Monthly Archives: July 2013

Angry Atheist

I’ve been asked “why are atheists so angry?”. The snarky response: “because you only hear the loud ones”. My more elaborate rejoinder: “why do religious people try to lubricate their way into heaven with the blood, sweat, and tears of … Continue reading

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I miss going to Hobby Lobby

I’ve quit buying from Hobby Lobby despite them being my favorite store. They claim a religious exemption from providing birth control as part of their health care offering. What they are getting wrong is that they are not providing anything … Continue reading

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Abortion is killing but

having been raped I will not coerce a woman who has been raped to carry the child. Gestation permanently alters the woman’s body, so that every day there is a visible reminder in the mirror of the rape. Gestation alters … Continue reading

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Human values and Minimum Wage

Without a minimum wage market forces determine what companies may pay for labor.For jobs where competition is high wages will be low. To treat human labor this way is to make it the same as physical materiel, humans as no … Continue reading

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More on Abortion Rights

A zygote’s nature is determined by its genes, in fact isn’t much beyond a bag of lipids and a ball of DNA. To state that it is a human is to state that a human is defined primarily by their … Continue reading

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On abortion law (Texas SB5)

  Two of the three most traumatic events of my life are abortions. The first when I was about 20 seemed excusable due to relative poverty, the woman (now my ex-wife) never said a word about why she did it. … Continue reading

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