Untimely meditations
One man's thoughts, observations and rants
Welcome to the personal blog of Joop Beris. I blog about a wide variety of topics, ranging from atheism to information security and lots in between. I welcome feedback on my articles but there are some guidelines. Feel free to share articles you like by using the sharing buttons but please give me credit if you want to share something. Also, check out my privacy policy and other legalese.
Please note that the things I write here do not represent the views of anyone else but me. I do not represent an organization or a business and I have nothing to sell. My views do not necessarily coincide with or represent those of my employer. Just throwing that in there for legal reasons.
Below you’ll find the most recent things I’ve written. Feel free to check them out, leave a comment and share them with others who might be interested.
Latest posts
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My 2015 year in blogging
The helpful helper monkeys at Jetpack have provided a report that allows me to review how my blog did this past year. Not bad for a personal blog that I run mainly for myself. Want to see my 2015 year in blogging? Come right this way!
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The debate that wasn’t a debate (2/5)
The second part of the debate that wasn’t a debate, a conversation I had with Makayla, over on Twitter. The first part can be read here and I recommend you read that before reading this part.In the first part of this conversation, we explored some of the things that I believe in, or rather: disbelieve…
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Updating PHP5-APCu on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for ownCloud compatibility
If you run your own ownCloud (not the Enterprise version) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, you will most likely have noticed that it works but complains on the admin page about APCu being lower than version 4.0.6, which is the version ownCloud 8 and higher needs. Now there is an easy fix to updating PHP5-APCu on…
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The debate that wasn’t a debate (1/5)
A while ago, I was contacted via direct message on Twitter by Makayla, a Christian who expressed an interest in my viewpoint on the existence of God and how I came to my position of disbelief. I thought this was rather refreshing, since most of the time, believers tend to give me a hard time…
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Trilobites
Back in July, the following tweet showed up in my Twitter time-line. #TrilobiteTuesday A view of Erbenochile erbeni (Issoumour mountain), showing spines & eyes to best advantage. #HMNS pic.twitter.com/cSWwPBVtWU — John Moffitt (@JohnRMoffitt) July 7, 2015 It’s a beautiful trilobite fossil and it reminded me of my fondness for trilobites.
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God created mankind in his own image
Creationists argue that mankind was created in God’s image, because the Bible says so in Genesis 1:27: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. They take this to mean that we humans resemble God.
Recent comments
I have a question. I believe life is valuable because you have a soul and are a unique person, precious.…
I used to believe in god until my life went downhill. Your reasons are actually good.
Joop, Hope you are well. It is amazing to me the gullibility of people. How can educated people believe in…
Those analogies don’t hold up, I’m afraid. Like marriage or choosing to have children. Or moving to someplace new because…
“What can be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence.”
Christopher Hitchens
Author and journalist
You seem to have multiple questions but let’s take them one at a time, shall we? I believe life is…