MachineMachine /stream - tagged with heaven http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron therourke@gmail.com Heaven for Atheists http://thehumanist.org/july-august-2011/heaven-for-atheists/ It’s human nature, I suppose, to want to survive, to resist succumbing to the same fate all living things do. It’s the reason we write books, create art, have children—we’re hardwired to want to leave a legacy. Many even invent afterlives, rarely accepting death at face value but instead saying that someone who’s died has “gone on to a better place.” Some don’t even call it death but rather feel the need to be polite in saying someone “passed away.” These are the comforts we afford ourselves so we don’t have to confront the inevitable. Cryonics, I have decided, is… ]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:01:26 -0700 http://thehumanist.org/july-august-2011/heaven-for-atheists/ If Atheists Ruled the World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9IPoAdct8 All text taken directly from online Christian fundamentalist forums. http://www.fstdt.net ]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:42:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9IPoAdct8