tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post111507093215278299..comments2024-03-28T14:13:23.835-04:00Comments on By Neddie Jingo!: Voice of SanityNeddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1115223731872776792005-05-04T12:22:00.000-04:002005-05-04T12:22:00.000-04:00Favorite line:"Be thankful that you have a life, a...Favorite line:<BR/>"Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one."<BR/><BR/>Great stuff. Thanks for the recommendation, Ned.XTCfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361374492348913096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1115217966750515932005-05-04T10:46:00.000-04:002005-05-04T10:46:00.000-04:00Dawkins is a hero for our times. In addition to "...Dawkins is a hero for our times. In addition to "Unweaving the Rainbow" I can personally recommend "The Devil's Chaplain" which is a collection of essays and "The Blind Watchmaker," which explains evolution in an easy-to-read entertaining fashion. <BR/><BR/>I found these people because of him: http://www.the-brights.net/The Viscount LaCartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1115127990787047682005-05-03T09:46:00.000-04:002005-05-03T09:46:00.000-04:00It's maddening to me that folks consider the mater...It's maddening to me that folks consider the materialist scientific perspective as implying nihilism and existential meaninglessness. This perspective has no particular moral or existential implications whatsoever, and it is not necessary to deny science to find meaning. Dawkins has the courage to embrace a meaning that he gleans from his view of the universe, but his meaning, as beautiful as it is, is by no means the only one that can be constructed or adopted while adhering to a materialist perspective.Vache Follehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942494955243643381noreply@blogger.com