I’ve written a detailed explanation of Blake’s basic use of the Bible and of the meaning it had for him. Go to Finally the Bible.

Mojoey has been doing all of us atheists a favor by keeping the definitive list of atheist blogs. I’ve sported Mojoey’s Atheist Blogroll on the sidebar for over a year now. Unfortunately because of the way Technorati changed the way it indexes sites the links don’t count toward a site’s authority it seems. So taking my cue from the many atheist bloggers who have been posting the entire list uncut in recent days (I’ve seen it posted at quite a few places, Atheocracy being the most recent to catch my attention) I’m now doing my part to help boost our collective blogospheric stature by doing the same.

Just as a note, I don’t agree with every blog/blogger on this list. In fact I vehemently disagree with quite a few and likely many would disagree with me. No big surprise there as I can be quite the contrarian when I want to. However, I don’t see this as a negative thing. Rather it helps illustrate the fact that if someone tells you that they are an atheist then they’ve told you remarkably little about themselves. Actually, all they’ve said is, “I don’t believe in gods”.

Beyond that atheists are as rich and varied a bunch as any random group of people you might find. There are liberal atheists, socialist atheists, conservative atheists, libertarian atheists, anarchist atheists, materialist atheists and even spiritual atheists with the only thing in common being our lack of belief. The one type of atheist you will never find however are “fundamentalist” atheists as atheists lack any coherent set of principles or doctrine on which to rigidly adhere to a fundamental interpretation.

So I encourage everyone to pick a half dozen or so blogs off the list below that you’ve never heard of before and go give them a read. You might hate what you find there, you might love what you find there. Who knows? The one thing that is for sure though is you will have broadened your horizons just a little bit more. Enjoy. Read more »

I’ve included the video below because the person ranting away about Christianity does have some valid points.

However…

He has missed an important point, and it is this.
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I’m 3/4 through Aubrey de Grey’s new book, Ending Aging. I’ll be posting a more thorough review in an upcoming post, but suffice it to see that I am finding the book very inspiring. I’ve been reading from Aubrey and others that the timing of the availability of the therapies to help all of us live much longer, healthier lives is limited only by our funding and desire. Although I hoped that this was the case, I was never truly convinced until I read the details of the SENS strategies and the immediate pathway ahead.

If you are at all interested in healthy life extension I highly recommend this book. It belongs on your shelf next to the works by Kurzweil and others.

Right now the Methuselah Foundation is offering a promotion to get an autographed copy of Aubrey’s book for a $100 donation.

If you are a US resident, the donations are both tax-deductible and matched by Peter Thiel, founder of Facebook and PayPal.