Jonathan MS Pearce

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Oct 18, 2016

Real Deconversion Story #13 - Scott Simian

Here is another account in my series of real-life deconversion stories. They are often painful, psychological affairs, as you can see from the various accounts. Scott Simian contacted me through the ATP facebook

Oct 18, 2016

Satan's Incomprehensibility

Many people, particularly fundamentalists, still believe in a real and actual Satan. Of course, to everyone else, this is completely incomprehensible. And here's one reason for why, as John Loftus sets

Oct 17, 2016

Roughly half of Scottish adults have no religion

From the British Humanist Association: Nearly 50% of adults in Scotland have no religion, according to the latest Scottish Household Survey (SHS), published by the Scottish Government. The 2015 survey found that 49.

Oct 15, 2016

Stephen Law's Evil God Challenge

Philosopher Stephen Law contacted me today to alert me to his argument (of which many of you are no doubt aware) being available in video format. Check it out! It concerns the problem

Oct 14, 2016

God's Omnipotence as Incoherent and Unsatisfactory

Justin Schieber, in the desolate wilderness that is life after the Reasonable Doubts podcast, produces some excellent videos. This one, on omnipotence, is a fantastic insight into the problems faced with defining omnipotence

Oct 10, 2016

The Funeral for my Aunt

A couple of weekends ago, I was up country for the funeral of my aunt. She had died from, predominantly, brain cancer, with other complications thrown in for good measure. Deaths like that