This is the age-old accusation against atheists that come from village and philosophical theists alike. Ome retort to this has come from psychiatrist Ralph Lewis, featured in the Skeptic Magazine. It's
A friend of mine is presently running an “ad” in the Free Enquiry magazine. There are a few ideas I would like to look at here, and I will do so in two
A friend of mine is presently running an "ad" in the Free Enquiry magazine. There are a few ideas I would like to look at here, and I will do so
I was reminded recently of the notion of change in the paradigm of determinism. We often talk, even hard determinists, in terms of "change": If you changed this and that variable
Sorry, I have been immensely busy this week. In the meantime, for those who haven't seen this, I was recently reminded of the genius that is Fist of Jesus. I have
This particular comment came from a conservative Christian friend of mine elsewhere. I will set it out before talking about it: Christianity is hated by socialists and capitalists alike because it centres meaning
This is effectively a quote of the day from 3lemenope: To the substance, I find the overlay of the Left/Right dichotomy onto regimes that have no significant democratic play in their regime
This is a perennial conversation that does seem to annoy me. When arguing with people who are further to the right of me, they often invoked deaths caused by Stalin and Pol Pot
As many of you might know, one of my most recent books was Did God Create the Universe from Nothing?: Countering William Lane Craig's Kalam Cosmological Argument (UK here). The book
This is the second part in this brace of posts, the first part is here, where I set the scene and looked at Christian comedy. There undoubtedly appears to be a prevalence on
I will now post three articles from Humanists UK that show things aren't progressing in the UK the way secularists might hope. Sometimes it's one step forward and two
This is a guest post by commenter Clancy, and it is a fascinating insight into his life and rationale for attending church: Clancy’s “Non-timony” My name is Clancy, and I’m a