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May 02, 2012, 12:40:15 am »
Thoughts on this article? It's over two years old but I recently stumbled on it:
I found it pretty interesting being one of the very few people in this country who likely knows more closet Christians than closet atheists, considering all the anti-religious rhetoric in my scene those who don't buy in into it usually just find it easier to keep quiet, which I basically do as well. In 2009 in Indiana when serving as the ride to other guys I was staying with to the venue I remember them pointing out some local from Minneapolis band I was playing in the car "sounded Christian" and explained they weren't (though admittedly yes they did kind of have a sound more similar to Christian bands of that style), though at least some of the members apparently were but never mentioned that I was Christian because a theological debate was the last thing I wanted there, nor did I mention it even once that weekend despite the constant jokes about Christians and bashing that went on. I also recall having a conversation like this on a P2P network when I was about 19 or so:
Me: Well I'm in college now but I'm from North Dakota where there aren't many shows, the only venue in my hometown that regularly has all ages shows is a Christian one.
Other guy: Oh damn that's f**king terrible. You aren't Christian right?
Me: Actually yes, I am. I don't know like most of the bands though or the type of kids who go there.
Other guy: You are? Uh, sh!t, OK whatever.
Something like that, but the other guy was obviously expecting me to say "no" and go on some rant about how much I hated the place and everyone who went there (well the latter part was mostly true.) So yeah it would've been easier just to have done so.
But pretty interesting, this type of thing definitely is more common than most realize. And no, I am most certainly not trying to claim that discrimination against atheists is not far more common (nor is the author of the article from what I can tell.)
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I'm not "scene" obviously, but I just did a quick head count of my regular circle of friends and I counted only two open Christians. I suspect there are more in the closet, but yeah, it usually disappoints me to learn the fact. Mainly because they inevitably start posting streams of Bible references in their FB feed, like both of those friends.
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It's definitely true in Sweden, where religion is typically ridiculed (as long as it's Christianity, at least).
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Amongst people I know, they tend to designate themselves Catholic or Protestant as opposed to Christian . Its a cultural thing really. The only ones who tend to be shy about talking about it tend not to have that strong a faith; they tend to be wavering in their belief, or not that keen on saying they dont believe, because atheist or even agnostic can still be a dirty word. We live in a society that is suspect of taking a definite or as close a definite position as possible so that complicates things.
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I know many more closeted atheists than Christians, and most of the latter actually happen to be Mormons. Although I can understand why folks might want to be a bit reserved about their views early on as children when their peers are often (for a lack of better words) little, bigoted bastards, I consider it somewhat cowardly to conceal them out of fear, or for the sake of better fitting in as mature adults unless one lives in a society where being open carries a substantial risk to ones life.
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I know many more closeted atheists than Christians, and most of the latter actually happen to be Mormons. Although I can understand why folks might want to be a bit reserved about their views early on as children when their peers are often (for a lack of better words) little, bigoted bastards, I consider it somewhat cowardly to conceal them out of fear, or for the sake of better fitting in as mature adults unless one lives in a society where being open carries a substantial risk to ones life.
The way I see it is it's not something worth bringing up at the type of event where I might hear someone joking about or making fun of Christians, I want to mosh and drink, not debate theology. Besides, we're supposed to "turn the other cheek".
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I'm going into academia, specifically the social scientists. You tell me how many open Christians there are around me
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Well one of the women who preaches at my church has a PhD in Social Psychology.
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And in most of my courses on political science my peers did not hesitate to invoke Christian aspects of cultural heritage in warding off my occasional secular reform proposals. Discussions of religion do not come up in a lot of social science classes I think since it is just not often pertinent to the subject matter at hand. Many people studying the social sciences are not Christians but so far as I can tell faith and science do not have to conflict with one another if one is mindful not to let Scripture settle ones views on the natural world or science settle those on the supernatural. Incidentally, one of the best professors I had in college was just as much a believer and scholar of theology as he was one of cultures and American society.
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It's time to start thinking about what you've been taught. If you've thought about it, weighed its pros and cons, investigated other religions, other philosophies, other ways of living, then you came to your decision on your own rather than being indoctrinated into your religion since birth. Now you won't feel the need to convince others of your faith because it is rock solid within you and it matters not what others believe. Now you can live your faith in peace and harmony, and you realize that if everyone lived their faith in peace and harmony, this world would be a heaven on earth.
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Actually, while raised a Christian, I am much older than you imagine and have intentionally chosen to believe in Christianity by studying it. I have believed it by using Faith and Reason in a very disciplined way by a mind trained in college and graduate school. I am hardly indoctrinated.
Are you indoctrinated? I wouldn't ever say such things, for do you not have Free Will, or are you an automaton? I don't know anyone save those who truly was indoctrinated by going through a starvation process mostly of carbohydrates and went through a long period of sleep deprivation and so became mentally broken through a cult process. Those folks are rare and universally identified, for example like the Unification Church. It's intellectually dishonest to say that Christians only believe because of indoctrination, for in reality they have autonomy and can easily choose what they believe, just as atheists choose what they believe.
I agree that some faiths if lived into might lead to a world of harmony. Most faiths in history can get along, although there are periods in which fundamentalists of all religions have persecuted each other. Even Buddhists who are known for being peaceful (which is a stereotype not always bourne out by reality) have engaged in ethnic cleansing. Your model is very simplistic and stereotypical.
In Gnostic thought, which seems to be your thought, Lucifer is the lightbringer and so in that religion, the one in which Christians feel is the incarnation of Evil is the last one they'd worship. I hope you're not believing in that discredited spiritual system.
I am not a gnostic but who discredited gnostic thought? You? Your church?
Gnostics do not look to salvation from sin (original or other), but rather from the ignorance of which sin is a consequence. Ignorance -- whereby is meant ignorance of spiritual realities -- is dispelled only by Gnosis, and
the decisive revelation of Gnosis is brought by the Messengers of Light, especially by Christ, the Logos of the True God
. It is not by His suffering and death but by His life of teaching and His establishing of mysteries that Christ has performed His work of salvation.
So you see, your religion's obsession with evil was wrong about Gnosis. The previous paragraph was copied from the Gnosis Archive ( [
link to gnosis.org
] Christianity's mission is to discredit any other religion or philosophy to maintain that Christianity is the only true religion. You have studied your religion but you have not opened your mind to the study of other religions or philosophic thought so you have no right to condemn them or subject them to evil intentions.
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Gnostics believe this, which I believe is PURE EVIL.
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Gnostic myths relate that Lucifer is the Messenger of the Unknowable God. We had said that this God, the greatest one, unreachable and unknowable, is unable to penetrate this limited universe of impure and satanic matter. But according to these myths, he can send someone, Lucifer. Only with a supreme sacrifice can an incredibly Spiritual and pure being of antimatter fire break through into the infernal world of this universe. According to Gnostic legends and myths, the great Unknowable God sent Lucifer, angel of indescribable fire and light, to show man the light and to help him wake up and see his true origin, the origin of his Spirit, which has been perversely imprisoned in this impure matter called body-soul. He is an uncreated being, who came to the created world to bring Light: Liberating Gnosis. The saving knowledge which can wake man up and help him free his imprisoned Spirit. The knowledge which allows him to know who he truly is, why he is here in this world and what he has to do to liberate himself and fulfil his Spirit, which belongs to another uncreated and unknowable plane.
We have said that Lucifer came to the world to wake man up, to help him remember his divine origin, the divine origin of his Spirit, and to help him free himself from the body-soul in which he is trapped, and from created time and matter. "
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A field trip to Saguaro National Park can add a new dimension to your classroom studies and reinforce what you are teaching your students.
As a teacher, you are also welcome to utilize the park for Self-guided field trips which are available year-round or watch the Saguaro National Park Electronic Field Trip and use the associated lesson plans which are designed to be hands-on and adaptable for 4th through 8th grade. The Electronic Field Trip is available upon request.
We encourage teachers and students to get in touch with their environment by exploring the plants and animals of their desert home here at Saguaro National Park. We currently offer the following place-based experiences.
Grade 2: Desert Wonders- An Introduction to the Plants and Animals of the Park Students explore the plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert and their unique adaptations to desert living. This outdoor learning experience guides the students through scenic Javelina Wash. Along the way, students discuss predator/prey relationships, food chains, animal adaptations, and the saguaro cactus. Offered at Tucson Mountain District for up to 62 students.
Grade 3: Field Studies- The Scientific Method and Citizen Science Students explore plants and animals as a biologist would through recording and analyzing observations, measurements in a provided science journal. Students will search for signs of life on an off-trail hike. Offered at Tucson Mountain District for up to 62 students.
Grade 3: Desert Diversity- The Investigation and Science of Nature Students discover their desert biome by investigating the adaptations that allow plants and animals to thrive in a hot and dry environment they call home. Students experience life of a scientist as they work to make scientific observations about animal skulls and desert plants. Students are led on a 1/3 mile hike to collect plant data and learn how to measure saguaros. Offered at Rincon Mountain District for up to 42 students.
Grade 4: Desert Communities- Human Settlement Before the Park Students explore 1,000 years of park by being introduced to the four communities of Hohokam, Tohono O'odham, Homesteaders, and the work of modern day archeologists. Students experience what life was like for each of the communities with hands-on activities and discuss what life in the future might be like. Offered at Rincon Mountain District for up to 32 students
Grade 4: Hohokam Community and The Desert Environment Students explore life in the desert as it might have been 1,000 years ago through discussion, short hikes, exploration, and hands-on activities. Students consider what communication, shelter, and food were like for the Hohokam. Offered at Tucson Mountain District for up to 62 students.
Grade 7: Plot Survey- Scientific Studies Surround the Saguaro Students gather scientific data on saguaros that is used in the parks long term saguaro monitoring project. Students will learn how to use GPS units, clinometers, digital cameras, mini weather stations units, and compasses. Offered at Tucson Mountain District for one class.
Grade 7: Lost Carnivores* Students help park wildlife managers in a search for several small carnivores that have not been seen in the park for many years. With the assistance from Rangers, students set and check wildlife cameras in the field. Offered at Tucson Mountain District for one class.
* This program is intensely hands-on and requires team work, individual student preparation, class preparation time, and working in the field of up to 3 hours. Participating classes will receive a pre and post visit from a ranger.
All field experiences are offered mornings on various days of the week from November 16, 2015 to April 14, 2015. A classroom pre-visit,one week prior to the field trip, provides students with base knowledge and necessary safety message to prepare them for a place-based experience. A picnic lunch in the park is highly encouraged following each program.
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Buss spoke at the conference, and I had some big problems with what he said, but I thought I would give benefit of the doubt until I had the book in my hands.
My first big problem is the conflation of murder and war. While we can of course say that both entail violence, and that both seem to be behaviors selected for by evolution, that is all we can say. In most other aspects these behaviors are widely divergent in motivations and psychologies. Sure, sometimes men kill over women on the individual level and sometimes they take women as the spoils of war, but they also often kill all the women along with the men. While leaders may gloat about taking enemy women (as he notes), the rank and file have little choice about going to war. It is that or be exiled from the group, or see the group overrun and die with your family. Certainly over evolutionary time the choices in war were often win or die, and so women are not exactly central to the matter. One also should note that there is a huge psychological difference between killing over a woman one is, or has been, close to and killing with the hope of capturing women from an enemy group. Most critically, men go to war most often out of pro-social altruistic motives and group commitments, while many murders are anti-social selfish acts. One might just as well conflate love and lust too, if we are after confusion instead of insight.
And if Buss wants to use the term "murder" in the all-inclusive way he does throughout the book, then he must be consistent in that usage. He is not. On page 27 he states that "...the evolutionary war theory does not explain...Read more ›
The reader should be a little leary of the "killing module" idea. It is not necessary to posit a murder module to account for homicide. Also, Buss is less than clear about the specific 'darwinian algorithims' operating this circuitry. Is there circuitry for each different kind of homicide- as most hardcore modularists would insist? Or, is there a general circuit for murder? Buss vacilates and doesn't clarify this issue at all.
Either way, the murder module idea is fairly vapid. Why, as another reviewer pointed out, posit such a device if it seldom works? Suicide levels are everywhere much higher than homicide. What does this say about the adaptiveness of such modules? I am not sure.
The best thing about the book is the inclusion of many case studies. Buss had individuals write about their homicidal fantasies. Who did they want to kill? Why? What stopped them? Many of these vivid accounts are highly graphic and disturbing. Anyone who has ever thought about killing someone will enjoy these accounts! They also make for easy, maliciously fun reading.
If you are a tyroe, by all means enjoy this book. If you are seasoned in the field, stick to the more academically rigorous material.
(see other reviewers for more technical critisims. There are many that can be made, but that takes me beyond my reviews purpose.)
I just find myself wondering about some of the claims made in it:
1. that as many as 12% of children in middle class families are fathered by men who are engaging in "mate poaching" (that seems terribly high)
2. that extramarital affairs for both men and women are motivated by the desire to either pass on genes or have a child with "good" as opposed to "bad" genes. I can't help but think this is really unlikely (that there are many other cues to unfaithful behavior)
3. that man and woman are more or less slaves to their reproductive instincts. If this was the case, how does this explain sexual behavior where the production of children is out of the question (oral sex)?
4. Here's another thought. If all male behavior boils down to the imperative of passing one's genes to as many women possible and deterring rivals from doing the same to one's "own" women, what about the phenomenon of males acting as pimps?
5. Here's yet another thought. I was really surprised to read that the author considered Diane Downs, the woman who shot her three children --killing one and crippling another-- as fitting the profile of a "perfectly normal next-door [neighbor] with no apparent evidence of psychological abnormalities."
If the author had carefully read Ann Rule's book about Downs ("Small Sacrifices"), he would have seen that Downs was a VERY strange woman and not somebody I would ever describe as the stuff of "perfectly normal next-door neighbors."
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A heap of anecdotes, sprinklings of research, an abundance of conjecture, and a dollop of bulls*** and viola, you've got this book. Read morePublished 6 months ago by Dr. D. Watkins
The book introduces a lot of intriguing ideas, and is worth reading for that reason alone even if you don't ultimately end up agreeing with the author. Read morePublished 8 months ago by Daniel
I absolutely loved this book, Ive read it a few times and its great.Published 19 months ago by Elle
The author asks why we murder -- why all of us are capable of murder -- and uses evolutionary psychology (EP) to explain much of the answer. For me the logic is compelling. Read morePublished 19 months ago by Steve Kohn
David Buss is to EP what Richard Dawkins is to Ethology.
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I just checked this out from the library and I have to say, its probably the worst book about murderous psychology I have ever read. Read morePublished 22 months ago by C. Park
I was looking for a tale of insite and how to keep my family safe, good luck at trying to finish this book. Better to get a cookie and place it at your door. Read morePublished on January 3, 2014 by blah
David M. Buss is an evolutionary psychologist. This is a controversial field of science that assumes that the psychology of the mind has been shaped by evolution. Read morePublished on May 24, 2013 by Carl Robinson
This book is fantastic at providing a whole new understanding of why a human being commits murder. If you want a different theory that explains elements of the human mind along... Read morePublished on December 5, 2012 by rmay


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The period details and performances are uniformly superb (Bob Hoskins is especially good as MGM executive Eddie Mannix), and the major characters are even more complex than those in "Chinatown."
With an uncredited assist from playwright/screenwriter Howard Korder, Hollywoodland features some tart, lively banter and welcome comedic touches.
The chief frustration of this otherwise well-made, well-acted, well-heeled picture -- a movie classy in its artful modesty, with every detail of plot and period furnishings lovingly conceived, every lick of jazz-influenced score true to the times -- is that it is so very self-absorbedly graceful about something so very insular and...unremarkable.
While Coulter and company try gamely to forge two powerful stories, they manage, finally, about one-and-a-half -- which is a lot more than most films, and for which moviegoers should be grateful.
Coulter is a TV veteran but a motion picture newcomer. His work here indicates he is someone to watch. The pacing is slow and deliberate, but the story never ceases to intrigue.
The irony is that Affleck's battering at the hands of fame has prepped him beautifully to play Reeves.
The title refers to the giant promotional sign for the Hollywoodland real-estate development that once loomed on the side of Mt. Cahuenga. Shorn of its last four letters 10 years before Reeves' death, it survives as the iconic Hollywood sign.
Hollywoodland is one of the nicest surprises of the late summer lull between blockbuster seasons, a smart period mystery--cum--character study--cum--bitter parable on the lures and liabilities of life in its titular locale.
Features an excellent cast all of whom shine. Affleck as Reeves has never seemed more charming and Brody's Louis Simo is pretty much a scumbag who still manages to gain our empathy.
Props then to Affleck. Coulter contrived a neat behavioral trick by inducing his star to play a comparably big-jawed bad actor. Surrounded as he is by canny professionals--Lane, Hoskins, Smith, and Jeffrey DeMunn as an unctuous glad-handing agent--it's an unexpectedly touching performance.
This film is brave enough to admit that not all failed movie careers are the result of evil corporate suits, and Affleck makes us care that this likable but weak-minded man threw away what was solid and good in his life for the chimera of fame.
Like Affleck's performance, Hollywoodland has its affecting moments. But generally it feels like an HBO original movie, where respectable but uninspired execution mars a fascinating subject and great cast.
Lane, perhaps the most underrated actress of those deemed employable in their 40s, wonderfully embodies the mogul's wife.
A whodunit, a whydunit, and an excuse for Adrien Brody to mug it up like nobody's business.
Hollywoodland explores an intriguing bit of Hollywood history, and through the strength of its performances keeps us engaged and entertained.
It's a bit of a hodgepodge - unnecessarily complicated, clumsily structured, uncertainly directed and, as a whodunit, ultimately unsatisfying.
This summer has given us two Supermen to choose from in our own distemperate times: "Superman Returns" was for the starry-eyed idealists, Hollywoodland is for the bleary-eyed cynics.
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RandySep 23, 2006Adrien Brody was superb, and what a complex, compelling and melancholy story! Whether George Reeves committed suicide or was murdered, it Adrien Brody was superb, and what a complex, compelling and melancholy story! Whether George Reeves committed suicide or was murdered, it seems that the movie was saying that his life came to a sad end in a tawdry setting. Very thought-provoking film.… Full Review »
Feb 29, 2016Featuring fantastic acting and a captivating detective story, Hollywoodland is a well-crafted film from director Allen Coulter that suffersFeaturing fantastic acting and a captivating detective story, Hollywoodland is a well-crafted film from director Allen Coulter that suffers from script issues. Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, and Bob Hoskins, all star here and are all phenomenal in their respective roles. The talented actors really elevate this film about your typical potboiler detective murder mystery type film. Additionally, the film really sheds some interesting light on fame and the quest for it from those in Hollywood, which was compelling and quite tragic. Additionally, the film received some criticism for being too slow, but I never felt that way. It was certainly on the slower side of things, but I never found the pacing of the film to be an issue. Rather, I appreciated that it did not feel the need to rush things along. However, the script kind of falters at times, namely that the story can quite muddled and jumbled at times. Characters come into the film and only come back later with minor significance, but you miss information because you spend too much time trying to remember who they were. This is Hollywoodland's biggest sin as it can come off as though there are too many characters and too much going on at times, which really muddle things up a bit. That being said, it is still a well made film that is quite entertaining with phenomenal acting performances.… Full Review »