Category Archives: critical thinking

The Arrogance Of The Buffoons – Clock Fixin’ Edition!

Posted on August 11, 2010 by biguglyjim

As I write this post, I have no idea what time it is. The clock on my desktop says a time, of course, but it’s under the faulty method of Greenwich Mean Time, a means of standardizing the time that … Continue reading →

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Quoting Studies And Numbers

Posted on August 5, 2010 by biguglyjim

One of the grand difficulties in debating any issue, especially sitting around a few beers with peers, is the use of studies people have read and numbers people have heard. It is infinitely grating to me when this happens. I … Continue reading →

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Prop 8 Goes Away (For Now) – A Letter The The LDS

Posted on August 4, 2010 by biguglyjim

Dear Church Of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints, I’m sure by now you have heard the news, all that fundraising you did to raise the $39.9 million to make sure that gay people could not marry has been wasted. The … Continue reading →

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The Beauty Outside My Window

Posted on August 3, 2010 by biguglyjim

Outside my window there are gorgeous white clouds strewn about like cotton balls, slowly (at least from my perspective) moving across the sky with the current of the wind. The sun casts shadows of these clouds on the trees below, … Continue reading →

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Speaking In Tongues

Posted on August 2, 2010 by biguglyjim

Okay, I need some clarification. There are plenty of people out there who believe very deeply that they have this gift that God has bestowed upon them to speak in tongues. It’s sort of like scat singing, but it ain’t … Continue reading →

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The Threat Of WikiLeaks

Posted on July 29, 2010 by biguglyjim

I’ve been seeing a lot of chatter about WikiLeaks, and I figure I’d add my $0.02CAN to the maelstrom of debate. These sorts of debates are good for us, they help us keep tabs on public opinion, watch the various … Continue reading →

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The Rock On Which We Stand

Posted on July 29, 2010 by biguglyjim

I’m a guy who doesn’t believe. Pure and simple, I don’t pretend to be anything but what I am, and I am an atheist. I grew up a Christian and learned along the way that the basis for the faith … Continue reading →

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So Let Me Get This Straight

Posted on July 23, 2010 by biguglyjim

Your argument, if I’m understanding correctly, is that a creator, who we’ll call God for the purposes of this conversation but who could just as easily be called any number of names, triggered the Big Bang as a means to … Continue reading →

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The Campaign For Free Expression

Posted on July 22, 2010 by biguglyjim

The CFI have created a video contest called the Campaign for Free Expression, and it’s one I felt would be a good thing to put my smiling face behind. They even have their own video up, and it’s excellent. Free … Continue reading →

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Pertussis Continued

Posted on July 20, 2010 by biguglyjim

As I mentioned a little while ago, Pertussis is back. Whooping Cough is an issue in California and elsewhere in the US, and is causing a lot of problems. Surly Amy from Skepchick wrote an article about this entitled quite … Continue reading →

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