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    Author: Daniel Fisk Bennett

    Growing up as a child I was never really exposed to religion per se, I would be technically considered a third generation atheist. My childhood home in Los Angeles afforded me a great opportunity to observe the cultural complexities others have and how their different religious idolism effected their day to day lives. To me, I see religion as something that people use as a coping mechanism to better understand a world they cannot seem to grasp; a metaphorical crutch on reality. I am often bewildered by what others tell me about their beliefs and how contradictory they can be to contemporary scientific understanding. People are sometimes shocked when I tell them that I myself am an atheist and sometimes they're even confused by this notion. "But you seem like such a nice person", "How could you have served in the military and been an atheist? ", "How can you be so moralistic and not believe in god?" These are the some of the typical questions I get when talking to people when the subject comes up. I have had plenty of people who become almost instantly hostile towards me after they learn that I am a 'non-believer', even when I have been very polite and non-confrontational. I have even had people I had once considered to be my friends stop communicating with me upon learning that I don't aspire to some higher power. When I look at how people use their religion in order to influence and control others I am disheartened by this in many ways. It's wielded like a weapon to channel their hate and discriminatory views into society. To me and many others, some of the things they do in the name of their god are as indelible as the sins they detest so greatly, a great many of people suffer and die due to this. I care about people because life is the most precious commodity in the universe. We have but this one chance to live and isn't that reason enough to care for one another? That is my experience.

    How Fox News is brain-washing our senior citizens.

    I find it interesting that more than half of Fox News viewers are 68 years old or older and the remaining half trends towards the…

    Daniel Fisk Bennett November 17, 2020
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    Creationist Matt Powell asks AAPN Founder Daniel Fisk Bennett Questions, Here’s His Response.

    It's never easy talking to people like this, but Daniel did his best...
    Daniel Fisk Bennett May 27, 2020
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    Facebook’s algorithm hurts science and skepticism pages but leaves alt-med and charlatans’ pages untouched.

    Facebook maybe causing more harm than good...
    Daniel Fisk Bennett May 20, 2020
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    responses to popular anti-vaxer rhetoric

    I made a generic copy/paste that you can all use against antivaxers: 1. The likelihood of ANY “vaccine injury” has less than a 0.01% chance…

    Daniel Fisk Bennett May 26, 2019
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    California’s glyphosate ruling crosses ethical lines.

    California has a history of making bad rulings that crosses the into pseudoscience; and this latest incident is no different!
    Daniel Fisk Bennett May 11, 2019
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    BREAKING NEWS: ISIS hold Santa Claus hostage after terrorist cell shoots down sleigh.

    BREAKING NEWS: A bombshell report from the Pentagon shows that Santa Claus has been kidnapped by ISIS members somewhere in Syria around the Middle Euphrates…

    Daniel Fisk Bennett December 25, 2018
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    ​Twas the Night before madness…

    I don’t celebrate Christmas, I don’t have a Christmas tree in my living room, there’s nothing outside dangling that is festive, I don’t say merry…

    Daniel Fisk Bennett November 23, 2017
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    Response to the “Perfect Earth”

    Have you ever actually looked at our planet? How many places on Earth would actually kill you if you were there? How many places on…

    Daniel Fisk Bennett November 1, 2017
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    Dan’s Rant on Fad Dieting

    There’s a woman here that is one of our clients that happens to be a vegan…how do I know she’s a vegan? She won’t stop…

    Daniel Fisk Bennett July 19, 2017
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    The problem with E.T.

    It’s statistically possible (and likely even in our own solar system) for there to be life on other planets, even intelligent life for that matter.…

    Daniel Fisk Bennett July 15, 2017
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