Guest Post: Matt Gray on "Why everything is a pantheist".
Matt is someone whom I have recently met after he started commenting on A Tippling Philosopher's facebook page. As a local, he was also interested in coming to The Tippling Philosophers,
Jonathan MS Pearce
James O'Brien Challenges on Political Correctness
This is diamond. It's about time that someone challenged that old canard "political correctness" as in "political correctness gone mad!" It's so often used as
Quote of the Day: Anne Fenwick in Religion
This was a pretty spot on quote concerning defining religion in a UK-centric context when discussing whether religiosity has dropped in the UK. There are some difficulties in defining the word "religion&
Jacob Rees-Mogg, Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage
The phenomenon that is Jacob Rees-Mogg in UK politics is an interesting one. He is the quintessential English "gentleman" politician - an upper classed toff of a Conservative MP who appears
On Defining Religion and Surveys Getting It Wrong. Apparently.
I recently posted a news release from Humanists UK. It talked about the continued recession of religion in the UK: The latest findings of the British Social Attitudes Survey, published today, reveal 71%
Access to Trump: The World of Golfing Lobbyists and CEOs
USA Today has done some pretty pernickety research into who frequents Trump's golf clubs and whether Trump is himself there at the same time. Trump owns multiple golf clubs, and their
Latest British Social Attitudes: 71% of young adults non-religious, just 3% are Church of England
From Humanists UK: The latest findings of the British Social Attitudes Survey, published today, reveal 71% of 18-24 year olds say they belong to no religion, while just 3% say they are Church
Atheistically Bumper Me Up
The car in front of me had a bumper sticker on it. It read: “Pray for Trump. Psalm 109:8.” So when I got home I opened my bible to the scripture and
The Updated Secular Therapy Project
Dr Caleb Lack is a friend of mine and all-round good bloke. Indeed, I edited a number of his books, including Psychology Gone Astray: A Selection of Racist & Sexist Literature from Early
NZ Lecturer Gets into Trouble for Attacking Religion
An interesting piece of news came out of New Zealand over the last few days. Here is the NZ Herald: A university lecturer is under fire after implying employers should not hire Muslim
Abiogenesis Wars: Fine-Tuning and Complexity
There's a pretty heated stand off between Smilodon's Retreat (SR) and Jim Dailey (JD) over on this thread here. The crux of the argument seems to be about how
Analysing the Muslim Foster Care Scandal: Daily Mail Hypocrisy
There has recently been a scandal in the UK regarding a child from a Christian background being fostered by Muslim foster carers. This has produced quite a lot of media attention due to