I Just Witnessed An Event

Either The Soul Survives Death Or It Does Not, And There Is No Scientific Evidence That It Does.

It Is Sad That While Science Moves Ahead In Exciting New Areas Of Research, Fine-tuning Our Knowledge Of How Life Originated And Evolved, Creationists Remain Mired In Medieval Debates About Angels On The Head Of A Pin And Animals In The Belly Of An Ark.

Creationists Have Also Changed Their Name ... To Intelligent Design Theorists Who Study 'irreducible Complexity' And The 'abrupt Appearance' Of Life-yet More Jargon For 'god Did It.' ... Notice That They Have No Interest In Replacing Evolution With Native American Creation Myths Or Including The Code Of Hammarabi Alongside The Posting Of The Ten Commandments In Public Schools.

To Be A Fully Functioning Moral Agent, One Cannot Passively Accept Moral Principles Handed Down By Fiat. Moral Principles Require Moral Reasoning.

Ultimately All Hominids Came From Africa, And Therefore Everyone In America Should Simply Check The Box Next To 'african-american.' My Maternal Grandmother Was German And My Maternal Grandfather Was Greek. The Next Time I Fill Out One Of Those Forms I Am Going To Check 'other' And Write In The Truth About My Racial And Cultural Heritage: 'african-greek-german-american.' And Proud Of It.