By James Hance. See more of, and support, his beautiful work here. See Grover as Captain America by going to his Facebook page. Link via Laughing Squid.
-
Intro Link and Graphics

-
Newest Posts
-
Top Categories
Welcome Links
METAETHICS
Goodness Is A Factual Matter (Goodness=Effectiveness) Grounding Objective Value Independent Of Human Interests And Moralities Effectiveness Is The Primary Goal In Itself, Not Merely A Means Non-Reductionistic Analysis Of Values Into Facts On The Intrinsic Connection Between Being And Goodness Deriving An Atheistic, Naturalistic, Realist Account Of Morality On Good And Evil For Non-Existent PeopleTELEOLOGICAL / CONSEQUENTIALIST ETHICS
How Our Morality Realizes Our Humanity Maximal Self-Realization In Self-Obliteration: The Existential Paradox of Heroic Self-Sacrifice My Perfectionistic, Egoistic AND Universalistic, Indirect Consequentialism (And Contrasts With Other Kinds) On Teleology and Intellectual Virtues and Vices (5)VIRTUES
Rightful Pride: Identification With One’s Own Admirable Powers And Effects The Harmony Of Humility And Pride Conceptual Problems For The Ideal of Unconditional Love How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways Call It Volitional Love Rather Than Unconditional LovePLEASURE, PAIN
What Is Happiness And Why Is It Good? Pleasure And Pain As Intrinsic Instrumental Goods What Does It Mean For Pleasure And Pain To Be “Intrinsically Instrumental” Goods? Subjective Valuing And Objective Values My Perspectivist, Teleological Account Of The Relative Values Of Pleasure And PainGOOD WITHOUT GOD
On The Incoherence Of Divine Command Theory And Why Even If God DID Make Things Good And Bad, Faith-Based Religions Would Still Be Irrelevant The Separability Of Metaethics From Questions Of Theism Are Sex and Morality Merely “Evolutionary Tricks”? For God or Morality? On Those Who’d Hold Morality Hostage For Faith Being Personally Moral Is Not Enough, Atheists Need A Coherent Metaethics Can You Have A Heart Without Having “The Heart of God”?MORAL PLURALISM
Towards A “Non-Moral” Standard Of Ethical Evaluation Further Towards A “Non-Moral” Standard Of Ethical Evaluation Moral vs. Non-Moral ValuesMORAL MUTABILITY
Mutable Morality, Not Subjective Morality. Moral Pluralism, Not Moral Relativism. How Morality Can Change Through Objective Processes And In Objectively Defensible WaysMORAL INTUITIONISM
Against Moral Intuitionism Rejecting And Reconciling Moral Intuitionist Ideas With My Naturalist Account Of GoodnessSUBJECTIVISM
I Am A Moral Naturalist, Not A SubjectivistRELIGION WITHIN REASON
Against Accommodationism: Religion Has NO Rightful Claim To An Unencroachable “Magisteria” Of Its Own True Religion? How Jon Stewart Dropped The Ball On The Faith And Science Quesiton (But How Religion Can Be Redeemed Nonetheless) Why I Think Theistic Religion’s Psychological Grip Can Be Weakened Or BrokenTowards Atheistic Religions (Or Away From Them, Depending On How You Define “Religions”)MEANING AND "SPIRITUALITY" WITHIN REASON
On Defending True Spirituality And Taking The Word Back From Spiritually Bankrupt Fundamentalism I Am Interviewed About My Personal (Atheistic) Religiosity/Spirituality Is It A Waste Of Time For Atheists To Care About Spirituality? On The Meaning Of Meaning Character As Fate And Environment As Variability Not “I’ll Pray For You” But “I Love You”APOSTASY
Apostasy As A Religious Act (Or “Why A Camel Hammers The Idols Of Faith”) Sex And Apostasy Defending Apostates’ Intellects Against A Dismissive Christian ApologistSYMPATHY FOR THE RELIGIOUS
Can You Really Love Religious People If You Hate Their Religion? What Can An Atheist Love In People’s Religiosity? The Complicated Relationship Of An Apostate To His Religious Friends And His Reilgious PastCIVILITY BTWN ATHEISTS AND THEISTS
Is Debate Between Believers And Non-Believers Inevitably Futile? The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth—But With No Name Calling When (And How) Should We Bother To Push The Issues? On Meeting People Where They Are TOP Q: “How Is It Fair To Question Other People’s Identity-Forming Beliefs While Demanding Respect For One’s Own Belief-Formed Identities?” Top 10 Tips For Reaching Out To Atheists Does Faith Make You An Idiot? What’s Wrong With Prejudice And Is It Prejudicial To Dislike Someone Over His Bad Thinking? PZ Myers Shouldn’t Sound Like Sarah PalinROMAN CATHOLICS
The Pope’s Weaselly Excuses For Church Child Abuse In The ’70sAPPLIED ETHICS
Ricky Gervais, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, And Ethical Dilemmas In Comedy Legalism Over Life: Nun Supports Life-Saving Abortion And Gets Excommunicated Moral Actions, Moral Sentiments, Moral Motives, and Moral Justifications: More On The Nun Excommunicated For Approving A Life-Saving AbortionPROBLEM OF EVIL
On God As The Source Of Being But Not Of Evil Why Worship Someone With Mysterious Motives?ATHEIST SOLIDARITY
The “A” Word Who Cares About Atheists? You Might Be An Atheist Even If You Hate The New Atheists My Atheistic Reply To Rabbi Adam Jacobs’s Open Letter To The Atheist Community Are Atheists An Oppressed Minority?THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT
The Religious Conservative’s False Choice: “Big Brother” Or “Heavenly Father” Thoughts On The Ethics Of Private Vs. Publicly-Mediated Generostiy How Christian Beliefs And Values Are No More Creditable With America’s Founding Than Islamic OnesREASONS FOR ATHEISM
No, I’m Not An Atheist By Faith, Here Are My Arguments. Beyond Agnosticism: More Details About How I Know Various Kinds Of Gods Do Not Exist, Based On Scientific And Philosophical Reasons The Cosmological Argument, The Composition Fallacy, And More Reasons Not To Believe In God Do New Atheists Unjustifiably Shirk Their Burden For Evidence?ERIC STEINHART ON METAPHYSICS
6 Basic Kinds Of Answer To The Question “Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?” The Positive Content of Atheism Why Materialism is Unscientific The Simulation Hypothesis The Secret Agreement between Atheists and TheistsAGNOSTICISM, ATHEISM, & THEISM
Disambiguating Faith: How A Lack Of Belief In God May Differ From Various Kinds Of Beliefs That Gods Do Not Exist Distinguishing The Atheist Agnostic, The Theist Gnostic, The Atheist Gnostic, and The Theist Agnostic Agnostics Or Apistics? Disambiguating Faith: The Evidence-Impervious Agnostic Theists Atheists Have Affirmative Positions On The Status Of Evidence And On The Standards Of BeliefFAITH AS LEAP
Disambiguating Faith: Faith Which Exploits Infinitesimal Probabilities As Openings For Strong AffirmationsJUSTIFIED BELIEF VS. FAITH BELIEF
Disambiguating Faith: Not All Beliefs Held Without Certainty Are Faith Beliefs Disambiguating Faith: Defending My Definition Of Faith As “Belief Or Trust Beyond Rational Warrant”FAITH AS CHOICE
Disambiguating Faith: Implicit Faith Disambiguating Faith: Why Faith Is Unethical (Or "In Defense Of The Ethical Obligation To Always Proportion Belief To Evidence") How Faith Is Not Like Other (Revisable) Reflexive Assumptions (6)TRUST VS. FAITH
Disambiguating Faith: Trustworthiness, Loyalty, And Honesty Disambiguating Faith: Faith As Loyally Trusting Those Insufficiently Proven To Be TrustworthyFAITH AS TRADITIONALISM
Disambiguating Faith: Faith As Tradition Disambiguating Faith: Blind Faith: How Faith Traditions Turn Trust Without Warrant Into A Test Of Loyalty Disambiguating Faith: The Threatening Abomination Of The FaithlessUNCERTAIN BELIEFS
Rational Beliefs, Rational Actions, And When It Is Rational To Act On What You Don’t Think Is True Disambiguating Faith: Faith As GuessingBETTER THAN FAITH
Disambiguating Faith: Are True Gut Feelings And Epiphanies Beliefs Justified By Faith? Disambiguating Faith: Faith Is Neither Brainstorming, Hypothesizing, Nor Simply Reasoning Counter-Intuitively Disambiguating Faith: Faith In The Sub-, Pre-, Or Un-consciousFAITH AS RATIONALIZATION
Disambiguating Faith: Faith As A Form Of Rationalization Unique To Religion Disambiguating Faith: Faith As Deliberate Commitment To Rationalization Disambiguating Faith: Faith As Subjectivity Which Claims ObjectivityDOUBT VS. FAITH
Disambiguating Faith: Faith Is Preconditioned By Doubt, But Precludes Serious Doubting Disambiguating Faith: Faith As Tradition’s Advocate And Enforcer, Opposed To Merely Provisional Forms Of Trust Disambiguating Faith By Soul Searching With Clergy GuyCHILDREN'S REASONING
Disambiguating Faith: Faith As Corruption Of Children’s Intellectual JudgmentATHEISM DIFFERS FROM FAITH
Evangelical Atheism? Is Reason My “God” In Whom I Have “Faith?” Is Reason My "God" 2: On Authority, Uncertainty, and Inexplicability Is Reason My "God" 3: What It Means To Be A Rational Being Is Reason My God 4: On Reason As An Authority Answering Accusations Against Atheists: The Charge We Naively Blame All War On Religion Atheist Groupthink?DEISM VS. THEISM
On The Possible God Of Philosophy And Cosmology Vs. The Personal, Historical God Of FaithPOLITICAL VALUES
Some Suspicions About The Superiority Of Liberal Moral Values Philosophical Ethics: Hobbes On The Source Of Authority Philosophical Ethics: Rawls’s Maximin Principle Some More Thoughts On Rawls’s Maximin Principle And Fairness Philosophical Ethics: Can We Uphold A Moral Law And A Principle That We Should Break It? How Christian Beliefs And Values Are No More Creditable With America’s Founding Than Islamic OnesEPISTEMOLOGY
Clarifying The Relationships Between Dogmatism, Skepticism, And Properly Proportioned Belief Evolution and Epistemology If Faith Isn’t Publicly Justifiable, How Can It Provide Justification At All?METAETHICISTS
Philosophical Ethics: On G.E. Moore’s Notion Of Good As An Indefinable Non-Natural Property Philosophical Ethics: From G.E. Moore’s Non-Naturalism To C.L. Stevenson’s Emotivism Philosophical Ethics: A.J. Ayer And The Emotivism Of A Positivist Philosophical Ethics: J.L. Mackie’s Error Theory And Jonathan Harrison’s Critique Thereof Philosophical Ethics: R.M. Hare On Moral Consistency As A Form Of Logical Consistency Philosophical Ethics: Bruce Russell On Theories About What Makes An Action Rational Or Not Philosophical Ethics: Does Calling Someone Evil Explain Anything About Them?KANT
Philosophical Ethics: Kant, The Good Will, And Rational Actions Philosophical Ethics: "But Why MUST I?" Kant’s Ironic Formulation Of Liberty As Duty Philosophical Ethics: A Possible Kantian Formula For Determining The Permissibility Of Self-DefenseMOTIVES
Philosophical Ethics: Whether It’s Worth It To Be Just With No Incentives Or With DisincentivesETHICS OF HOMOSEXUALITY
An Argument For Gay Marriage And Against Traditionalism Judge This: No Gay Kissing On Modern Family? Happy National Coming Out Day 2009! Unreal Discrimination?GAYS AND CHRISTIANITY
Bishop of Church of England Doesn’t “Share Same Faith” As Those Who Accept Homosexuality A Follow Up Post On Gays And Christianity Confronting Conservative Christians With The Consequences Of Their Homophobia Gays and Christianity 3: If God Exists and Is Good, He Cannot Oppose Gay Love Contortions Of Catholic Philosophy: Eve Tushnet Argues Gay Sex Is Not OK But Sex Changes AreDISCRIMINATION
Sexism And Sensitivity On Gary Bauer’s Claims That American Muslims Get Better Treatment Than American ChristiansRELIGION'S VICES
Is God Needed For Us To Care About Starving Kids A World Away? Religion As A Morally and Politically Ambivalent Force Answering Accusations Against Atheists: The Charge That Atheists Have Faith TooSCIENCE VS. FAITH
How Belief In “Theistic Evolution” Is Nearly As Much A Denial Of Science As Creationism Defending The Apparent Truth Of Evolution’s Mindlessness The (Jesuit) Father Of The Big Bang Theory In What Sense Religious Scientists Shouldn't Exist What’s Wrong With Religious Scientists? More Thoughts On Scientists In The Public Square When Should A Scientist’s Faith Disqualify Him From Scientific Institutional Authority? On Unjustifiably Leveraging One’s Credibility Against Faith and In Defense of Naturalism and Induction (7)MODERATE RELIGION
Will The Real Atheists Please Stop Kneeling The Value Of Religious Moderates And The Danger Of Isolating Religious And Political Fundamentalists What’s In A Name? On Redefining Belief In God Rather Than Rejecting It Objections to Religious Moderates and Intellecuals 1 Objections to Religious Moderates and Intellectuals 2 Objections to Religious Moderates and Intellectuals 3 Objections to Religious Moderates and Intellectuals 4ANTAGONISTIC ATHEISM
On The Alleged Intolerance Of The New Atheists Towards “Faitheists” In Defense Of Mocking And Embarrassing Religion My Thoughts On Blasphemy Day On The Uses And Abuses Of Religion In Art: The Lines Between Expression, Tolerance, Respect, Fear, and Torture Why Atheists Should Not Give Up Challenging Theism And TheistsBAD BIBLE
Why Progressive Interpretations Of The Old Testament Still Do Not Justify Its God Morally How Genesis Is Not Only Literally False, But Metaphorically False True And False In Adam And Eve The Christian Logic Of Power, Pride, Humility, Free Will, Original Sin, And All-Consuming Divine Narcissism You Are Not A Bible Character You Are Not A Biblical Character 2: Father Freeman’s Reply You Are Not A Bible Character 3: On Believing Without Proof-
Your Thoughts
- Alan Cooper: Your use of the word “function” (rather than something more neutral such as “effect)...
- James Sweet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S pecial_pleading
- Heuristics: Theist here. Why is there something rather then nothing? This is because God is a necessary being, he...
- Daniel Fincke: Thanks so much, Richard!
- Richard Wade: Congratulations! I was hoping for the past couple of weeks to hear this news. I wish you all the best,...
- Daniel Fincke: Hey, thanks, John! Hopefully you will find more of my unpacking of what’s going on in...
- John M.: Hi Daniel, This is my reading of Nietzsche on morality and it’s so nice to see you interpret him in...
- Daniel Fincke: Thanks, everyone. Colin, I will make a point to address Nietzsche and evolution at some point. To do...
- Norman: What an awesome experiment in human behavior! – The woman actor who was lesbian – just became a...
- Tisha Irwin: I love this idea.
-
Blogroll
- Planet Atheism
Close preview
Loading... - The Daily Dish
Close preview
Loading... - You Are Not So Smart
Close preview
Loading... - Secular News Daily
Close preview
Loading... - Blag Hag
Close preview
Loading... - Peaceful Atheist
Close preview
Loading... - Clergy Guy
Close preview
Loading... - Leiter Reports
Close preview
Loading... - Philosophers Anonymous
Close preview
Loading... - The Philosophy Smoker
Close preview
Loading... - Less Wrong
Close preview
Loading... - Friendly Atheist
Close preview
Loading... - Unreasonable Faith
Close preview
Loading... - The Prosblogion
Close preview
Loading... - Anderson Brown
Close preview
Loading... - Brain Hammer
Close preview
Loading... - Butterflies and Wheels
Close preview
Loading... - Common Sense Atheism
Close preview
Loading... - Sendai Anonymous
Close preview
Loading... - Greg Laden
Close preview
Loading... - Why Evolution Is True
Close preview
Loading... - Evolving Thoughts
Close preview
Loading... - Pharyngula
Close preview
Loading... - Greta Christina
Close preview
Loading... - Daylight Atheism
Close preview
Loading... - Debunking Christianity
Close preview
Loading... - Philosophy Sucks!
Close preview
Loading... - PEA Soup
Close preview
Loading... - The Reason Project
Close preview
Loading... - Richard Dawkins
Close preview
Loading... - Experimental Philosophy
Close preview
Loading... - Epiphenom
Close preview
Loading... - Vridar
Close preview
Loading... - The Secular Outpost
Close preview
Loading... - Certain Doubts
Close preview
Loading... - Cynical-C
Close preview
Loading... - The Philosopher's Eye
Close preview
Loading... - Eye Of The Storm
Close preview
Loading... - Missing Shades of Grue
Close preview
Loading... - Infinite Zombies
Close preview
Loading... - It's Only A Theory
Close preview
Loading... - Mind Hacks
Close preview
Loading... - xkcd
Close preview
Loading... - BrainEthics
Close preview
Loading... - My Mind On Books
Close preview
Loading... - The Frame Problem
Close preview
Loading... - Secular Humanism
Close preview
Loading... - Atheist Revolution
Close preview
Loading... - Center for Inquiry
Close preview
Loading... - The Ethical Warewolf
Close preview
Loading... - Shane Wilkins
Close preview
Loading... - Atheist Media Blog
Close preview
Loading... - Al Stefanelli
Close preview
Loading... - Ethical Realism
Close preview
Loading... - Misplaced Grace
Close preview
Loading... - Specter Of Reason
Close preview
Loading... - Philosophy, et cetera
Close preview
Loading... - Critiquing Humanity
Close preview
Loading... - Brains
Close preview
Loading... - Philosophy Bites
Close preview
Loading... - Rust Belt Philosophy
Close preview
Loading... - Box Turtle Bulletin
Close preview
Loading... - 3 Quarks Daily
Close preview
Loading... - Phronesisaical
Close preview
Loading... - Glenn Greenwald
Close preview
Loading... - The Daily What
Close preview
Loading... - Balloon Juice
Close preview
Loading... - Overcoming Bias
Close preview
Loading... - PolitiFact's Truth-o-Meter
Close preview
Loading... - The Philosophers' Magazine
Close preview
Loading... - Thoughts Arguments and Rants
Close preview
Loading... - Adventures In Ethics and Science
Close preview
Loading... - Think Tonk
Close preview
Loading... - Go Grue
Close preview
Loading... - Feminist Philosophers
Close preview
Loading... - Udo Schuklenk's Ethx Blog
Close preview
Loading... - Roger Ebert's Journal
Close preview
Loading... - Informed Comment
Close preview
Loading... - The Consternation of Philosophy
Close preview
Loading... - What Is It Like To Be A Woman In Philosophy
Close preview
Loading... - The Superficial
Close preview
Loading... - Sacred River
Close preview
Loading... - Enduring America
Close preview
Loading... - Raging Rev
Close preview
Loading... - Liberal Atheist Hippie
Close preview
Loading... - The New Camels With Hammers
Close preview
Loading...
- Planet Atheism
-
Counter and Badges
Category Archives: Pop Culture
van Gogh’s Batman
July 31, 2011 – 9:05 pmBy Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Arts, Arts, Comic Books, Comic Books, Comic Books, Culture, Featured, Pop Culture | Tagged Batman, Vincent van Gogh | Comments (0)The Nothing (Neverending Story + Radiohead’s “How To Disappear”)
February 10, 2011 – 1:11 pmBy Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Film, Film, Indie Music, Indie Music, Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Music, Music Videos, Music Videos, Pop Culture, Videos | Tagged The Neverending Story, The Nothing | Comments (0)Vintage Kermit the Frog From “Sam & Friends” On Visual Thinking
February 5, 2011 – 3:48 pmAmazing footage, it boggles my mind to see Kermit in the ’50s: It’s such a shame that Jim Henson’s deft, pitch perfect sense of humor and imagination died with him. Most things muppet-related have been bland, assembly line, Disneyfied hack work since 1990. Blegh. Kermit the Frog is dead, long live Kermit the Frog. Your [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Culture, Culture and Technology, Culture and Technology, Pop Culture, TV, TV, Videos | Tagged Jim Henson, Kermit the Frog, Sam & Friends, Vintage | Comments (0)Ricky Gervais Defends His “Thank God For Making Me An Atheist” Golden Globes Remark
January 30, 2011 – 3:05 pmHere is a full clip of the portion of his recent Piers Morgan interview that dealt with religion: Your Thoughts?
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheism, Atheism, Atheist Videos, Atheist Videos, Pop Culture, Religion, Religion, Videos | Tagged "Thank God For Making Me An Atheist", CNN, Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais | Comments (4)Daily Hilarity: Radical Muslim Snacks
January 26, 2011 – 11:38 amThe Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> Video Archive Your Thoughts>?
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Comedy, Comedy, Hilarious, Islam, Islam, Parody, Parody, Pop Culture, Satire, Satire, Videos | Comments (0)Daily Hilarity: Ezra Koenig Vs. The Black Keys On The Colbert Report
January 13, 2011 – 12:00 amThis was one of the most geekily glorious things ever: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> Video Archive And, for the record, The Black Keys rule (and are hilarious even without Colbert involved): The Black Keys “Tighten Up”The Black Keys | Myspace [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Comedy, Comedy, Hilarious, Indie Music, Indie Music, Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Music, Music, Music Videos, Music Videos, Parody, Parody, Pop Culture, Satire, Satire, Videos | Tagged Black Keys, Colbert Report, Ezra Koenig, Grammies, Vampire Weekend | Comments (0)Daily Hilarity: Josh Groban Sings Kanye’s Tweets
January 5, 2011 – 12:10 amBy Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Comedy, Comedy, Hilarious, Music, Music, Parody, Parody, Pop Culture | Tagged Jimmy Kimmel, Josh Groban, Kanye West, Twitter | Comments (0)NYPD Blue Moons The FCC With Court Approval
January 4, 2011 – 10:28 pmA good day for freedom of speech as the censorious FCC loses its case trying to levy a fine for a naked butt on NYPD Blue: NEW YORK – The Federal Communications Commission cannot fine broadcasters for showing a woman’s nude buttocks on a 2003 episode of “NYPD Blue,” a federal court ruled Tuesday, citing [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Arts, Civil Liberties, Civil Liberties, Culture and Technology, Culture and Technology, Cutural Criticism, Cutural Criticism, Free Speech, Free Speech, Law, Law, Pop Culture, TV, TV | Comments (1)Daily Hilarity: The Amazing Atheist Drubs Revenge Of The Sith
January 4, 2011 – 6:08 pmFor those of you who find it cathartic to have my beloved Star Wars prequels dragged through the mud cleverly and didn’t think Mr. Plinkett’s two hour evisceration of Revenge of the Sith was thorough enough, here is The Amazing Atheist’s review of it: You can also find his takedowns of the previous prequels via [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Comedy, Comedy, Film, Film, Film Reviews, Film Reviews, Hilarious, Pop Culture | Tagged Amazing Atheist, Star Wars | Comments (0)Daily Hilarity: Red Letter Media Eviscerates Revenge Of The Sith
January 1, 2011 – 8:16 pmI am a Star Wars fan and one of the few passionate defenders of the prequels, each of which I wholeheartedly loved the first dozens of times I saw each one. But, if you are going to hate on the prequels, you cannot do a much more thorough, defensible, or hilarious job than Red Letter [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Comedy, Comedy, Film, Film, Film Reviews, Film Reviews, Hilarious, Pop Culture | Tagged Plinkett, Red Letter Media, Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars | Comments (2)Archie Comics Prepares To Open The Closet Door Nonchalantly
August 22, 2010 – 1:56 pmDan Parent, the writer and illustrator of an upcoming Archie comic that will introduce the series’s first openly gay character, explains the approach planned for treating the new character’s sexuality and the philosophy behind it: “To the kids at Riverdale High, Kevin’s sexual orientation is a nonissue, Parent said. ‘Their reaction is very nonchalant.’ It’s [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Homosexuality, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, Pop Culture | Tagged Archie, Archie Comics, Comics, Dan Parent, Jughead, Kevin Keller | Comments (1)Stephen Fry On “Big Think”
July 18, 2010 – 4:01 pmBy Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheism, Atheism, Pop Culture, Videos | Tagged Oscar Wilde, Stephen Fry | Comments (0)Penn Jillette On Magic, Atheism, And Libertarianism
July 9, 2010 – 1:53 pmA really enjoyable video, especially for his remarks on magic, other magicians, and why magic on TV isn’t real magic. And I really appreciated his stress on the importance of having “out” atheists to identify with. In his case he discusses being joyed, inspired, loved, and comforted by having famous atheists like Martin Mull, Randy [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Arts, Arts, Atheism, Atheism, Atheist Videos, Atheist Videos, Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Cutural Criticism, Cutural Criticism, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, Politics, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion, Religion, Right Wing Politics, Right Wing Politics, Videos | Tagged Libertarianism, Magic, Penn and Teller, Penn Jillette, Tolerance | Comments (0)Steamboat Willie
July 4, 2010 – 12:01 pmBy Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Arts, Pop Culture | Tagged Animation, Classic Animation, Disney, Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie | Comments (0)Judge This: No Gay Kissing On Modern Family?
June 24, 2010 – 12:02 pmI am a bit late on this story but wanted to offer a contrary viewpoint to the dominant one of the outraged blogosphere. Though I have never seen the show, I was interested in the controversy over the show Modern Family which apparently features a gay couple among its lead characters. The controversy centers not [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Applied Ethics, Culture, Cutural Criticism, Ethics, Featured, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, Love, Moral Psychology, Morality, News Discussion, Prejudice, Psychology, Same Sex Marriage, Sex, TV | Tagged ABC, Modern Family, Waymon Hudson | Comments (5)Star Wars Corsets
June 8, 2010 – 3:04 pmBy Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Film, Hilarious | Tagged Darth Vader, Novelties, Princess Leia, Star Wars, Storm Troopers | Comments (0)Sex And The City 2 (And Religion) (And Feminism) (And Race) (And Homophobia)
June 5, 2010 – 1:01 pmDiana Bass complains: It just wasn’t very funny to see four smart American women parading western consumerism and sexualized identity in blatantly insensitive and anti-religious ways in a traditional world. Wait a minute, what she describes may not be funny but it’s certainly the best thing I’ve heard about the film from everything that I’ve [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Christianity, Cutural Criticism, Feminism, Film, Film Reviews, Homophobia, Islam, Judaism, Racism, Religion, Secularism, Women's Issues | Tagged Diana Bass, Kalsoom, Larry Niven, Rust Belt Philosophy, Sex and the City 2 | Comments (0)Daily Hilarity: Best Of Sarah Haskins’s "Target Women"
June 3, 2010 – 4:30 pmSarah Haskins always provides the most hilarious and incisive commentary tearing into the lousy logic and vapid condescension packed into advertisements targeted at women on her recurring Infomania segment called Target Women. Her dry witted satirical media criticism would be a perfect fit on The Daily Show and in logic classes. Every time I watch one of [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Comedy, Cutural Criticism, Feminism, Hilarious, Satire, Videos, Women's Issues | Tagged Advertising, Bad Advertising, Condescending Advertising, Deceptive Advertising, Diamonds, Jewelry, Media Criticism, Sarah Haskins, Shampoos, Skin Care | Comments (0)The Roman Catholic Lady Gaga On Religion And The Church
June 3, 2010 – 10:27 amWhile intuitively it makes a lot of sense to me that Lady Gaga embraces Roman Catholicism—she’s Italian, she has a lavish, theatrical aesthetic inherited inevitably in part from the most tangible, sensuous, and theatric form of Western Christianity, she’s a self-conscious transgressor who needs to some extent to think in terms of traditional binary logics [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Christianity, Featured, Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Secularism | Tagged CNN, Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga's Roman Catholicism, Larry King | Comments (0)Bill O’Reilly Compares Gays To Al-Qaeda
June 3, 2010 – 12:10 amA little over an hour ago, I posted this McDonald’s commercial, running only in France thus far, which gently sends a pro-gay message. Little did I know yet that Bill O’Reilly got seriously O’riled up about it tonight: His physical hostility towards such a remarkably understated and delicate ad and his adamant insistence that the [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Civil Rights, Featured, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, Videos | Tagged Bill O'Reilly, FOX News, Jane Skinner, McDonald's, McDonald's commercial, Pro-Gay Ad | Comments (3)"Come As You Are"
June 2, 2010 – 10:44 pmBy Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Homosexuality, LGBTQAA | Tagged Advertizements, Advertizing, Cool Advertisements, France, McDonald's | Comments (7)Don't Mess With The Bieber
June 2, 2010 – 3:33 amApparently even teeny bop pop stars for 12 year old girls have a death threatening contingent among their fans: So what would happen if Justin Bieber was deleted from the internet? After all, the young singer consumer product is a perpetual trending topic on Twitter, and his fans have already twice caused him to cancel a public appearance [...]
Trading Spouses: Christians Vs. Woo Edition
May 30, 2010 – 1:00 pmTeen Werewolves
May 26, 2010 – 8:24 amAm I just getting older or are teens really becoming a whole lot less distinguishable from children? The wisdom of a teen werewolf: I don’t believe any one is just human. Everyone’s got something else mixed in with them, just they’ve got to actually look inside themselves to see what it is. Thanks to Brandy [...]
By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in News, News Discussion, Social Psychology, Videos | Tagged John Marshall High School, San Antonio, Teen Werewolves, Teenager | Comments (1)The Simpsons On South Park's Mohammed Depiction Problem
April 26, 2010 – 2:39 pmBy Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Free Speech, Islam, Religious Extremism | Tagged Depictions of Mohammed, Mohammed, Simpsons Chalkboard, South Park, The Simpsons | Comments (0)

