Hi Chris! This is Monty Vonn from WA State.

Have we strayed from the main topic? Is Religion Going Extinct? Thank you Interbane for the two interesting links. I believe the death of religion will occur, for better or worse, from free market distractions with the newest acquisitions (cell phones, cars) and their associate usages (facebook, &am...

I'ts been a while for me too! Nothing like threatening my removal to get me back on board! Still a very busy time for me trying to save our 2nd home in New Mexico from dissolving back into the earth and trying to keep up as editor to a local Humanists organization! (P.S. - Chris, Please don't remove...

My initial concern over the "Tea Party" movement is the effect it was having on meaningful Health Care reform. The "Tea Baggers" just wanted to extend the force of the "party of NO!" I can only vouch for the quality of people in my life that identify themselves as "...

Humanity's largest problem is "Tragedy of the Commons". Look that up on web browser. Evolution has a nasty game and will pull us back down. Our problems ultimately will not be technical in nature but instead moral. We will have to be our "brother's keeper" and democratically come...

Science and Atheism: Count me in as a lover of science! I do believe this to be a common them among heathens, though some born to atheist parents may not have needed the assistance of science for their point of view. Even without science, I would have drifted to non-belief for moral reasons. It is a...

Thought I'd test the system to see if my avatar came throug OK.

Monty Vonn

Meme Wars!

Just finished "The God Delusion". Pretty much covers all the points I've came up on my own for ending my faith and accepting naturalism!This is beside the point and I'm only experimenting with ezboard to see how links and pictures work, so bare with me and enjoy the excursion! The link bel...

MadArchitect stated that genes are active replicators and memes are not. Genes do not replicate. Genes and DNA are passive, just as a library without readers has no activity. It is RNA readers/constructors/copiers and enzymes that are the active participants. Without them, DNA is useless. Same with ...

I am about a third of the way through the book and will participate in discussion.Monty Vonn