No, I’m not saying that all my posts will be shorter from now on. 
What I mean is that I’m thinking of creating a new category on Way of the Mind, with (yes) shorter posts, which, unlike the “normal” ones, will simply suggest an idea, a point, a thought… without being followed by any kind of opinion or conclusion from me. They’ll be “short” precisely because of that.
Obviously, any comments on those posts (and, indeed, on any post) will be welcome.
Hopefully, the first one will appear tomorrow; I already know what it’ll be about. But don’t worry, the “normal” posts will still be written from time to time.
Since every other blog seems to be doing it…
Sorted by number of visits, in ascending order:
10 - The problem of Agnosticism, part 2 - it’s a “part 2″ (see below for part 1), but it’s perfectly readable on its own. Discusses the contradiction of being “agnostic” about Yahweh, but “atheistic” about every other made-up deity.
9 - Christian myths about Atheism: discussion - there were so many comments for the “16 Common Myths about Atheism” post (see below) that I had to close that thread and open a new one, or my web server would have been very, very angry at me.
8 - The problem of Agnosticism - explores why agnostics are agnostic, and what’s wrong, in my opinion, with it.
7 - How I’ve become an atheist - one of the oldest posts on Way of the Mind, this tells of my own “deconversion”, and links to a brilliant Douglas Adams interview
6 - Why Atheism is not a religion - oddly enough, many people seem to think that it is - in other words, that it requires as much “faith” as theism. This post shows why that is not the case.
5 - Are the myths about atheists real or not? - after the popular “common myths” post, many people said I was creating “straw men” - in other words, the myths didn’t really exist. A simple search on Google News proved otherwise.
4 - “Closed minds” - disputes the common (and unfortunate) belief that “being sure of something is closed-minded” (also known as “reality is fluid”).
3 - Deism and Pantheism - a latecomer, this post describes those two not-very-well-known beliefs, whose proponents included many of the U.S. Founding Fathers, and Albert Einstein.
2 - Atheism: arrogance? - discusses why believing that 2+2 will still be 4 tomorrow isn’t “arrogant”.
1 - 16 Common Myths about Atheists - a list of what many theists believe — wrongly — about atheists in general. No, we don’t sacrifice babies. We don’t even boil young goats in their mothers’ milk.
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