tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53182383671581966812013-05-20T16:18:48.167-04:00Left HemispheresSteve Barrynoreply@blogger.comBlogger1152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318238367158196681.post-46294694163102579872013-05-19T23:59:00.001-04:002013-05-20T09:22:57.510-04:00

As always please direct questions, comments, suggestions, or discussion via email at lefthemispheres(at)gmail.com. Of course you can also find us on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter @lefthemispheres. Please subscribe to the podcast via iTunes and consider rating us or check us out on Libsyn. Friday May 17-Special Guest Troythulu Podcast News Swear Jar Tally Welcome Troy

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Sorry, Blogger fucked me. Two hours of work lost.  No FLD this week.  Bloooooogggggggerrrrrrrrr!

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The concept of an afterlife is based on the presevation of ego. "I am too unique and important to simply cease to exist."   Posted with Blogsy

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LH The Left Hemispheres Podcast Ep.18-Jimmy Madison and the Logical Positives As always please direct questions, comments, suggestions, or discussion via email at lefthemispheres(at)gmail.com. Of course you can also find us on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter @lefthemispheres. Answers In Genesis, That "Science' Quiz & Quotes Too Stupid Not To Share Jesus Camp Preacher Becky Fisher Still At

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Totally normal and not crazy cult shit. Nope! Anyone who says different is unAmurican! via Joe.My.God.

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As always please direct questions, comments, suggestions, or discussion via email at lefthemispheres(at)gmail.com. Of course you can also find us on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter @lefthemispheres. Please subscribe to the podcast via iTunes and consider rating us or check us out on Libsyn. Thursday May 2, 2013 LH Podcast News Swear Jar Status Laughing in Purgatory Prayer

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The following quotes can be found in an article entitled Intolerant Atheists Viciously Attack Christian School on Answers In Genesis (the creationist site run by Ken Hamm). This is their response to the widely circulated "science" quiz from a Christian school in North Carolina. Due to the fact that I don't think I need to spend time pointing out the irony of the following statements (

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LH From One Year Ago: Agnosticism vs. Atheism - Who Ya Got? Religion and Non The Army’s List of “Domestic Hate Groups” Bombers turn up too late for rally Fox News guest: Scientific ‘enlightenment and reason’ led to the Holocaust Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims? Belief in biblical end-times stifling climate change action in U.S.: study Man angry over Boston bombings breaks jaw of ‘f*

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LH How to Step Outside of Your (God)Box The Left Hemispheres Podcast Ep. 17: Oh Islamophobia, you bad girl. As always please direct questions, comments, suggestions, or discussion via email at lefthemispheres@gmail.com. Of course you can also find us on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter @lefthemispheres. Please subscribe to the podcast via iTunes and consider rating us or check us

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or “What Is It Like Being An Atheist?” When I was in college at Penn State I attended a sociology class on race and ethnicity that involved a social experiment which I will adapt and propose for a potential experiment later in this essay. In hindsight, this was truly one of the most important classes I have even taken as it ended up shaping me in many ways. First of all, it has and

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As always please direct questions, comments, suggestions, or discussion via email at lefthemispheres(at)gmail.com. Of course you can also find us on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter @lefthemispheres. Please subscribe to the podcast via iTunes and consider rating us or check us out on Libsyn. Friday April 19, 2013 LH Podcast News Swear Jar Status Laughing in Purgatory Atheists

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Yeah it's been all over the Internet, but it really just sums up the week.  Boston Marathon Of course everyone at LH is saddened by the senseless violence, the suffering it has caused and the ramifications that are yet to come. I do not want to provide a series of news links to articles about the attack that everyone has already read ad nauseum. I just want to provide one: Atheists

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I know the last Anti-Religion Radio song I posted (Ptolemy Was Wrong) was also The Ocean, but their two albums "Anthropocentric" and "Heliocentric" are too good to not promote. If you like prog metal, philosophy and history you should check them out. All two you of you that might like prog metal... (the video kind of cuts out a tad early, but it's only a few seconds) via Aenema8427 "

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LH Hector Avalos on Religion and Violence: A New Theory for an Old Problem The Left Hemispheres Podcast Interview Ep02- Hemant Mehta Derren Brown's Fear and Faith: Inducing Religious Experience From One Year Ago: Rock Beyond Belief Religion and Non Over The Line: Kentucky School Officials Are Wrong About Teaching Evolution Home-Schooled Biology So Bad It Lost A Lawsuit Right Wing Extremists

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This is actually Part 2 in this series, but this one focuses on inducing a religious experience in a self-avowed atheist. The point is to explore how humans are hardwired for belief in the supernatural and how that leaves us prone to religious belief. Videos via ErmmTV.

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On March 25th, 2013, Nick interviewed Hemant Mehta at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Hemant had been invited by the IUP Secular Student Alliance to speak about what an atheist, and particularly a young atheist, must deal with in the U.S.  More details, and a video of the talk can be seen here.  More from Hemant can be found on his blog, Friendly Atheist. Check out this episode!

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via the Atheist Community of San Jose hat tip to Emily Dietle from emilyhasbooks.com

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LH Bill Hicks Last Performance The Friendly Atheist Comes to Town Militant Atheism? From One Year Ago: The Two Faiths Religion and Non Bangladesh arrests three atheist bloggers Roast Belief: The Roast of Jesus Christ Too. Damn. Funny.  Especially if you're a thirtysomething punk from south central Pennsylvania. Counter-Apologetics Flashcards National Atheist Groups Respond to Growing

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When you hear the term 'militant atheist' what do you think of? An outspoken atheist. Atheists critical, maybe vehemently critical, of religion. It could be the type of atheist who can't stand to see religion in the public sphere, working to have the wall of separation between church and state bolstered. It might be an atheist who seeks to erode the influence of, and the assumed respect for,

Steve Barryhttps://plus.google.com/101536264607152800289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318238367158196681.post-35875884033550788072013-04-03T18:01:00.001-04:002013-04-03T23:42:42.521-04:00

L toR: Co-President Caroline Speer, Faculty Advisor John Mueller,  Hemant Mehta, Co-President Josiah Racchini On March 25th, I traveled up to Indiana University of Pennsylvania, my alma mater.  The IUP Secular Student Alliance had invited Hemant Mehta, the Friendly Atheist, to speak on the topic of being a young atheist in the US.  I had emailed him prior to see if he would be willing to do

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I always like to post this on "Good" Friday.

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This may come as a shock to you, but we are media addicts here at LH.  So when something as historic as two Supreme Court hearings about same sex marriage hits the internet we tend to read an unhealthy amount of articles.  Here’s just a few from our culturally biased, although morally justifiable perspective.  Followed by the fearful reactions of those opposing SSM. SSM -Marriage

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Wouldn’t it be great if there were only one dictionary?  You could make it available online and everybody could agree on the definitions of words.  Sure, new things are invented every now and then but the advertising agencies of the world can just use the words we have with literal meanings for their products.  Honestly, do we need to call a book reading machine a Kindle? kin·dle 1 /ˈkɪndl

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The following essay is in response to an article entitled “Has militant atheism become a religion?” on Salon.com. The article is actually an excerpt from Frans de Waal’s upcoming book “The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates;” which—truth be told—I was looking forward to reading until I realized this was an excerpt from it. I should point out that de Waal may or

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