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This is the post that I was busy writing when I decided I need to first write On “Richard Dawkins is a Fundamentalist” and “Shofar is a Cult”. That post was mostly about label agnosticism and how I care about what people mean by the labels they use, rather than whether it is the “correct” [...]

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We need a language with which to talk. For the purpose of this post, I choose The Matrix, because most of us have seen it, and it hopefully left a valuable impression on us. In effect, for the purpose of this discussion, I’m choosing The Matrix as our “Bible”, our corpus, defining the language for [...]

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A large number of South Africans spend a year or two in London after their studies. A large subset of these South Africans speak Christianese.
In a strange land, away from home and friends, often the first thing they do is to find a church catering for South Africans, in particular usually one catering for their [...]

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For my international readers, I thought I’d sketch some background information on the South African religious context. I’m talking mostly from the perspective of an outsider, so I will appreciate any further contributions in the comments.
There seems to be a debate amongst evolutionary biologists between “group selection” and “standard selection”. A quick glance at the [...]

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I promised eventually explaining why I blame atheism for much of the evil in the world. “God” has surprised me by inspiring me to write this right now.
I blame atheism for fundamentalistic Christianity. Which means, everything you say is wrong with fundamentalistic Christianity, I can throw right back at the atheists. And it’s not their [...]

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There is one serious problem, or danger rather, with communication media like the Internet. It is absolutely brilliant how it can bring such vastly diverse groups of people together, but there is something fundamentally dangerous about that two-edged sword.

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This is an open letter to the Freethinking Maties executive committee, that consists pretty much of atheists. (I would like to specify more accurately what kind of “atheist” I am talking about, however, I will refrain from doing so. I do not really want to offend anyone, and the rest of this post will be [...]

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Overwhelmingly, the first impression, the first piece of feedback given by other non-fundamentalist attendants, is shock expressed at how the fundies swallow absolutely anything they are told, no questions asked. Writes a Christian I met there (Update: Chris Venter, great guy ):
Die ergste vir my was om te sien hoe die mense daar alles [...]

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Why do ex-Christians so often become militant and angry atheists?
As I stand here, outside, looking in, I am amazed at effectively how deep I really was, despite my beliefs to the contrary. It reminds me of the smoker that says “I’m not addicted, I only smoke every now and then, I could quit any time.” [...]

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This is a rant. Enjoy / be warned.
I am tired. Religion is killing me. Despite having successfully lobotomised myself, eradicated the evil brain-washings that found their way into my head when I was young and impressionable, these same brain-washings were apparently still ruling my life. It still kept me awake at night, still got in [...]

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