The blue roads of thinking

Random thoughts on the blue highways.
You never know what you will find on the blue highways. Particularly when the choice at an intersection is controlled by the roll of a die. About the only rule is that highway onramps don't count as an intersection. You don't even have to roll the die. If one road looks interesting, go for it.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Is a story a message?

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Is Heinlein the atheist's philosopher? - : "If the message in art or storytelling seems more important than the story or the art th...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Literature or Philosophy?

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Is Heinlein the atheist's philosopher? : "One of the best and most popular courses in my brief stint as a philosophy major was a co...
Friday, December 26, 2008

Sir Alex and his Squire

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Facebook | Videos Posted by Elizabeth Black: Sir Alex and his Squire Grandson Alex with his new toy Thanks to Greg Stone and Jack Van Breen ...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

On Blank Books

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Is Life Pointless? : " I pick up this book of blank pages, and I say 'There's no story here.' I think I will pick up a book...

WOLCUM YOLE

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Our holiday started at the solstice with greetings all around for a wonder filled new year for all, and ended with a concert recital at a be...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Was Mary Magdalene "Q"

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Who do people say the Son of Man is? : "As I understand the 'Q document' its very existence as a 'document' is an infer...
Friday, December 19, 2008

WOLCUM YOLE

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Christmas : "As we approach the Solstice (7:04am EST Sunday), and all of the various holidays that have appropriated the end of the dar...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Is Obama different?

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The following is an excerpt from an email to me from the transition team: Dear [J'Carlin] Over the coming weeks, thousands of Americans...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

Is tribal morality an evolutionary selection parameter?

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A question on morality : "It is hard to say anything is wrong in an evolutionary sense, since either it will work and the species will...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Christmas time again

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Christmas : What are we celebrating? Winter solstice? A symbolic 're-birth?' I celebrate the one known miracle that happens every d...
Tuesday, December 9, 2008

There's no such thing as an atheist.

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There's no such thing : "True atheists are quite common although you are right that they seldom describe themselves as such. Many a...

Played Carnegie Hall one more time!

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. As a registered alumnus of the New York Choral Society, an unbelievable email appeared in my inbox recently. The alumni who sang with Pet...

Always been an atheist?

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Always been an atheist? : " I would like to know if you have, pretty much, always been an atheist. All of my family members who were im...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

Are atheists accountable?

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Held accountable? - Beliefnet Forums : Is it fair to say that atheists don't think we will be held accountable for what we have done in ...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Does God Exist?

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A Muslim respectfully asks - What is Atheism? - Beliefnet Forums : "I find the existence of God to be an uninteresting question. Some p...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

Tax Churches' entertainment venues.

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Help- "Proof" issues - Beliefnet Forums : Tax breaks for providing services to the community that the government cannot afford to...
Friday, November 21, 2008

Write your congressperson, sign petition, do something

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Stop the Sneak Attack on Greater Yellowstone Wolves - The Petition Site : " Stop the Sneak Attack on Greater Yellowstone Wolves Targ...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Survival

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Human Dignity, Good and Evil - Beliefnet Forums : The desire to survive is a sentiment. The genes to compel survival are dominant and activ...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Why a Jesuist?

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Who do people say the Son of Man is? - Beliefnet Forums : "Paul is the reason I am not a Christian. God is the reason I am an atheist. ...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Can I join the Circus now?

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Ben Sargent documents the Republicans latest attempt to stay in the public eye. Hey, if you can't govern them, at least you can enterta...

Forrest Church discusses the odds.

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STANFORD Magazine: Forrest Church Book Excerpt : Believe me, there's nothing like a kick toward the flag to get the old blood pumping an...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Why Catholics are irrelevant.

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Priest Calls Vote for Obama a Mortal Sin - On Faith at washingtonpost.com : "'Voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausibl...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

To Nambu, Kobayasi, and Maskawa

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Greetings and congratulations from my sister and Poet Laureate To Nambu, Kobayasi, and Maskawa, Physics Nobel Prize Winners, 2008 with a...

Will the Requiem for religion be played on Twitter?

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Humanist Question : " From where I stand [religion] is mind control and if people can learn to break free from that bondage and questio...

GM's future

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According to Tony Auth
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Obama on his faith.

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Obama's Fascinating Interview with Cathleen Falsani - Steven Waldman : "I retain from my childhood and my experiences growing up a ...

Christmas time again

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Pharyngula: Oy, it's War on Christmas time again : It is OK to say 'Merry Christmas'. Even I have been known to say it. Go ahead...
Monday, November 10, 2008

Just Deserts

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Or if you prefer Tom Toles take.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008

A million small donors

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If the world could vote - Beliefnet Forums : "I think the most important fact of the election was the million or so people who donated ...
Monday, November 3, 2008

What is wrong with civil unions?

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Why are Christians so obsessed with homosexuality and gay marriage? - Beliefnet Forums : "The problem I have with civil unions is the s...
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Human Dignity, Good and Evil - Beliefnet Forums

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Human Dignity, Good and Evil - Beliefnet Forums : "You may sit out this election, which I admit is better than voting for McCain ... Bu...

Pharyngula

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Pharyngula : "Has anybody thought to look at what Bill Ayers actually promotes? He has a website, and it's trivial to look up what ...

Alaska Road would Destroy Wilderness in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - The Petition Site

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Alaska Road would Destroy Wilderness in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge - The Petition Site : "7:17 am PST, Nov 3, Carlin Black, Calif...
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Vote NO on Prop H8.

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- Beliefnet Forums : "Bad Christians need Christ, and the rest of Paul to justify their evil. This is not an academic issue. Christian...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Palin - The mighty hunter

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First the moose, then wolves, now elephants. Tom Toles
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The gay marriage wedge.

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Why are Christians so obsessed with homosexuality and gay marriage? - Beliefnet Forums : "I think homosexuality and gay marriage are si...

Forrest Church -Link to personal website.

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Forrest Church, Theologian and Author : "Available now from Beacon Press: Forrest Church's highly praised new book, Love and Death ...
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Atheism's roots.

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Expelled discussion - Beliefnet Forums : "My atheism is firmly rooted in the dysfunctional morality and meaning promoted by theists and...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Is Heinlein the atheist's philosopher?

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Is Heinlein the atheist's philosopher? - Beliefnet Forums : "I have been reading Heinlein most of my life, and have always apprecia...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Why we don't screw around with Social Security.

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Jeff Danziger . In the famous words of the Title of Fred Schwed's 1940 book Where are the Customers' Yachts?
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Freethought Halls of the Internet

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Atheist Activism - Beliefnet Forums : "Perhaps it is time to devote more effort to establishing a global network of Freethought Halls t...
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Goldwater, Obama and American Politics.

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Libertarianism: - Beliefnet Forums : "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Barry Goldwater Our last great attempt to elect a Li...
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Humanity's fall away from God is our salvation

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Human Dignity, Good and Evil - Beliefnet Forums : "If opposing those like Hitler are reflections of man's fallen nature, thank you,...
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Friday, October 17, 2008

The Historical Jesus

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The Historical Christ non-existant? - Beliefnet Forums : "If you strip the obvious miracles, especially the resurrection, which Christi...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Obama's negative ad

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As I was leaving the debate midway, McCain complained about Obama's attack ad on his medical care proposal. If attacking an idiotic cen...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

God and Evil Cont.

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Why Athism? - Beliefnet Forums : "Almost all Gods that are at the root of evil are believed to be supernatural. Frankly, I don't th...
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God - The Root of Evil

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Why Athism? : " I would probably say selfishness is the root of all evil more than fear. Nope. God is the root of all evil. I don't...
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Trickle down economics

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Finally we really get to see what they mean. Tom Toles .
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Make the good people nice.

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uuworld.org Meg Barnhouse: the church and the unicorn : "We know we are supposed to be kind and loving and not jump down each other’s t...
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Life After Death?

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Life After Death? - Beliefnet Forums : " ...does it also mean that you don't believe in some sort of existence beyond this one? Or ...
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Don't look for me much on the big news sites, I skim through them, but rarely find much that is worth commenting on. As a young son once said "We don't watch TV news, dad won't let us watch violence programs." I still don't. Interests are religion, marketing theory (that is not an oxymoron,) Advertizing, digital photography, APOD, and historically, rocket science. e-mail: jcarlinbl@gmail.com The literary version is found at Thinking On the Blue Roads The raw data for which can be found on The Blue Roads of Thinking.
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