Posts Tagged ‘Atheism’

Carl Sagan and the Cosmos

November 10th, 2010 by Marco Lee

The date here in the Philippines today is November 10 2010. The date on other parts of the globe is November 9 2010, and this is a special day. As a great astronomer, astrophysicist, author, cosmologist, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences has made its land here on earth. Carl Edward [...]

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Critical Thinking: A look at some of the principles of critical thinking

October 20th, 2010 by Marco Lee

Critical Thinking, in its broadest sense has been described as “purposeful reflective judgment concerning what to believe or what to do.” The Meaning of Critical Thinking Critical thinking clarifies goals, examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, accomplishes actions, and assesses conclusions. “Critical” as used in the expression “critical thinking” connotes the importance or centrality [...]

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Science Versus Religion

October 17th, 2010 by Marco Lee

I’d just like to share this funny photo/image that I have found on the net. I’ve stumbled upon this Church Versus Science/Science Versus Religion photo when I was just searching for funny facebook statuses. I find these kind of images, humorous. How about you? What’s your take on this

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Liberals and atheists smarter? Intelligent people have ‘unnatural’ preferences and values that are novel in human evolution

August 26th, 2010 by Marco Lee

Are atheist smarter than theists? Are atheists more intelligent than the religious? More intelligent people are significantly more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are novel to the human species in evolutionary history. Specifically, liberalism and atheism, and for men (but not women), preference for sexual exclusivity correlate with higher [...]

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Skepticism: Faith healers and Sham

August 20th, 2010 by Marco Lee

It was somehow a rainy day when my mother and I went to a church to maybe attend mass. There we stumbled upon some faith healing sessions. I was kind of skeptical about the faith healers cause as far as I know, the church (Roman Catholic) that we went to, only endorses “Priest” faith healers. [...]