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'''Current favourite quote:''' 

'' 'What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.' '' - '''[[Christopher Hitchens]]'''

==Articles started:==

*[[An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Atheism]] (a book by Daniel Harbour)
*[[Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life]] (a book by [[Alister McGrath]])
*[[The Rage Against God: Why Faith is the Foundation of Civilisation]] (a book by [[Peter Hitchens]])

==Likes:==

*Freethinkers (see [[freethought]])
*[[Computer games]] such as [[Deus Ex]], [[Morrowind]], and [[Civilization IV]]
*[[Monty Python]]
*[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]
*[[Horror fiction]] and [[Science fiction|science fiction]]
*[[Films]]
*[[Erotica]], non-exploitative [[Hardcore pornography|porn]], and [[Human sexual behavior|sex]] in general
*[[Women]]
*[[The Wicker Man]] (the restored 99 min 1973 version)
*The insights and efforts of [[Richard Dawkins]]
*Questioning [[beliefs]] and [[assumptions]]

==Personal Dislikes:==

*[[Social conservatism]]
*[[Censorship]]
*The "big three" [[Abrahamic]] world religions - [[Christianity]], [[Judaism]], and [[Islam]]; especially all forms of religious [[fundamentalism]]
*The constant [[proselytising]] of many Christians and Muslims
*Attempts to enforce brands of religious morality by passing laws that apply to everyone, religious or not
*Uncritical [[faith]] in ''anything''
*The popular anti-[[paedophile]] witch-hunting
*Poverty
*[[Neo-Nazism|Neo-Nazis]] and those with a similar mentality
*The [[Yakub|nonsense]] that some people take seriously
*And the [[Dominion Theology|mouth-foaming insanity]] that some people think is a virtue

== General Interests:==

*[[Chess]]
*[[Pagan]] religions and [[rituals]]
*[[Psychology]]
*[[Neurotheology]]
*[[Sociology]]
*[[Philosophy]]
*[[Nietzsche]]
*[[Programming]]
*[[Transhumanism]]
*The [[Universe|universe]]!

== My Political Compass: ==

[http://politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-2.50&soc=-6.26 My political compass result] (Economic: -2.50 Social: -6.26) I am strongly libertarian (or perhaps I should say anti-authoritarian), and slightly to the left on the economic axis. My result for the latter seems a bit exaggerated to me, although I did answer every question honestly. I think my natural distrust of huge multinational corporations and my belief that writers/artists are as important as manufacturers is showing here. [http://politicalcompass.org/ Take the test here]

==Some interesting and/or controversial links:==

* [http://www.richarddawkins.net RD.net]
* [http://www.rationalia.com Rationalia forum]
* [http://www.rationalskepticism.org Rational Skepticism forum]
* [http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/whynotchristian.html Richard Carrier: Why I am not a Christian]
* [http://www.samharris.org Sam Harris: The End of Faith]
* [http://www.geocities.com/richard.clark32@btinternet.com/iranfem.html Women and the death penalty in modern Iran]
* [http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/index.htm The Bible]
* [http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/index.htm The Qur'an]
* [http://www.determinism.com/05042002.shtml Free will vs determinism]