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I met a whole bunch of people yesterday. In the evening, I had drinks with Bertus! (from Saligerus) and two of his friends — someone from Kletskerk, and another blogger blogging from within the Dutch Reformed church. (I’m intentionally keeping the details vague. If I’m talking about you, and you would like yourself named, by [...]

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In the context of heated arguments between Dawkins fanboys and freer thinkers : can I request that everyone taking part in such debates first read Terry Eagleton’s review of The God Delusion, titled Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching? There is much material in it that is relevant to this kind of discussion. I would much love [...]

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I’ve fallen in love. Starstruck. With a particular company that is. I’ll do the job-negotiation thing when I’m back from my Easter holiday, and when I’m more level-headed. Negotiations would be rather one-sided if I’m all “moonlight-and-roses” over the company when I apply.
If the courtship proves successful, it will be followed by good [...]

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There are a couple of reasons, but here’s one. Point Eleven on their Statement of Faith aka membership contract…
11. With regards to submission to authority, we believe in the principle of being in authority because you are under authority. As such, it is understood that membership shall be subject to submission to authority in matters [...]

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Here follows a relatively worthless blog post… just some arbitrary technical ponderings. I really should split this into a different blog. Blogs need to maintain focus. Probably better to take a short break than to mix in some irrelevant stuff?
I’m currently growing a little tired and weary of this blog’s current discourse on religion. (In [...]

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Ignore the video. Follow the lyrics. Think about the lyrics.

See the devil on the doorstep now (my oh my)
Telling everybody own(?) just how to live their lives
Sliding down the information highway
Buying in just like a bunch of fools
Time is ticking and we can’t go back (my oh my)
What about the world today
What about the place [...]

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Here is another wonderful definition of what a “humanist” is. This definition is what Dale McGowan (Parenting Beyond Belief, The Meming of Life) told his six year old daughter, when she asked. It comes from a post on labels:
“A humanist is somebody who thinks that people should all take care of each other, and that [...]

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Capture if you will, a tropic island
The palm trees wafting gently in the breeze… (attrib: Flying Pickets)
Evaporation
Consider a body of water. A lake, perhaps.
Water consists of molecules. Each molecule vibrates, with an amount of kinetic energy. All molecules do not have the same amount of kinetic energy, some have more than others. Some molecules are [...]

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This post is largely in response to Johan Swarts’ post, Freethinking Maties: Atheists Anonymous. I made a poor translation in a comment on my previous post.
Background: Freethought
Many people consider “freethinker” to be a euphemism for “non-theist”. In particular, the Campus Freethought Alliance, as well as Maties Freethinking, defines “freethinking” as “free thought combined with doubt [...]

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UPDATE: Johan Swarts owns his quote, on his blog. His post is in Afrikaans: Freethinking Maties: Ateïste Anoniem. Do any English people want me to translate?
Yesterday, Freethinking Maties aired a PBS documentary on Darwin and his life. Attendance was good (read: more than 20?). The evening ended with time pressure chasing us all out, so [...]

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