Michael Sherlock, Author at Areo

Free speech must include the right to offend. Granted, there are limitations upon free speech which do serve valuable and necessary functions — such as the prohibition against incitement to violence,…

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The Atheist Atrocities Fallacy — Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot

17/02/2017
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Michael Sherlock

Religious apologists, particularly those of the Christian variety, are big fans of what I have dubbed, the atheist atrocities fallacy. Christians commonly employ this fallacy to shield their egos from the harsh reality…

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Scientology, The Simpsons, Cults, Christianity, and Islam

28/12/2016
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Michael Sherlock

In the Simpson’s episode entitled “The Joy of Sect,” Homer Simpson is eventually persuaded to join a UFO cult called the “Movementarians.”[1] The episode is a satirical exposition of cults and…

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Michael Sherlock

The Virtues of Free Speech

The Atheist Atrocities Fallacy — Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot

Scientology, The Simpsons, Cults, Christianity, and Islam

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