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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
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atheism
Do You Believe in Jesus?
I keep a folder of potential blogging material. I recently pulled out the following post I found in a Usenet newsgroup I used to read. It was also cross-posted here.
Suppose a group of people walk up to you on the street and one of […]
Scientism
Wesley J.Smith, author of several books including Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World, agrees with me in thinking that when science becomes scientism, it becomes very much like a religion.
The post itself is little more than a link to an article, but […]
An Analogical Argument for the Legitimacy of Religious Experiences
In the course of religious study, it is easy to become very attached to the idea of "seeking out" God. The emphasis is often placed upon logical reasoning and scientific research. There are, however, other ways of finding (or not finding, whichever the case may be) God. I am in particular […]
An Exchange on Cloning
[For the uninitiated: Theomorph is an atheist lexivore and Jerry Nora is a Catholic MD/PhD student with penchant for bioethics. - Funky]
A week ago, Theomorph posted some thoughts about cloning on his blog. Below I have the questions that he poses in bold and his own answers in italic, and my own counterpoints are […]
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"Ales Rarus is out [of my list of notable Pittsburgh bloggers]. I just find his prattling about the nuances of his fantasy belief system to be really uninteresting….[H]is site is just about as interesting as someone who writes about Hobbits everyday or the Great Pumpkin, which is to say […]
