I’ve not written about the torture memos yet. That’s because they leave me deeply conflicted and I’ve still not reached a complete enough mental resolution of the facts to have a solid opinion.Not about the torture. The news that Americans,… Continue Reading
I’ve come across this issue from a few angles quite a lot recently — what exactly is “spirit”? At least some religious folks, Protestant Christians in particular, seem to think that a “spirit” is some kind of autonomous or semi-autonomous… Continue Reading
Torture is in the news again, as the Red Cross joins the ranks of international organizations condemning the United States for using torture to interrogate terrorism prisoners, this time focusing on medical doctors who participated in the process to make… Continue Reading
No shelter. When Steve Harvey goes on the Tyra Banks show and tells women not to date atheist men, he’s being a bigot: You sitting up there talking to a dude and he tells you he’s an atheist, you need… Continue Reading
As intended, over the weekend The Wife and I went to see Watchmen. I’m not going to review it in detail because I was going to like it no matter what, although after having really enjoyed the depth and complexity… Continue Reading
This will not come as a surprise to longtime Readers: Your morality is 0% in line with that of the bible. Damn you heathen! Your book learnin’ has done warped your mind. You shall not be invited next time I… Continue Reading
Well, that’s not such an extraordinary thing when the art in question is cautionary science fiction. Here, I refer to the remarkably interesting movie Gattaca, with Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. (Reviewed by this blogger three and a half years… Continue Reading
It turns out, if you’re Catholic, you can buy your way out of a state of mortal sin with real dollars. I had been taught that Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation based on his outrage at the sale of… Continue Reading
Apparently, we’re supposed to feel sorry for Nadya Suleman, the mother of the octuplets. When the babies were born, I noted it as a remarkable feat of modern medicine and questioned the medical ethics involved in the process. Well, since… Continue Reading
I am often nicely challenged by posts from Alonzo Fyfe, the Atheist Ethicist. Tonight, he has done something that makes me really sit back and think. He asks himself the question — what is “the greatest moral failing of the… Continue Reading