I have an idea for a movie. It's a moving tale of passion and vocation. I've pitched it to my wife and a few friends, and all agree, it's pretty brilliant.
Since it infringes on all kinds of Disney copyright, and since the premise is kind of ridiculous, it will never actually be made into a movie. So I figured I'd just pitch it here.
The genesis.
So, I hate pop music.
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
Replies not working
I just want to apologize to people who have commented and I haven't replied. For some reason, Blogger is eating my reply comments, so that after I hit "submit" the reply doesn't get saved to the server.
A similar problem also happens to people trying to comment on older posts with lots of comments. I can't complain about Blogger, it being free and all, but I will need to look into my server situation and perhaps go with a different hosting platform.
UPDATE: I think the problem is my computer's browser (safari). I tried updating all of my computer's software, but it still doesn't work very well with Blogger. I have tried responding to some comments three or four times now, and this is really frustrating.
A similar problem also happens to people trying to comment on older posts with lots of comments. I can't complain about Blogger, it being free and all, but I will need to look into my server situation and perhaps go with a different hosting platform.
UPDATE: I think the problem is my computer's browser (safari). I tried updating all of my computer's software, but it still doesn't work very well with Blogger. I have tried responding to some comments three or four times now, and this is really frustrating.
Sunday, September 17, 2017
I am a monotheist about Zeus
Growing up in the time I did, I have had plenty of chances to hear atheists -- on talk shows, PBS documentaries, classrooms, debates, YouTube videos, internet forums -- present their arguments, and I've heard almost all of them by now. There are especially some arguments that get brought up rather frequently, and then keep getting repeated for years later.
There's one in particular I want to address, the "One God Further" argument. I believe the argument originates with Richard Dawkins, but I have certainly heard Christopher Hitchens and others make similar arguments on stage. This argument is that we are all atheists about most of the gods anyone has ever claimed to believe in. I'm an atheist about Zeus, Hercules, Mithras, Minerva or any of these other figures. Dawkins simply goes one god further than I do.
And so, to clarify this issue once and for all, let me just resolutely state that I am not an atheist about Zeus.
I'm really not.
I am a monotheist about Zeus.
My issue with Zeus isn't that he's clearly ridiculous and there's no evidence for him. I mean, yeah, Zeus is pretty ridiculous and there's no evidence for him. But that isn't really my objection to Zeus worship.
My objection to Zeus worship is that Zeus isn't the kind of thing that should be rightly called a god, or the kind of thing that should be worshipped.
There's one in particular I want to address, the "One God Further" argument. I believe the argument originates with Richard Dawkins, but I have certainly heard Christopher Hitchens and others make similar arguments on stage. This argument is that we are all atheists about most of the gods anyone has ever claimed to believe in. I'm an atheist about Zeus, Hercules, Mithras, Minerva or any of these other figures. Dawkins simply goes one god further than I do.
And so, to clarify this issue once and for all, let me just resolutely state that I am not an atheist about Zeus.
I'm really not.
I am a monotheist about Zeus.
My issue with Zeus isn't that he's clearly ridiculous and there's no evidence for him. I mean, yeah, Zeus is pretty ridiculous and there's no evidence for him. But that isn't really my objection to Zeus worship.
My objection to Zeus worship is that Zeus isn't the kind of thing that should be rightly called a god, or the kind of thing that should be worshipped.
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