Humanist marriages 'least likely to end in divorce'
Humanist weddings are growing in popularity in the UK. Well, let's be accurate... Humanist weddings are growing in popularity in Scotland. David Cameron, in his infinite wisdom, and even though he
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We Are All Meatbots
This is a guest post (reposting from his own website) from Wayne Borean for your delectation. A little Monday morning something. Hehe. OK, so I’m feeling crazier than usual, and I’m
Off to Moscow for a Month
All this seems to have come about rather quickly! As many of you know, I was recently diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis for which there is no treatment on the NHS, unfortunately.
New Zealand scraps its blasphemy law
Well done NZ! Quite why any country would have such anachronisms is beyond me. From Humanists UK: New Zealand is set to become the latest country to scrap its blasphemy law, after a
Determinism and Moral Responsibility
Free will and determinism have been back on the blog menu over the last week or so. One commenter (Michael) asked me about morality/moral responsibility and determinism. I've written about
Divine Foreknowledge and Free Will
So by knowing our actions, does God cause them to be? Depending on what you believe, yes and no, and here is the whole crux of the argument about whether we have free
Why the Free Will Argument Is More Important than the God Argument
As many of you know, I have a great interest in the free will debate, more specifically, the libertarian free will debate. I deny that an agent can really rationally and consciously choose
Responding to Comments on Free Will/Determinism: Different Outcomes, Same Inputs.
I recently wrote an article that talked about how any research that finds a category of people are more likely to do some behaviour than the non-category (and this covers an awful lot
Nonreligious Assert Religious Freedom in Invocations at PA House of Representatives
These small victories in terms of secularism and freedom of religion are important in reflecting trends and showing an overall change in US society. This is from the American Humanist Association: Attorneys at
What Is Rationality? How This Impacts Personhood and Other Debates.
We often see rationality popping up as a property that humans apparently exclusively have. This appears in several arguments, most notably those concerning personhood (and thus abortion) as well as famous arguments like
Humanists Conclude Oral Arguments at the Supreme Court
From the American Humanist Association: American Humanist Association Senior Counsel Monica Miller has concluded oral arguments in defense of the First Amendment before the Supreme Court of the United States. Miller argued that
Some Religious Gullibility
These videos are remarkable. People can be really dumb. I love how in this first one, they are now properly mocking it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHyMAb-qsCA Here is the dead