First Review for My Kalam Cosmological Argument Book
The first amazon review for my new book (Did God Create the Universe from Nothing?) is up. It's great, and thanks hugely to the reviewer (a commenter and friend here, indeed)
Jonathan MS Pearce
Why Did the Religious Vote for Trump?
Yes, this has been widely discussed, so I thought I'd throw my tuppence in. I recently posted about how Trump pretty universally failed when compared against the teachings and actions of
Bangladesh considering dropping Islam as state religion, according to senior minister
Having written about this before, I thought it would be worth mentioning again. Bangladesh had floated the idea of becoming secular (again), and then quashed the idea. But so soon after this, the
So, Have I Killed Someone?
Causality. It is a funny thing. Or not so funny. A number of years back now, I took my class, as a teacher, on a trip to the Historic Dockyard in the naval
Bonkers Epistemology: "I think Trump is great" and "I don't like Obama"
I was having a conversation the other day with some family members and I was struck quite forcefully by how so many normal people have an utterly and explicitly biased epistemological methodology. It&
Cause/Correlation with (Non-)Religious Countries and Well-being
I recently posted an excerpt from a book by Galen et al (The Nonreligious): With the exceptions of China and Vietnam (both nondemocratic nations), the majority of the most secular countries in the
Sorkin's Letter to his Daughter
Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and The Newsroom penned this to his daughter and wife after the recent election result: Sorkin Girls, ... And it wasn’t just Donald Trump who won
A New Era: The Rise of the Populist Right and the End of Stability
I am worried, genuinely worried, and I'm looking past the initial ramifications of Trump and Brexit. Both of these decisions will have far-reaching consequences as the sails of far-right and populist
Quote of the Day: Mike Tendler on Trump and Forgiveness
Spot. On. This election has proven once and for all that a man will be forgiven for literally anything, and a woman for absolutely nothing. Nuff said.
Drain the Swamp? He'll drown in it.
Trump has claimed he will "drain the swamp", meaning that when he gets into power, he will get rid of the political elite in Washington, and freshen things up in an
Some Openly Atheist / Agnostic Appointments to Celebrate
My colleague here at Patheos, Friendly Atheist, has reported on several interesting wins for freethought in this election: * Athena Salman, openly atheist candidate wins race for Arizona State House * Openly agnostic Wisconsin State
Devastating. Gutted. So, Shy Trump Voters...
This is such a bad day. Such a bad day. The US has gone nuts. We cannot believe it over here. What is more worrying than a pompous, volatile, narcissistic, misogynistic, racist nutjob