Attempts@Rational Behavior Is Good For Your Health
I often have a sore neck. The Doc says I need to do more neck exercises so I’m visiting Attempts at Rational Behavior more than I used to. What does AARB do? They provide highlights of the weird shit religious people say on Twitter (and elsewhere, but mostly on Twitter).
The incredulous “no, no no” side-to-side shaking of my head is going to do wonders for my neck – I just know it.
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
Renshia (a prolific commenter here) sent a suggestion that I spread the word about one of his favorite websites – TED. What’s TED? From their about page:
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Program, the new TEDx community program, this year’s TEDIndia Conference and the annual TED Prize.
The jewel on the TED website is undoubtedly their collection of videos. Again, I’ll let TED speak for itself:
The annual conferences in Long Beach and Oxford bring together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). On TED.com, we make the best talks and performances from TED and partners available to the world, for free. More than 450 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. All of the talks feature closed captions in English, and many feature subtitles in various languages. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.
Under those broad categories of Technology, entertainment and design, TED covers a lot of ground – especially for the scientifically inclined, or those simply looking for some inspiration. Suffice to say, I am in complete agreement with Renshia – TED is an amazing place. One of the best the web has to offer. The fact that their videos are free to view or download (in many formats including mp3 and high-resolution video) is a testament to the power of the web as a learning tool.
With that, I’ll leave you with one of my favorite TED videos. Enjoy!
Newest Member of the Atheist Blogroll is…
Me!
I’m astounded at the vastness of the atheist blog community (it’s much larger than I could have imagined) and am excited to be added to Mojoey’s incredible Atheist Blogroll.
Thank you to Mojoey, and welcome to any visitors who find their way here from the blogroll. As you can see, I am just getting started so please check back!
For the Blogroll
- About Atheism and Agnosticism
I’m not a fan of about.com but August Cline – the site’s atheism writer – is excellent - Atheist Revolution
by vjack (a terrific resource) - Pharyngula
by PZ Meyers is an awesome atheism and science resource
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Blogroll
- About Atheism & Agnosticism I’m not a big fan of about.com but the site’s atheism writer – August Cline – is excellent
- Atheist Revolution by vjack – an unbelievably prolific writer on the subject of atheism
- Attempts At Rational Behavior A godless liberal who firmly believes in the separation of church and state.
- Friendly Atheist warmth and wisdom from the guy who sold his soul on eBay
- Pharyngula by PZ Meyers
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Communities & Social Bookmarking
- Advocacy & Activism
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Video Favorites
- Atheist a simply made video with an incredibly inspiring message
- Pat Condell’s Youtube Channel is Atheism on the offensive (controversial, funny & brilliant)
- Potholer54’s Youtube Channel home of the amazing “Made Easy” series (evolution & natural selection, the scientific method, and history of the universe etc)
- Why Do People Laugh at Creationists? is an excellent 24 part Youtube video series by Thunderfoot
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The Four Horsemen
- Christopher Hitchens is the author of “God is Not Great”
- Daniel Dennet is the author of “Breaking the Spell”
- Richard Dawkins is the author of “The God Delusion”, “The Blind Watchmaker” & more
- Sam Harris is the author of “The End of Faith” & “Letter to a Christian Nation”
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Morals, Values, World Views
- Ethic of Reciprocity “The Golden Rule” is one of things that guides my life
- One Source of Morality might be from our feelings of empathy
- Secular Humanism check out the Council of Secular Humanism affirmations and declarations
- Secular Humanism on Wikipedia atheism is what I don’t believe & secular humanism is, more or less, what I do
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My Purpose Here
I'm here to help doubting Christians let go of their fear and guilt, to provide an example of an atheist leading a happy, moral and fulfilling life, and to connect with like-minded non-believers. Welcome!
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