Author Archive for ShawnMilo
Here are a few logical fallacies that I think are among the most important, and most commonly committed by people who are trying to support something irrational. I expect anyone who wants to debate/discuss/argue with me to read and accept these points. If they do not, then it will be a waste of time for [...]
When there is a disagreement, one side has the task of justifying their ideas. But which is it? The burden of proof always lies with the party making the positive claim. A positive claim is one where an assertion is made, such as claiming that a god exists or that one owns two dogs and [...]
Well, I had a lovely chat with a couple of Jehovah’s Witnesses last weekend. It’s about time! I’ve been waiting forever for them to show up at my house. Somehow it has taken them years. I have only a tiny spark of hope that they might do some investigating for themselves, but it was worthwhile.
The [...]
While contemplating the ludicrous scribblings of an apologist, I had an epiphany. Creationists, and other people who allow religion to limit their thinking, do not only fail to have any curiosity (because their religion already has all the answers), but they persecute anyone who is curious. Consider the whole concept of a geocentric universe: Once [...]
While trying to explain to a theist why it isn’t their fault that they were raised irrationally, I hit upon a fantastic rule of thumb. Basically, it goes like this: “The less likely you would have been to believe something if you had heard it from an unknown source, the more you need to examine [...]
As time passes, the whole idea of religion just gets sillier to me. We live in a world where most people believe in something they can not see. The results of their prayers are indistinguishable from random chance, good things are attributed to their favorite deity, and bad things are written off as beyond our [...]
I realized recently (probably fairly late to the game), that there is a simple refutation to all religious beliefs. It can not be contradicted by any honest person. There are only two possible responses: Think about it honestly, or choose to ignore the truth.
Here it is:
Anyone who believes in any gods does so for no [...]
If there was any proof of Islam, Christians would convert.
If there was any proof of Hinduism, Jews would convert.
If there was any proof of Buddhism, Muslims would convert.
The simple truth is that more people de-convert and become atheists than convert from one religion to another. Recent polls show that the fastest growing group on surveys [...]
I was listening to the podcast “A Christian and an Atheist” on my way to work this morning, and I had a lot of thoughts about things which were said, but even more about things which were not said. In my next few posts, I’m going to go over some of those things. In this [...]
Putting up good content regularly requires a lot of time. I did it for a few months, then I asked for some feedback from you (see most recent post before this). Nearly two weeks have passed since then, and not a single person said so much as “hello.” I intentionally did not post since then [...]
In the months that this site has existed and I’ve been posting content, I’ve seen my stats rise steadily. There are now a lot of people who visit MiloCast.com regularly. However, I have received no e-mail from strangers, and almost no comments from people I didn’t already know personally.
In the interest of making this site [...]
Is it just me, or is “Family Guy” one of the greatest shows of our time? And is it just me, or is it going downhill in a sad, stumbling way? Some of the most original, funniest, and wittiest writing I have seen from a network show (animated or otherwise) has come from “Family Guy” [...]
I have come under heavy fire from some local magicians after I called for a vote to remove an officer of my local magic club from office (but not from the group) for a major ethics violation. Of course, those who are attacking me haven’t been able to find fault with what I said — [...]
I am currently embroiled in a messy ethics situation in my local magic club. I’ll get more into the specific details another time, but basically, I have called for a vote to remove an officer of the club from their position for a major ethics violation. The response has been forceful — and most of [...]
I was discussing the relative worthlessness of “debates” between rationalists and theists with a fellow atheist recently, and he expressed the opinion that it seemed like both sides just spew forth their own dogma, nobody considers the opposing opinion, and nothing positive comes from the effort. I don’t personally feel that debating is a waste [...]
No sane person who believes in any supernatural things — including gods, will claim that there is any evidence or proof. In fact, they find virtue in believing without evidence. Many of them think this makes them better, or at least more enlightened, than the rest of us.
Follow that line of reason logically, and the [...]
Christianity and Islam are founded on the idea that you have a serious problem. Namely, you’re going to hell for eternity, and only they can help you. Of course, you have to live your life according to their arbitrary rules, disagree with established fact, and it would be really nice if you would give them [...]
When I wrote about agnostics last week, I received some feedback disagreeing with the idea that agnostics are atheists by default. Agnostics are atheists, and I tried to explain it as clearly as I could. However, as is often the case, someone else put it much more simply than I could. I heard this simple [...]
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