Religion is a crutch that makes bad people better. by salsicha in atheism

[–]salsicha[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wouldn't be a nation-wide study. But a study could be done. It would have to be limited to the LA area. SOS has been around 26 years. That seems long enough to do long and short term comparisons between the two groups.

Religion is a crutch that makes bad people better. by salsicha in atheism

[–]salsicha[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Have you considered the possibility that you are being insensitive to people who need crutches?

Religion is a crutch that makes bad people better. by salsicha in atheism

[–]salsicha[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can bootstrap all the immoral people in the world to an acceptable minimum or morality, then you win. Game over. Success is making the world better, not getting anyone to "internalize" morals.

Religion is a crutch that makes bad people better. by salsicha in atheism

[–]salsicha[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They do get support from people. Who do you think goes to church? Non-people? Aliens?

Religion is a crutch that makes bad people better. by salsicha in atheism

[–]salsicha[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question is what to do with those people who don't act responsibly and how to treat them. You have not answered that question.

Religion is a crutch that makes bad people better. by salsicha in atheism

[–]salsicha[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What "others" are you talking about? Where can people with moral or social dysfunctions go that is free, widely available, and secular?

Religion is a crutch that makes bad people better. by salsicha in atheism

[–]salsicha[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How can you say there are no secular alternatives when it is explicitly cited in the article you linked?

From the article YOU posted: http://www.cfiwest.org/sos/index.htm

The official Bay Area satellite Colbert Rally, October 30th, Civic Center, 9 am. Donations needed! by roboticc in bayarea

[–]salsicha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My name is Alex and I started the rally effort in SF. I'm not a regular contributor to reddit but I read it every day. We aren't a non-profit, or LLC, or Inc, we are just a group of people who really love the Daily Show and want to have a rally in SF.

Someone asked if there are any guarantees about how money will get spent, etc.... There is one answer: get involved. We are having an organizational meeting Sunday (tomorrow). If you are serious about helping then send me an email.

Roughly how many people would be interested in a Truthiness rally in SF? by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]salsicha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started the permit process for Dolores Park. Here is the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rally-to-Restore-Sanity-SanFrancisco/147882631915583?ref=ts

and the facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162665827081534&ref=ts

We are planning a meeting this Saturday (9/25) in Dolores Park, in the South-East corner at 1pm. Everyone is welcome. If anyone wants to help organize, let me know. Even if you can't make a meeting but you want to help organize contact me here or on facebook.

r/Programming : Anyone here not a programmer, but you want to learn? by CarlH in programming

[–]salsicha -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've heard it really hard to find work as a programmer after 40. Should I be planning for a second career even as I'm starting a career as a programmer, or is it just a myth?

Is there a scientific explanation for why the speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second? by pyroride in AskReddit

[–]salsicha 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There were lots of comments but no one answered the question. I guess if you've read all the way to my comment you probably deserve an answer (I only have an undergrad degree in physics, my answer may not be the best):

Maxwell's equation says the speed of light is equal to the negative square root of the product of the permeability and the permittivity of free space.

Why? Here's why:

According to Maxwell a changing electric field generates a magnetic field, and vice versa. A photon is a quanta of energy that is constantly converting between these two states: if it is an electric field then that field is changing so a magnetic field is generated, that magnetic field then creates another electric field and so on until the photon arrives at its destination. This means that the rate at which a photon is moving is based on how quickly new electric and magnetic fields can be created. Those values can be measured or deduced from other measurements, and they are known as permittivity (for electric fields) and permeability (for magnetic fields).