Jesus and Trickle Down Economics
I am involved in a conversation on facebook at the moment about free market economics. The conversation includes some theists (such as Nick Peters) who espouse trickle down economics. I have written about
Jonathan MS Pearce
Samson as a Solar Myth
Here are some notes I made from Tim Callahan's The Secret origin of the Bible some 8 years ago, presented again for conversation a few years after originally posting. Excuse the
How To Save The Christian Religion - A Bit of Ingersoll
A little Robert Green Ingersoll for you. A trailblazer: HOW TO SAVE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION EXCERPTED FROM THE DEVIL ROBERT G. INGERSOLL Take from the New Testament the infinite savagery, the shoreless malevolence
Fears Materialise for UK Science in Post-Brexit Landscape
I recently wrote about my worries with regard to EU funding and science in the UK. I feel that the discipline and economy of science (which I propose is massively important to me
Entirely the wrong direction of travel: Church of England announces 100 more church schools
From the BHA: The Church of England's educational empire-building continues, with its recent announcement of plans to build more than 100 discriminatory Anglican 'free schools', which will have the
The Books I Am Presently Reading
I don't have much time to read. Sad but true. I read a lot on the internet and have a very busy life, not least with writing. This means that reading
Bible Slavery - it's all about CONTEXT!!
Having seen theist after theist squirm and perform mental gymnastics in order to make sense of the countenancing of slavery within the Bible, it's about time Nonstampcollector produced a knockdown video on this subject.
Noah's Crane, Noah's Propane...
The whole project renders the historicity utterly ridiculous. This meme is all you need to see.
On Performing Humanist Poetry
I was lucky enough to have a second book launch for Filling the Void: A Selection of Humanist and Atheist Poetry in Blackwell's bookshop in Portsmouth, for which I must thank
I hate Muslims... Hang on I ain't finished me sentence!
As ever, he's on the money. Yes, you could argue about some minor details, but... [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3MfMuRU7HU[/youtube]
Asking for... No, Demanding a Progressive Alliance
Yesterday, I wrote about the fallout from Brexit and the idea that, in a state of chaos and disarray, the ideologically possessed will take advantage and fulfill their decades' old plans. Whatever
Chapter on Free Will in new Loftus Book - Contributors' Copies Are here
I am very happy to have a chapter in John Loftus' new book, called Christianity in the Light of Science: Critically Examining the World's Largest Religion. It really does look