My Post-Hot Mic Trump Views
Yes, I could spend many paragraphs explaining how the tawdry Trump quotes are shockingly poor. Trump is a buffoon of the highest order. So, what now? Here are my succinct thoughts: 1. He
Jonathan MS Pearce
Greater Evil Is beyond the Imagination of Man
My friend, Julian Haydon, has recently been trying to make his arguments as succinct as possible. This is a great effort at being concise, and yet right on the money. GREATER EVIL IS
Pupils punished after not going to Mass and leaving school
The BBC reports: A Catholic school near Motherwell has handed out detentions to about 50 pupils who failed to go to a Mass. The service at Taylor High School on Friday 30 September
Free Will Does Not Logically Necessitate Evil
The Free Will Theodicy is a defensive tactic used by apologists to at least partly rebut the problem of Evil issue: why is there so much suffering in the world given an OmniGod?
Alternative medicine treatment put four-year-old boy in A&E
The BBC reports: The plight of a four-year-old boy who nearly died after his parents gave him 12 alternative medicines has prompted doctors to warn against the treatments. Doctors at Newham Hospital in
Trump Surrogates: Evading Answers and Evidence
This is amazing to watch. There is so much you can take from this short panel segment, I could write for hours on it. I'll let them speak for themselves. https:
Sam Harris Destroys Trump...Again.
He did it before. He's nailed it again. I love his turns of phrase and points here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=3yBGE80covk
Cover for New Book on the Kalam
As you may well know, I have a new book on the Kalam coming out imminently. Here is a draft cover for purposes of feedback. Feedback welcome! The back reads: The Kalam Cosmological
Fact-checking the Vice-Presidential Debate - Kaine MUCH more reliable than Pence
Does what it say on the tin: [source - Taken from PolitiFact data 9/29/2016 (includes all rulings on file] PolitiFact evaluated 32 statements made by Kaine and Pence last night during
Come to my talk on Islam tonight in Chichester!
A bit last minute of me to advertise, but if you are in the UK, somewhere near the South, please come to my talk at Chichester Skeptics in the Pub. The talk will
New Endorsement from John Danaher for my Kalam Book
I have received a further endorsement for my new book on the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Did God Create the Universe from Nothing? Countering William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument) from fellow philosopher
Quote of the Day - Rick Barter (a Naturalised Brit's Brexit Remarks)
This one is actually on my facebook page from an American who is now a naturalised Brit living in the UK (and runs my local bookshop). It concerns Brexit, the loss of EU