Reflection of a Window, originally uploaded by kcm76.

This week’s self-portrait: 52 Weeks 20/52 (2008 week 28).

I think it is also time that I did another 13 things list, mainly for the Flickr “Thirteen Things” group, so here are …

13 Thinks I Believe

1. There is no supernatural deity.
2. All Christians (indeed all theists) are actually Devil-worshippers.
3. Evolution is the only testable explanation we have for life as we know it.
4. There is life elsewhere in the cosmos; but we’d better not assume what it looks like.
5. All life does not have to be based on water and/or carbon.
6. The scientific method works well until scientists get preconceived ideas or stop testing their (all too frequent) assumptions.
7. Time, like space, progresses at a variable rate.
8. Religion has done more harm than good in the world, however religion has also been responsible for much of the great art in the world.
9. We should all be taught much more about sex and our bodies and this should be discussed openly; this would make us a lot more relaxed and able to talk about such things with each other, our children and medics – which has to be good for everyone’s health.
10. Freedom of speech is sacrosanct. You are entitled to believe, and say, anything you wish. But I do not have to listen to or agree with you.
11. Nudity and sex are both natural but do not necessarily go hand-in-hand.
12. There are more things in heaven and earth than we understand.
13. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.