My icon is green because I don't like to see people dying in the streets -- victims of theocratic power-mongers.

In spirit, I support those Iranians who believe that the worst excesses of Sharia law are medieval and barbaric. One cannot have true freedom in a society without fair laws. This means that the punishment must NEVER exceed the crime.

However, they are suffering under a tyranny enabled by the ill-advised revolution of 1979 that put hope in fundamenalist excesses. Not all revolutions have beneficial outcomes for a society -- let's hope that this one does.

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Please do NOT send a FRIEND invite if you have not subbed. This policy reflects the fact that I want to reduce intrusion. It is not that I am soliciting subscribers.
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"In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it." ~ John Archibald Wheeler
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"At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols." ~ Aldous Huxley

The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality. ~ Alexis de Tocqueville

Mammon (riches), n. The god of the world's leading religion. ~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based. ~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises. ~ Ambrose Bierce

Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. ~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Evangelist, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbours. ~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy. ~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Irreligion, n. The principal one of the great faiths of the world. ~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

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I have lots of interests, so my uploads will digress, rather than flow in series.

First and foremost, I believe that rationality is the only route to truth. So, I became an atheist and studied science. (In my case, these are connected. However, they are not necessarily connected.)

Second, I think that secular humanism is the only hope for peace, and that compassion is the best criterion for assessing morality. So, I have become anti-religion.

Creationists and fundamentalists drove me to anti-theism.

Fundamentalism is a menace on the planet. It is a menace to its adherents. It is a menace to non-adherents. It is a menace to life, limb, emotional-health, and rationality. Fundamentalism and its supporting religions have to go.

Free speech is an important CIVIC principle. Unfortunately, this valuable means of reducing oppression also protects dangerous misinformation, venomous trolling, and those who, lacking evidence or a logical argument, cannot resist gratuitous insults. If you post any of these, your comment will be removed and your channel blocked. Don't whine that you were not warned.

Equally, you would be entitled to block my comments. However, I do not bother to frequent theist channels because I have heard theist arguments ad nauseam -- and they all fail.