sharing this video. :)

]]> Comment on Soft Atheist, Hard Agnostic by jeremy brooks http://20gramsoul.com/2007/07/15/soft-atheist-hard-agnostic/#comment-2076 jeremy brooks Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:27:09 +0000 http://20gramsoul.com/2007/07/15/soft-atheist-hard-agnostic/#comment-2076 Well, i guess there needs to be at least one theist comment. I actually think discussions like this are important. Actually as a Christian, I believe that God welcomes these sort of discussions as long as we all keep an open mind. Therefore I must keep an open mind to. I enjoyed reading these comments, and although I haven't 'converted' to atheism, or agnosticism, there is certainly much to think about in the above. So thanks everybody. Questions welcomed! jeremy Well, i guess there needs to be at least one theist comment.
I actually think discussions like this are important. Actually as a Christian, I believe that God welcomes these sort of discussions as long as we all keep an open mind. Therefore I must keep an open mind to. I enjoyed reading these comments, and although I haven’t ‘converted’ to atheism, or agnosticism, there is certainly much to think about in the above. So thanks everybody.
Questions welcomed!

jeremy

]]> Comment on How Small We Are by Susan from Thrusites design http://20gramsoul.com/2008/03/16/how-small-we-are/#comment-2075 Susan from Thrusites design Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:46:13 +0000 1645963588#comment-2075 Wow, I finally found somebody who thinks the same about the, as you call it, “our imagined self-importance” :-O But I think, that only "young" religion are so stupid, that they cant see how wrong they are... Wow, I finally found somebody who thinks the same about the, as you call it, “our imagined self-importance” :-O But I think, that only “young” religion are so stupid, that they cant see how wrong they are…

]]> Comment on How Small We Are by Heathen Dan http://20gramsoul.com/2008/03/16/how-small-we-are/#comment-2066 Heathen Dan Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:09:46 +0000 1645963588#comment-2066 Thanks for the gif file, it really puts our planet's "significance" to the cosmological scheme of things. Thanks for the gif file, it really puts our planet’s “significance” to the cosmological scheme of things.

]]> Comment on Soft Atheist, Hard Agnostic by 20 gram Soul : Organised Atheism http://20gramsoul.com/2007/07/15/soft-atheist-hard-agnostic/#comment-2064 20 gram Soul : Organised Atheism Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:11:12 +0000 http://20gramsoul.com/2007/07/15/soft-atheist-hard-agnostic/#comment-2064 [...] do atheists share? Nothing. Many of us can’t even agree on a definition of Atheism! I don’t mean to say that there’s nothing that we share, but what we do share is, quite [...] [...] do atheists share? Nothing. Many of us can’t even agree on a definition of Atheism! I don’t mean to say that there’s nothing that we share, but what we do share is, quite [...]

]]> Comment on “Atheist” as a label by 20 gram Soul : Organised Atheism http://20gramsoul.com/2007/07/30/atheist-as-a-label/#comment-2063 20 gram Soul : Organised Atheism Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:10:56 +0000 http://20gramsoul.com/2007/07/30/atheist-as-a-label/#comment-2063 [...] the effort to bring atheists together and to “out” themselves, but on the other, I still see the label “Atheist” as useful as “non-chocolate lover” or non-spice girls [...] [...] the effort to bring atheists together and to “out” themselves, but on the other, I still see the label “Atheist” as useful as “non-chocolate lover” or non-spice girls [...]

]]> Comment on Organised Atheism by mark http://20gramsoul.com/2007/10/21/organised-atheism/#comment-1997 mark Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:07:43 +0000 http://20gramsoul.com/2007/10/21/organised-atheism/#comment-1997 Yes, atheist does describe the lack of something, so it describes a negative. Some groups are trying to promote th use of the term "Brights". But I disagree over your suggestion that we even need a label. I want to propagate the notion that you can be a moral person and also not believe in god. In order to do that, I have to use the term that people understand. That term is atheist. But I agree that we should not need labels, and that the term atheist is a negative descriptor. But I use it for lack or a better one, and I doubt there is another way for me to meet my desire to propagate my goal, as described above. Yes, atheist does describe the lack of something, so it describes a negative. Some groups are trying to promote th use of the term “Brights”.

But I disagree over your suggestion that we even need a label. I want to propagate the notion that you can be a moral person and also not believe in god. In order to do that, I have to use the term that people understand. That term is atheist.

But I agree that we should not need labels, and that the term atheist is a negative descriptor. But I use it for lack or a better one, and I doubt there is another way for me to meet my desire to propagate my goal, as described above.

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