Alan C.

NSA-loving, Internet-hating Rep Mike Rogers' staffers say criticism is "defamation"

Pentagon: Guantanamo tab $5.2 billion and counting

Atheism isn't a religion. There is no established dogma, iconography, or messiah.I think that catfood's use of 'faith' and 'belief' is deliberate equivocation. Afterall, every thought is a belief and any expectation could be construed as faith. The difference is that some faith and belief is backed by compelling evidence and some is wishful thinking.Religion is blind faith because it's a belief without reason and evidence; it's simply wishes and fantasies. Atheism is not blind faith. Nobody has presented supernatural evidence in 10,000 years which would suggest that it's nothing but an imaginary figment.The reason why people become religious is because taking refuge in delusions is a means of avoidance to cope with unpleasant aspects of life.I couldn't care less if atheists are the most hated.

TSA employees caught sleeping on the job, skipping work: report

Workers at ObamaCare call center angry after being offered jobs without health benefits Millions of other people support their families by earning an honest living in the private sector rather than as public-sector parasites who only make life more difficult for everyone else.

Many disability recipients admit they could work

Deputies shoot man in his front yard

Mo. judge fires 34-year court employee for providing document that helped free innocent man

Second [Detroit] officer arrested in 'fake cop' robberies

IRS employee union: We don’t want Obamacare

Angelina Jolie Speaks Out Against Rape in War Don't commit rape when you're bombing and killing people. That would be wrong. Incidentally, search online for "united nations sex scandal" and see what you find.

City of Chicago’s cash cushion plummets, debt triples, arrests drop, water use rises A decrease in their bond rating will make it more costly for them to borrow money. Like most municipalities, their bonds are junk which means that the likelihood of bondholders being paid back is essentially none, or they'll be paid back with depreciated currency. Either way, bondholders will take a loss.

Lawmakers Who Upheld NSA Phone Spying Received Double the Defense Industry Cash As if this should surprise anyone.

Superstitious dogmatists often engage in equivocation (using words like 'belief' and 'faith') to mislead people into thinking that their fatuous claims are as valid, or as deserving of consideration and respect, as any other kind of claim, and to put skeptics and non-believers on the defensive. Skeptics and non-believers aren't obligated to prove the non-existence of a god, or the non-existence of Bugs Bunny, Superman, or Popeye.

That isn't what you said. You asked if a being appeared and shows that it could create a universe on a whim, if that would be convincing enough. Then you wrote: You haven't shown anything. You've made a claim. You've moved the goalpost by changing the standard of proof mid-argument.

Showing and claiming aren't the same thing.

I'd consider that to be very compelling evidence.

Public-facing institutions aren't the problem; they're just a symptom. Abolishing an institution doesn't address the underlying problem. If the Vatican suddenly vanished tomorrow, there would still be millions of credulous, feeble-minded people who would find another delusion to embrace.

The United States Marine Corps Officially Declares 'Lack of Spiritual Faith' as a Sign of Instability Those chaplains are actually correct. Non-believers are probably less likely to follow orders without question, dehumanize others, and rationalize murder. Knowing that one is doing God's work helps ease a guilty conscience.

Yemeni president pardons reporter Obama wanted kept in jail

The voices in her head, internet trolls and an OBSESSION with perfection: Inside the world of 'real life Barbie' Valeria Lukyanova

Bush Presidential Library Misleads Visitors On WMDs In Iraq

Christie goes after libertarians — hard For those who don't know who this guy is, he's the asshole who sent his thugs after businesses for "price gouging," which caused long gas lines, and imposed rationing gimmicks. See previous thread.

New $444 million hockey arena is still a go in Detroit