I watched one episode of Dexter's Laboratory last night and now the theme song is ruining my day.

Blood Meridian

Thanks Nyla for pointing me to Jean Twenge. Interesting stuff. I'm glad that they touched on the parenting aspect in the rise of narcissism. The study segment I saw only went back to 1965, which is nice, but I would like to see data before the 60's and the explosion of counterculture movements that ...

Online badges are interesting along with the online personalities people develop. It seems easier to identify how people wish to be perceived because of social media. It's funny to see how some of my friends personalities are different from what they try to project online. I'm sure they think the sa...

I think social media creates a space where it is too easy to retreat to a group of like minded people. And if there happens to be someone different in that group they are too easy to ignore. Real confrontation is disappearing. I can put a pink equal sign as my profile pic on facebook that way all my...

Womb

4) Provide evidence that atheism is more advantageous to our species than theism. Maybe atheism isn't more advantageous to our species. I'd suggest that we find a way to utilize the beneficial aspects of religion without requiring belief in supernatural entities. I don't think the supernatural enti...

I think there might be some merit in the belief of literal miracles especially when they are appropriated into ritual. In this way practitioners can become immersed in the allegory. It sounds contradictory but I think it works. Just a thought. I'm still trying to work this out.

When I refer to miracles, I mean specifically the unnatural events claimed by Christianity to have happened in defiance of verifiable natural laws. can we pick one? i mean can you give one as a specific example? Water into Wine (John 2: 1-11) Water being changed/poured into wine can represent trans...

Or you could try Metamorphisis by Franz Kafka. It has a fantasy element and might be a good introduction to some good literature.