Stephen Hawking on the "fairy story" of the afterlife

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark." ~Stephen Hawking


http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110516/us_yblog_thelookout/stephen-hawking-says-afterlife-is-a-fairy-story

Updated links

I've updated broken links in old posts. I've decided to spend some time on this blog lately because of a dramatic increase in visits.

Why do Americans dislike atheists?

This Washington Post article has a lot of links to related studies.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-americans-still-dislike-atheists/2011/02/18/AFqgnwGF_story.html

The Black Atheist

I came across this article through an NPR article, and I liked this quote:


"Among black folks, if you're a criminal who shows up at a service on whatever Sabbath you subscribe to, you're just a fallen human who is worthy of love and redemption. But if you're a moral and decent human who doesn't believe in a supernatural force, you'll soon find that your kind is most unwelcome."


Full Article: http://www.theroot.com/views/black-women-who-use-word?page=0,0


The NPR Article I saw first: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127239913