Andrew Bernardin

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Name: Andrew Bernardin
Date registered: May 22, 2009
URL: http://andrew@andrewbernardin.com

Latest posts

  1. My Culinary Commandments — January 30, 2012
  2. The Genesis of Dessert — January 22, 2012
  3. The Younger Generation of Atheists — December 1, 2011
  4. Countering Creationism (1): The Emperor is All Gaps — November 7, 2011
  5. Freethought Musing: “God’s Will” Gets in the Way — January 5, 2011

Most commented posts

  1. Biblical Bloopers: A Two-Dimensional God — 23 comments
  2. Starry Night: My Thoughts on Death — 4 comments
  3. Heretical Cartoon Humor — 1 comment
  4. What Science Says about Morality — 1 comment

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Jan
30

My Culinary Commandments

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[Note: This satirical article has also been posted at my home blog, 360 Degree Skeptic] Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (1 John 2:15) While Christians are supposed to keep their eyes on the prize to come, …

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Tags: Bible, satire

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Jan
22

The Genesis of Dessert

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[Note: This tongue-in-cheek article has also been posted at my home blog, 360 Degree Skeptic] Imagine you have walked over miles of desert sands. You discover a pecan pie. The nuts are spread across the top in an obvious pattern, and the crust has a perfectly crimped edge. It is beautiful. And it smells divine. …

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Tags: Bible, creationism

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Dec
01

The Younger Generation of Atheists

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I believe the internet and mass media will provide salvation.  Not immediately, and not of the religious kind.  Rather it will help repair the slurred reputation of atheists.  In the least, future generations will become more aware of many non-believing role models.  Such as Harry Potter.  Actually the fictional character did believe in all sorts …

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Tags: atheism, culture

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Nov
07

Countering Creationism (1): The Emperor is All Gaps

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On my desk there is a slightly messy and seemingly bottomless pile of paper.  The individual sheets are not pure white and blank, devoid of content.  Rather, the pile consists of recent science findings in the form of select news releases spit from my printer.  A few years back the title to one began with …

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Tags: creationism, evolution

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Jan
05

Freethought Musing: “God’s Will” Gets in the Way

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To the news of a peer’s death in an automobile accident, one interviewed teenager said, “It’s fate. When your time comes, it comes.” Another tearily added, “God called him home.” Apparently, as far as you know, your time could be up at any moment. Nothing you can do about it. This is sloppy and dangerous …

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Tags: belief, education, superstition

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Oct
21

The Moral Landscape: The Lows

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To my mind, Sam Harris’s otherwise fine new book, The Moral Landscape, has three weaknesses. First, much like his blockbuster, The End of Faith, this books starts blazingly strong, then peters as the page numbers go into triple digits, particularly post page 150. Harris seems to include previously written filler to bring the book to …

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Tags: morality, Religion, Science

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Oct
20

The Moral Landscape: The Highs

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Sam Harris’s new book, The Moral Landscape, is a thought-provoking read. I recommend it. My highest praise is reflected in this note I scribbled while reading: “One of the most important and clear-minded books I have ever read.” I wrote that? Yes, though my overall enthusiasm did wane somewhat toward the end (as my next …

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Tags: morality, Religion, Science

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Oct
18

What Science Says about Morality

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Many people believe that science is strictly the domain of mute facts. What is. And it consequently has nothing to say about values and morality. About what should be. Many religious folks, or simply thinkers friendly to religion, will claim that values and morality are a special category addressed best or exclusively by religion. I …

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Tags: book review, morality, skepticism

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Jun
25

Spot the Flaws: Unpacking the Religion Variable

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Does religion exert a positive influence on people’s lives? The answer to this question likely depends on how we define the variables. Yet is it truly religion exerting the influence, when we get right down to it, or something more mundane: social values, adopting a meaningful life narrative, community involvement, pleasing rituals, what? A huge …

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May
27

A Hymn for Atheists

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