Posts Tagged ‘Fundamentalism’

Skepticism as Belief

August 19, 2010Henry Baum 1 Comment »

Fundamentalism is everywhere – including those people who think they’re devoutly secular. Fundamentalism is probably the main thing that’s holding civilization back – not hate, but the entrenched belief in one idea.  After all, that’s what hate is – unwavering belief in someone’s faults.  Racism is fundamentalism.
And so too it goes for skeptics, who come [...]

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Jesuspam

July 29, 2010Henry Baum No Comments »

From my inbox, via Youtube:
Hey there, Friend !
I have a question for you, a serious question, and please,
think about it seriously…
Do you know that after you die, you will have to spend the
ETERNITY in Heaven or HELL ?
There is no other place…
What if you die today, or tomorrow ?
Have you ever think about this ?
Please [...]

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Left Behind

July 28, 2010Henry Baum No Comments »

A confession – I have only read pieces of the Left Behind books.  I still might try to absorb the whole thing, but there’s something about the prose that’s just asking me not to read it.  The emptiness is so thick I find it hard to pay attention. There’s bad prose and then there’s [...]

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Facts

July 14, 2010Henry Baum No Comments »

Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don’t do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things
Facts don’t stain the furniture
Facts go out [...]

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