Comments on: Year's End, And a Preview

By: Evaine

Evaine — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:24:59 +0000

Good post. You make some great points that most people do not fully understand.

"We have made great gains this year, and despite the great violence and suffering still occurring around the world that give reason for sorrow, I cannot help feeling as if there is a new spirit of hope in the air. Perhaps it is foolish optimism, but I feel a growing confidence that the direction of events is changing. In the year to come, we friends of reason may be able to achieve a great deal of good."

I like how you explained that. Very helpful. Thanks.

By: Alex Weaver

Alex Weaver — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:44:40 +0000

PS: I'm looking forward to some of the posts on less popular religions, particularly Wicca. I know a few at least semi-serious practitioners and the impression I have of it is a combination of ritual superstition and an extreme form of salad-bar theology, including a quote-mining-like approach to drawing from pre-Christian beliefs. Is this more or less correct?

By: Prof. V.N.K.Kumar ( India )

Prof. V.N.K.Kumar ( India ) — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:37:49 +0000

It is good that you have revealed some of your future plans. It makes one sort of committed to them. Speaking for myself, I am looking forward to reading the series on "How to think critically". This reminds me of the saying -- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime ! If everyone starts thinking critically thereafter, we might end up with that many Ebonmuses and that many websites to browse. But I don't think that will happen, because apart from Critical reasoning, what Ebonmuse has is creativity, synthesizing skills and writing skills, which not many possess.

I have read each post/essay of yours and found it simply beautiful. Thanks.

By: Freeyourmind

Freeyourmind — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:23:29 +0000

Happy New Year!

Congrats to a great site and let's hope freethinkers continue to make excellent progress.

By: Dominic Self

Dominic Self — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:49:51 +0000

Happy 2007, and congratulations on all your work so far :) Pleasure to read!

By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:18:45 +0000

Thank you, Adam, for Ebon Musings and Daylight Atheism and everything you do to help enlighten the people of this world! I hope to be reading you and commenting for many years to come, and hopefully moving toward helping some of the people in my life understand how non-belief can be so freeing.

Happy 2007!

By: lpetrich

lpetrich — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:28:06 +0000

Prosperity theology? That could be very amusing, since Jesus Christ had been so anti-wealth. But a more serious aspect is that many preachers of prosperity theology want "seed" money for making that prosperity happen -- and guess whose pockets that money ends up in.

By: toomanytribbles

toomanytribbles — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:16:41 +0000

i have learned a lot from you blog and enjoy reading your posts. you're on my rss feeder, so keep'em coming!

so thank you, and have a wonderful, hopeful 2007.

By: Alex Weaver

Alex Weaver — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:51:28 +0000

For that serialized novel of yours...

What kind of editing arrangements have you made? I should be taking notes...

By: Terrence Kaye

Terrence Kaye — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:53:45 +0000

or as my alias, TPK would say..... Happy New Year! Can't wait for the next round of additions to the best freethought site on the web