Browsing the archives for the PHIL 500 category

Don’t pray for me Argentina

in Atheism, Prayer, Religion Blog, Religious Belief

Well, I only stuck with the title because I think Hitchens would see the humor and agree. Share/Bookmark

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Doesn’t Louisiana have enough on its plate?

in Christianity, Church and State, Design arguments, Education, Evolution, Faith versus Reason, Religion Blog, Science

I’m not sure this school board in Louisiana has thought this through. Benton said that under provisions of the Science Education Act enacted last year by the Louisiana Legislature, schools can present what she termed “critical thinking and creationism” in science classes. Board Member David Tate quickly responded: “We let them teach evolution to our [...]

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Social costs of being an athesist

in Atheism, Religion Blog

Very good blog post on outing oneself as an atheist by Lauri Lebo.  This wasn’t surprising: 57 percent of U.S. respondents said they felt they would suffer at least minor social repercussions in the workplace if they came out as an atheist, compared to only 35 percent of respondents in Canada, 24 percent of Australians, [...]

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Do transplants transfer moral qualities?

in Evil, Religion Blog, Science

Will getting a transplant from a murderer make you evil? More people willing to refuse transplant from a criminal. Share/Bookmark

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Continued rise in suicides among middle aged

in Death and Immortality, Suicide

Not a great statistic among Boomers. Share/Bookmark

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Franklin, Aristotle, and immortality

in Death and Immortality, Religion Blog

A reminder about the connection between notions of immortality, obituaries and Aristotle’s view about assessing a whole life. Franklin’s view offers us shades (pun intended) of Plato, too. When Socrates says that philosophers especially should be in training for death during their lives, he means, in part, that the best is yet to come, i.e., [...]

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A unified study of suicide

in Books, Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Suicide

From the Chronicle of Higher Education, a review on a new about the myths relating to suicide by Thomas Joiner: As its title announces, Myths About Suicide also seeks to debunk the myriad ways that suicide is stigmatized by ignorance, disgust, contempt, and callousness. Is suicide cowardly, as commonly held? No, says Joiner, because overriding [...]

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Painting for the survivors

in Art, Death and Immortality, Funerals, PHIL 500, Religion Blog

Painting for the survivors with no questions asked. Here in the Sinaloan capital of Culiacan, Espinoza also specializes in painting religious imagery on the opulent mausoleums that serve as the final resting places for hundreds of traffickers slain in Mexico’s raging war on drug cartels. The audio slideshow on Espinoza is here. Share/Bookmark

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Dr. “Death” on HBO

in Death and Immortality, Movies, PHIL 500, Suicide

Isn’t it odd how when you are studying something, be it a car to buy or a topic you’re studying in class, that BAM! The car, the topic, or whatever seems to be everywhere. When I was in high school I used to feel that I was much more responsible for the cosmic convergence. Nowadays, [...]

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Who says there can’t be postmortem activism?

in Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Postmortem state, Religion Blog

Kinda creepy. But right in line with our discussions of experiencing postmortem good or harm. Through an unusual bequest in her will, the late Bea Arthur will remain an animal activist in her death. Don’t laugh. I wouldn’t want to cross Maude in life or death! Share/Bookmark

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