The Golden Rule is usually articulated as “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The world would certainly be a happy, healthy, productive place if everyone followed the Golden Rule, and yet some misrepresent it. For example, the masochist would have people beat him, so does the Golden Rule mean he […]
A coward dies a thousand deaths. A hero dies but once. How can a man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the future of our children, And their freedom from our gods. Does it profit a man to gain the world … And lose his very soul? The world … is not enough. Embrace […]
Is everything in the universe predetermined (predictable in theory) – like in a computer program? Consider that all possible physical actions, whether atomic, subatomic, quantum, mechanical, electromagnetic, etc. are reactions. Let’s emphasize that all physical actions are re-actions, and thus, hasn’t every physical reaction been predetermined? Suppose the workings of the human brain were nothing […]
I am an atheist who sees American Christians as allies in many ways because I find them to be both more open minded than progressives and more open to individual freedom than progressives. There are two big reasons why American Christians are more open to freedom and to ideas in general than are progressives. 1) […]
Science is about as misunderstood as any idea can be. For example, most people today cannot even distinguish science from non-science, and this is no accident. Science tends to distribute power more widely among us, and thus those who already have power are the natural enemies of science. Science also tends to cause change, and […]
The soul of humanity is the peak of human evolution; but just as most (maybe all) of us carry the soul of humanity, most of us still carry the soul of animals – the peak of pre-human evolution, which consists of conformism and hierarchy, which are incompatible with the soul of humanity. However, today’s leaders […]
Evolution has given the vast majority of us the ability to instinctively know which principles are right and wrong. For example, we are genetically programmed to dislike cheating, pettiness, and short shortsightedness; whereas, we are genetically programmed to admire integrity, open mindedness, tolerance, responsibility, curiosity, and courage. Majority Principles are even more difficult for us […]
There is no evidence that we are anything more than the atoms we are made of, and if we are nothing more than the atoms we are made of, then our every thought is a physical (atomic, chemical, electrical, quantum, etc.) reaction. Assuming there is no random element to the physical reactions we call thought, […]
Fascism is not what you’ve been told. Fascism is the concept:When we’re all on the same page, then we all benefit.That’s all there is to fascism, so you can see why fascism was not always a pejorative and was once widely respected. Most people thought it just made a lot of sense, although a few […]
Even those forums whose members pride themselves on their ability to be independent thinkers are being neutralized by appeals to authority.