Individuals immune to debating
Despite topic, arguing will not change anybody's mind
Derrick Skaug
The Daily Evergreen
Published: 02/09/2009
In one of the worst episodes of NBC’s hit sitcom “The Office,” the Dunder Mifflin employees debate whether movie star Hilary Swank is “hot.” A hand vote at the end of the episode reveals not a single mind changed. Read More »
One of the side effects of not announcing that I'm not Christian is that people often don't think about it. I admit it, long ago, I didn't really think about it either. But, it makes for some rather uncomfortable circumstances. Read More »
A lot of you may remember me mostly for one of two reasons. My ignorant yet passionate rants on religion or my blog on my autistic brother, my complete stranger. Unfortunately, I didn't have the ability to write on anything else so I wrote on those two since they in general attracted a lot of attention. I am glad that by now, I have a lot more to say. A lot has happened since then. Read More »
This was written for a "Spiritual Autobiography Assignment". My professor for a course titled: Religion, Media & Culture spent the first two classes mocking atheists and blaming them for the worst mass murders and wars in the world. I did some simple online research and found out he was recently ordained a deacon in the Catholic Church. This is my polite response to him via assignment. Read More »
How many times have you seen this in a debate?
Person 1: I lost my virginity at 15!
Person 2: That's... wrong! Don't do that!
This is one thing that always bugs me in a debate: when people say something is "wrong" as their only counterpoint. This is simply because morality is a subjective concept that we as humans came up with to explain types of behavior. Please note that most of this is just my personal theories on the origins of morality, but (as should be obvious), they make perfect sense in my own mind. Read More »
Rick Warren, "The Purpose of a driven life"
Since my father's death and even before then I have been looking for meaning. I am by far NOT a religious person.
I've never believed that you had to go to church to believe in a higher power. If anything I subscribe to the Buddhist way of life but do not practice the religion. Read More »
I was most intrigued by a concept I stumbled upon in a blog on this site, the concept of spiritual DNA. I googled it a bit to try to get an idea about what it is, and it reminded me of another idea that I’ve heard before, something else that fascinates me – the idea of cellular memory. Read More »
J.P. Hayes is as honest as we like to think we are Read More »
