Posted on June 24, 2009 by Michael Hawkins
Sex with obese individuals is unnatural, not intended by God, and thus wrong and immoral.
People are naturally attracted to healthy individuals. The obese are definitively not healthy. It follows, plainly and clearly, that any attraction to these people is a sexual perversion. Furthermore, those who are obese are gluttonous and thus sinners.
As a [...]
Filed under: Politics and Social | Tagged: bible, gay marriage, immoral, Moral, Natural, Obesity, Parody, Unnatural | 41 Comments »
Posted on June 12, 2009 by Michael Hawkins
I’ve written in the past about theologians. I want to start calling out the idea of what these people do as what it actually is: literary criticism with a narrow focus.
Whereas most literary critics will have focuses on relatively broad topics – periods in time, styles of writing, etc – theologians focus merely on single [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2008 by Michael Hawkins
The Atheist Foundation of Australia has recently been given a blow. Following in the footsteps of other atheist and humanist organizations, the AFA sought to place ads on the sides of buses, hoping to get their message out to the general public. Unfortunately, one ad company simply refused to allow them ad space without comment.
President [...]
Filed under: News, Politics and Social | Tagged: allah, apn outdoor, atheist bus campaign, atheist foundation of australia, bible, God, thor, zeus | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2008 by Michael Hawkins
I found this blog post to be very well written and concise.
To understand the effects of religion on a wider scale, it’s absurd to think that reading a holy book would indicate anything beyond a peripheral understanding of the text itself. For behavioural effects, it’s best to look at neuroscience and psychology. For societal effects, [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2008 by Michael Hawkins
Every once in awhile, a scientist will come out and say science and religion can co-exist. There will be some press coverage because of the obvious tensions between evidence-based thought and willy-nilly faith. So it comes as no surprise that physicist Karl Giberson is receiving some attention for his recent claim and book that says [...]
Filed under: Creationism, Evolution, News | Tagged: bible, Christian, Christianity, Creationism, debate, Evolution, faith, genesis, God, indoctrination, karl w giberson, livescience | 3 Comments »