What I think about the Bible
2024-02-14 13:02 I don’t think the Bible was ever intended to be taken literally.  The idea was conceived after the breakthrough of the printing press in a doomed attempt to coordinate readings.
The difference between biology and reactionism
2024-01-30 12:19 Biological explanations for human behaviour can be mistaken for reactionism.  Oftentimes this is based on misconceptions of what modern brain science tells.  Maybe the worst misconception is accusation of determinism.
The moralising mind-trap
2024-01-23 12:33 This error is about constantly mixing up is and ought.  If someone says it is in a certain way the person is supposed to mean people ought to do something too.  Someone disliking the imagined ought, denies that it is so.
On mainstream mass-media
2023-12-25 16:26 There is a reason why I have the word criticism on my list of words and expressions.
When emotions are labelled undesirable
2023-12-15 11:01 Some seem to have trouble grasping that emotions are even needed.  In reality they are vital.  Without emotions we would not know on the most basic level what is good for us.  True, one can talk about someone making rational decisions.
What can we do about paedophilia?
2023-12-13 12:19 I have mentioned before that LGBT people has been mistaken for paedophiles.  To understand the concept of paedophilia one first has to understand the concept of puberty.
What is transsexualism?
2023-12-09 15:34 A transperson is someone who identify with a different gender than the person is born with.  This is not about individuals arbitrarily claiming to be something else.
In defence of homosexuality
2023-12-07 12:29 Unfortunately, there are still plenty of people hostile to homosexuals.  They talk about homosexual behaviour which is supposed to be optional to everyone.
What is persecution?
2023-12-05 12:32 Most present-day Westerners have lived with a high degree of liberty for several generations. Many nowadays lack knowledge of what oppression means. It does not help regional customs has been called “oppressive”.
Ideas not part of science at all
2023-12-01 12:19 There are so many ideas creationists imagine their opponents to adhere to.  As I have explained before a lot of them are not part of evolution theory.  Additional ones are not part of present-day science at all.