This and the book "The God Delusion" were two main factors my decision to stop only calling myself an agnostic and add atheism to my description
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNDZb0KtJDk
- Atheism is not the same as the belief that no Gods exist.
- People tend to group all atheists into the hard atheist category.
-I've always hated the the idea of worship to a god in organized religion. to me it should always just be thankfulness.
- Brings to light to how hard atheists are being persecuted. Emphasizes how we must not drop to their level as I feel many atheists are doing.
- "with power comes responsibility, but equally with responsibility comes power" A Beautiful Quote! one of my biggest problems with organized religions. They always seemed to try to make you feel powerless to change the world you are in and save it.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The path to ending ethnic conflicts
http://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_wolff_the_path_to_ending_ethnic_conflicts.html
- civil conflict and causalities have been decreasing around the world for 2 decades. not fast enough, but the world is getting better despite what the news makes it seem like
- lasting peace never comes from the battlefield, it's only temporary
- civil conflict and causalities have been decreasing around the world for 2 decades. not fast enough, but the world is getting better despite what the news makes it seem like
- lasting peace never comes from the battlefield, it's only temporary
What's wrong with our food system
http://www.ted.com/talks/birke_baehr_what_s_wrong_with_our_food_system.html
- food marketing gets kids delusional about food production a young age. It is likely better parenting to expose them to the truth as young as possible to avoid undoing it at a later part of life.
- people say organic food is more expensive. either you pay the grocery store or the hospital
- re-thinking homeschooling. can make kid better informed, free from the system of bad ideas. there is still valuable knowledge of social interactions though. maybe a hybrid system where you home-school a kid 1-2 days a week is good?
- food marketing gets kids delusional about food production a young age. It is likely better parenting to expose them to the truth as young as possible to avoid undoing it at a later part of life.
- people say organic food is more expensive. either you pay the grocery store or the hospital
- re-thinking homeschooling. can make kid better informed, free from the system of bad ideas. there is still valuable knowledge of social interactions though. maybe a hybrid system where you home-school a kid 1-2 days a week is good?
The walk from "no" to "yes"
http://www.ted.com/talks/william_ury.html
- conflicts should be resolved by someone not on either side of the conflict although it may seem they don't really understand it, just make them understand.
- the Palestine/Israeli conflict gets so much publicity not because of death count or danger to world (there's worst at the same time). It's the story. We can get so personally involved in it and can relate
- conflicts should be resolved by someone not on either side of the conflict although it may seem they don't really understand it, just make them understand.
- the Palestine/Israeli conflict gets so much publicity not because of death count or danger to world (there's worst at the same time). It's the story. We can get so personally involved in it and can relate
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