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"Well what is this?....not a pedestrian, not a car, not a bus...hmmmmm......"
"Urban Foxes are becoming commonplace. It's odd they'll run away in a Flash when they spot…"
"Yes Randall and to cap it all we were beaten by league leaders Manchester City "
"Their back! The foxes are at it again. It's that time of year when the foxes get stuck…"
"The Church of England is the Tory Party at prayer.
Benjamin Disraeli"
"I still say it all belongs in the places of worship, NOT schools, the workplace, hospitals,…"
"Stephen, I see that Chelsea lost recently. I suppose you're depressed. Sorry."
"Terry, several years ago, Seth Andrews of The Thinking Atheist gave a talk entitled, "Get Them…"
"I'm afraid that hope goes out of the window as long as we allow faith schools to teach…"
"... and the answer to your excellent quotable question is that gods were created by the minds of…"
"If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial…"
"C of E seems to me the most aceptable sort of christianity, thanks to Elizabeth I."
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- Tradition at Birth
- Mainline Protestant
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- Atheist
- Occupation
- Electrical Engineer, retired
- What brought you to Atheist Universe?
- I'm a semi-retired electrical engineer who has a rather eclectic background, never mind a few miles on the odometer. I suppose I was an "apatheist" for quite a while - largely indifferent to the whole issue of gods - but after 9/11 and the more blatant appearance of evangelicals and Dominionists on the scene, my atheism has finally come to the fore.
Other interests include music, especially classical, high-end stereo and home theater (and with that, CD and DVD collecting), enthusiasm for cars and motoring, single-malt whisky and biking.
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"The Church of England is the Tory Party at prayer.
Benjamin Disraeli"
"I still say it all belongs in the places of worship, NOT schools, the workplace, hospitals, government buildings....."
"Terry, several years ago, Seth Andrews of The Thinking Atheist gave a talk entitled, "Get Them While They're Young." He isn't the only one to observe that religions want to indoctrinate children before they have the means…"
"I'm afraid that hope goes out of the window as long as we allow faith schools to teach anti-scientific creationism. We can't stop parents teaching their religion but we should be able to prevent state-funded schools from doing so."
"... and the answer to your excellent quotable question is that gods were created by the minds of certain types of humans to make it easy for them to patriarchically rule the sheep-like masses who just don't think.
If only we could prevent…"
"If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences. With such an…"
"C of E seems to me the most aceptable sort of christianity, thanks to Elizabeth I."
" Grinning Cat we in the UK often make fun of the Church of England and how it allows non-believing priests. Only joking but sometimes it seems that way."
"Orthodox Judaism doesn't teach any sort of original curse on women, but still maintains gender roles with women responsible for the home and raising children, and therefore generously exempted from many of the commandments -- a supposed…"
"Seems odd to me that women haven't rebelled en masse over this."
"Now I ask you if our religion teaches the dignity of woman? It teaches us the abominable idea of the sixth century--Augustine's idea--that motherhood is a curse; that woman is the author of sin, and is most corrupt. Can we ever cultivate any…"
"Loren I've just downloaded the Audible version of Thomas Paine's the rights of man. Very enjoyable and helpful for someone who has bad eyesight like myself. Great narration by Bernard Mayes."
"Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to…"
"Thinking about Greta's quote from yesterday regarding anger, here's a twofer for you: The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I have learned…"
Loren Miller's Blog
January 6th As “A Training Exercise”
Posted on January 5, 2022 at 10:40am 2 Comments 2 Likes
It’s been over a year since the November, 2020 election, and not quite a year from the infamy of the January 6th insurrection. Joe Biden has assumed the presidency, taken the reins, and begun to guide our nation out of the 10-point cluster-fuck which was the four years of the Trump administration. Perhaps his two biggest and most positive accomplishments have been the organization and deployment of the COVID-19 vaccines, which now has roughly 73% of US citizens with at least one…
ContinueBrian Tyler Cohen on Roe and a Pending SCOTUS Case
Posted on December 3, 2021 at 9:00am 3 Comments 2 Likes
Brian Tyler Cohen has been producing political commentary on YouTube for the past couple of years. Generally, his traditional format has been to start with a video clip of some event, whether a speech in the House or Senate or an incident in the field, then comment on that event or incident. Such videos will usually see him in a neatly tailored suit and tie and likely reading his script from a teleprompter.
Then there are those rare times when Brian is speaking both off the cuff…
On Being Remembered and Books
Posted on November 4, 2021 at 10:00am 3 Comments 4 Likes
When you get to be my age (70 years, 11 months), you begin to wonder how well or even if you’ll be remembered after the physiology quits working, and you’re no longer around to remind others of your existence. That is a thought that I have intermittently pondered over the past couple of years. My family situation frankly isn’t that reliable. I have one brother and two sisters, none of whom have I heard from in the last 10 years, plus a daughter with whom I might exchange greetings and…
ContinueAtheism Versus Agnosticism
Posted on October 1, 2021 at 8:30am 8 Comments 2 Likes
There has been an ongoing argument regarding the words, “atheism” and “agnosticism,” practically since the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley coined the term, back in 1869. What further complicates the contretemps is the fact that the object at the center of the belief or argument – “god” – continues to be without any form of objective demonstration or proof. The conflation of the two terms on the part of some people only muddies the waters further. Granted that I am no Huxley nor Hume. To…
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- At 3:22pm on January 11, 2022,
Vanessa Williams said…
Thanks. :)
- At 11:23am on December 21, 2021,
Ian Mason said…
Thank you very much.
- At 9:51pm on December 5, 2021,
Happy Birthday, Loren. Have a great day.
- At 8:34am on December 5, 2021,
Stephen Brodie said…
Happy birthday Loren. I do hope you'll have a lovely day. Remember we shouldn't count the last two years because the pandemic has kept us on pause.
- At 2:24pm on September 4, 2021,
Detlef Pelz said…
I like fish and chips, too. :)
- At 11:34am on August 21, 2021,
Terence Meaden said…
I wish that I had allowed more time to add many more fine thoughts from my friends. Trouble was that I prepared the bulk of the book of atheist quotations between 2000 and about 2014, and then other priorities (chiefly in academic archaeology, fieldwork and writing) took over.
Loren Miller, 14 November 2009, Atheist Nexus: "We live now in the age of science, methodology and logic, where rational thought is slowly but surely displacing superstition as the primary means of evaluating our reality, how it behaves and what we can do with it. The brand of "crossing your fingers" which Pascal's Wager represents has no place and is unsupportable by any form of rational analysis."
- At 10:44am on August 21, 2021,
Re Quote of the Day: "Something which does not exist cannot help us, but chronic dependence on something which fails to exist does active harm to all of us." Loren C. Miller. From page 82, of the book "Q".
- At 4:17pm on May 16, 2021,
Loren I have noticed the delay in posting. Not sure what I can do, but I'll message someone about it
- At 3:39pm on December 5, 2020,
The big 70. But Loren it's not the numerical age that matters it's your fitness.
And from what I can see you look very healthy, long may it continue that way.
Many happy returns. Stephen
- At 9:01am on December 05, 2020, Stephen Brodie gave Loren Miller a gift…
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