Monthly Archives: October 2013

Originally posted on Nina's Garden:
“If God does not exist then everything would be permitted.” Believers are touting this as a way to infuriate atheists – and it does, but not in the way that believers would like. The…

Originally posted on Nina's Garden:
Christians in the west have long complained that they are treated poorly because “we” know they couldn’t get away with violent response to art or commentary that is freely expressed and critical of religion…

Originally posted on Nina's Garden:
I am Canadian. To most people, that means a beer commercial. To Canadians, it means what that beer commercial signifies – and outside of Canada – no one knows what that means because while…

Originally posted on Nina's Garden:
Confession – I copied this and closed the tab before i remembered to link back to the source – but since this is all Greek Philosophy – it belongs to the world – no…

Originally posted on Nina's Garden:
Humans are pattern and meaning seeking by our nature; pattern seeking is instinctual, so it is the meaning seeking that sets us apart from other animal species. Meaning and the ability to adapt to…

Originally posted on Nina's Garden:
In secular democratic countries, where the individual is the social unit of consequence – as opposed to theocratic nations where the family or tribe or some group designation is the social unit of consequence…

Originally posted on Nina's Garden:
 

Originally posted on Social Justice For All:
Let’s be clear from the outset. Every ticket sold for the movie Ender’s Game enhances the wealth and well-being of a notorious homophobe. Orson Scott Card has been an enormously successful science fiction…

Originally posted on The Shut-in Stand-Up:
Dear Halloween Guy You are my hero and I would like to have no babies with you. I am a Vancouver, BC area shut in who spent Halloween night pretending that I wasn’t home…