According to Zuckerman, Galen and Pasquale, in their super book The Nonreligious, the least religious countries in the world are: Czech Republic, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, China, South Korea, France, Vietnam, Russia,
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” — Amendment I to the U.S. Constitution The original intent of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
My new book, Did God Create the Universe from Nothing? Countering William Lane Craig's Kalam Cosmological Argument, is now filtering through paperback distribution channels to add to the ebook formats it
Bill Maher's interview with the President was fascinating for a whole host of reasons. I would watch the whole thing, including the stuff on media and facts before this section. Here,
Just thought I'd update you with the latest, as according to the BBC: The FBI has found no evidence of criminality in the new batch of Hillary Clinton emails. In a
This is a fascinating perspective. Susan Sarandon, of whom I am an admirer, here advocates supporting a third party candidate. And I get it. I have long thought that the American political machine
I was worried recently when I read the phrase “goal-directed evolution” in some philosophy writing. This annoys me since it shows what I consider to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what evolution is
Adam Curtis has made some stunningly good documentaries. This is another fascinating watch, explaining why the western world is where it is, politically speaking, in terms of Libya, Trump, Syria and any number
Wow, November is getting busy. So, what is going on? Well... November 9th - How Violent is Islam Really? - Bournemouth Skeptics in the Pub, New Brunswick Hotel, Charminster November 15th - Islam
I was recently involved in another argument on facebook that concerned politics and religion and then psychology, in the context of myself and Alan Duval putting forward psychological accounts of conservatism and liberalism.
Here is a meme that appears to be bona fide in its claims. The question is this. Trump would be invalidated for a number of reasons in applying, for example, for a teaching
The Chapter 4 interviewee is Stephen Meyer, one of the founders of the Discovery Institute. Meyer states, “If it’s true that there’s a beginning to the universe…then this implies a