Category Archives: religion

276. The Mental God Bot

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Thor

Almost every kind of god seems to be somebody’s favourite. Most of them make an easy tar­get for satire. Explana­tory evi­dence for a gent on a thun­der­cloud seems to be thin in the air after all. Yet a per­fectly rea­son­able … Con­tinue read­ing →

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275. Live and Let Live

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Thor

They may not be your kind of peo­ple. They may not even be my kind of peo­ple. Come to think of it, I’m prob­a­bly not your kind of per­son. What­ever. They, you, me – we’ve all been here since the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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272. God, defined

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Thor

God : def­i­n­i­tion: A form of socially shared delu­sion imply­ing a sen­tient, omni­scient, omnipo­tent, non-human force which is nev­er­the­less con­cerned with human actions. Often used sub­con­sciously by indi­vid­u­als to avoid ego respon­si­bil­ity for cer­tain thoughts and actions. Used socially by … Con­tinue read­ing →

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269. Almost the same, almost forever (but not quite)

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Thor

Noth­ing in nature ever repeats itself. Not quite. No two heart­beats are ever the same. No two orbits of the earth around the sun are ever the same. No two human faces are ever the same, no two trees, or … Con­tinue read­ing →

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268. Trouble with the Sock God

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Thor

Have you noticed? It’s the small gods who always make trou­ble. Take the Sock God. With­out fail, each time I wash clothes, the Sock God sneaks in and steals a sock. Once I tried to beat the bug­ger by buy­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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264. Evidence – The Alchemy of the Ages

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Thor

What do politi­cians, vot­ers, the cap­tains of indus­try, drug com­pa­nies, priests and door-to-door sales­men all have in com­mon? Not much. How­ever, every one of them has an addic­tion to evi­dence. Not any evi­dence. The evi­dence they crave (and will pay … Con­tinue read­ing →

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258. From Small Beginnings …

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Thor

Habits are effi­cient (.. decide daily which side to part your hair on?). Habits are restrict­ing (.. do you really need to check Face Book every ten min­utes?). Har­vest­ing the ten­sion between effi­ciency and restric­tion gives life pur­pose and direc­tion … Con­tinue read­ing →

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