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.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

On Proselytizing

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UGH! - Beliefnet From a decent thread on the subject. I, and I suspect most atheists, have no interest in converting anyone. I have n...

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant

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"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant" - Beliefnet This is why I think people like the one I quoted like proselytizing, but remem...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

More Changes

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Fox has sold beliefnet to ????. It can't be much worse. The Fox life support in community has been excruciating. Maybe it can be cure...

Is is is?

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Valid Criticism or Projection? - Beliefnet I have no problem at all with existence. It needs no modifier, it needs no definition, it is o...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Truth in Fiction

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A comment on this post from Rationally Speaking J'C: "Humans are story telling creatures. We learn about living in our society ...
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Coming Population Crash

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The Reproductive Revolution: How Women Are Changing the Planet's Future: Scientific American But more than 60 countries—containing appro...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Source of Morality.

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MORAL LAW... - Beliefnet Humans are social animals and the behavioral imperatives or moral structures ultimately come from the local societ...
Sunday, June 6, 2010

Modern teen sexuality

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How do atheists deal with sexual morality - Beliefnet Abstinence education has been a total failure even among the most fervent believers n...
Friday, June 4, 2010

Sexual morality for Churches.

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How do atheists deal with sexual moral(s) - Beliefnet "I think the message from all churches should change from no sex until marriage...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Transcendence and the Mind

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Beliefnet "Transcendence differs from ordinary conscious states for me by simply focusing all of the mind's resources on whatever...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Reality in sexual morality

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How do atheists deal with sexual moral dilemmas? - Beliefnet A few important reality checks having to do with sexuality. 1. Modern medic...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Santa Claus, God and other Myths

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Santa Clause & Childhood - Beliefnet Mature wisdom if you can count a six year old as mature assigns both Santa and God to the large ca...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Permission slip.

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"Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus have a sword fight." Aussie humor. Absolutely hilarious. Permission to attend an Easter Pageant...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Global warming: not a fraud

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Global warming: not a fraud The most disturbing thing to me about the recent climate change and evolution debates is how ignorance has been ...

Mind research

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The error of mind-body dualism - Beliefnet If you have a better excellent summary [of mind research] to hand, grateful if you lay it on us...
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BP oil spill: And a child shall lead them.

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BP oil spill: And a child shall lead them - Carl Hiaasen - MiamiHerald.com In his winning essay, McNamara proposed several possible options...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Abstinance until marriage, cont

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Theist responsible - Beliefnet THEN I surely OUGHT to be RESPONSIBLE enough ALSO to Practice "Abstinence" and/or "Monoga...

Abstinance until marriage

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Theist responsible - Beliefnet Such a dis-Connect is EXACTLY a LARGE Part of The Problem, isn't it ... ??? teilhard It is EXACTLY the...

Sexuality Education in Schools, cont

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Theist responsible - Beliefnet I don't really believe that a "Papal Bull" would suddenly Solve-the-Problem-of-Irresponsibl...

Myths and Atheists.

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beliefnet Perhaps you should have been taught that it was an old story that meant something to a minor culture of people long ago, and far a...

Atheist Spirituality

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Beliefnet - Article from Science Daily I don't see how any idea that contradicts reality can be considered spiritual. To my mind spirit...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Tonehammer Demo

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A teaser for our project can be found at "Requiem" Six minutes out of maybe 24 hours of work by the singers. Good stuff.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Monogamy Genetic?

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Theist responsible... - Discuss Atheism - Beliefnet #88 Isn't there enough evidence to suggest that some people are genetically hard...
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Modern Villages.

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Genetic Origins of Human Morality - Beliefnet #5 Still, it's more very good news for professional sport. Blü Modern humans haven't m...

Sexuality Education in Schools

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Theist responsible... - Beliefnet I believe that your Assertion is not Fact-based, but instead reflects your Anti-Church Feelings ... tei...

Religious Wishful Thinking on Sex.

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Theist responsible... - Beliefnet A Guy who keeps his "John Thomas" IN his own Pants ISN'T going become an un-intended DADDY...

Behavior or Religion?

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Theist responsible... - Beliefnet The rates of unplanned pregnancy and abortion are the result of religious objections to informing all tee...
Sunday, May 9, 2010

A little bit 'o Neanderthal

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A little bit Neanderthal Did God make Herm Chosen People as sex toys for horny Neandertal hunters. I know God had little respect for human ...

Color Survey Results « xkcd

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Color Survey Results « xkcd And really, if you’re reading this blog, odds are you probably—like me—spend more time looking at a monitor than...
Saturday, May 8, 2010

Truths of Physics and Psychology

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The Moral Life of Babies - NYTimes.com The truths of physics and psychology are universal: objects obey the same physical laws everywhere; a...
Friday, May 7, 2010

Development of Morality.

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The Moral Life of Babies - NYTimes.com We possess abstract moral notions of equality and freedom for all; we see racism and sexism as evil; ...
Sunday, May 2, 2010

Salvation

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet It is because I have studied the Bible and understand what is going on in it that I do not accept the Goo...

Idealism and Atheism

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet You seem to have an idealistic streak - that is surprising to me. newchurchguy Idealism and optimism seem...

UU Youth

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet What did the UU youth group contribute to your righteousness / no shadow? iamachildofhis There wer...

Parents

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet Your parents must have had a very good, loving relationship. You must have really valued your mother, ...

How No Shadow?

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet You grew up in a very polite home, then. Were you the one stealing, or a sibling, or a play mate? Were...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Atheism Ridicule - Discuss Atheism - Beliefnet Community

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Atheism Ridicule - Beliefnet I guess the question is what qualifies Abner to judge kodiacman? If we are equal then our authority is equal an...

Atheism Ridicule - Discuss Atheism - Beliefnet Community

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Atheism Ridicule - Beliefnet By calling Godman 'evil' you are presuming a supreme moral authority...either yourself, society, or God...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Common Elements.

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Atheism Ridicule - Beliefnet : "“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.” ~Harlan Ellison" Noted...

Palin Doll Tea Party

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Doonesbury Comic Strip on GoComics.com : "Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau * April 27, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Celebrating the Miracle of Birth

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The Biblical Self-Destruct Clause - Beliefnet So by the power of myth, what Truth is conveyed by Matthew I & II??? BillWitt I have alway...

Mythology and Fiction

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The Biblical Self-Destruct Clause - Beliefnet And where did you get all this information about Jesus which you consider true? By any chance...

Owning Your Own Shadow - Science & Religion - Beliefnet Community

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet As I was reading the posts, I began equating the 'shadow' with the human spirit / our human natur...

Owning Your Own Shadow - Science & Religion - Beliefnet Community

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet You posted that you are well acquainted with The Bible and Theology, because of your study of The Bible a...

Motivations.

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet It seems from your posts, that you have been very meticulous in maintaining your achieved righteousne...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Goldman Sachs or Boobies?

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BusinessWorld Online: : "AMSTERDAM/BOSTON -- Did you hear that Goldman Sachs made the Iceland volcano erupt? It did pretty well shortin...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Perfection

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet You are perfect. Wendyness I don't agree. But I frequently thank those, mostly dead now, that brought...

Are You Wrong?

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Owning Your Own Shadow - Beliefnet Are you ever wrong? Wendyness "You will have to define wrong: Morally, socially, intellectually? Sin...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

What is Free Will?

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Belief of No Free Will... - Beliefnet the question of whether free will exists -- and, in particular, whether people believe it exists -- h...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Spiritual Bullying.

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Bully Believers - Beliefnet Intellectual capacity and sophisticated concepts have little to do with spiritual discernment. One may be able t...
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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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