Marco Rubio Goes To Town On Trump & The Media - His Best Moment?
If Rubio had been this forthright, sensible and erudite, he would have been in with a real chance, perhaps.
Jonathan MS Pearce
Quote of the Day (not in a good way) - GoodScienceFYou
Today there was an ...interesting comment by GoodScienceFYou, who appears to be a Jehovah's Witness. It was, unsurprisingly, about blood transfusions. JWs are against them, and so seeing the post hoc
The Second Amendment IS Gun Control Regulation!!
Over on another thread, there is some talk about gun control in the context of open carry, lack of training and licensing as set out in State legislature. I thought I would thrown
Oklahoma House votes to eliminate license, training requirements for openly carried sidearms
Oklahoma seems to have gone nuts. For a Brit, this is all so alien and obviously stupid, to my tiny mind. Not only can they openly carry guns in public, but they are
A Reminder About "Filling The Void"
Here is a reminder that I have just released (in ebook, paperback to follow in a week) a new book that I am really excited about. Filling The Void: A Selection Of Humanist
"The Critics of Islam Were Right: An Apology to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Sam Harris, Bill Maher and Other So-Called Islamophobes"
I have long been a critic of Islam. I have read the Qur'an and done a fair bit of research. I have been branded and attacked by my fellow liberals. My
Missouri senate passes controversial religious liberty bill after 39-hour filibuster
To introduce this, the New York Daily News reports: A filibuster by a group of Democratic lawmakers in the Missouri state senate ended Wednesday after nearly 40 hours of non-stop debate. The senators,
Psychology of Religion: Religion - a Hell of a Lot of Fear and Depression (Redux)
I promised to dig out some ones about hell recently, as there have been some threads discussing it. This article is taken from the excellent podcast Reasonable Doubts which itself borrows from source
19th Century Feminists: Religion & Church As A Barrier To Gender Equality
As it's International Woman's Day... Annie Laurie Gaylor wrote a super chapter ("Woman, What Have I To Do With Thee?) in John Loftus' book Christianity Is Not
Hell Ain't Nothing Without Satan, I Tell You!
Due to SJ on another thread making heavy going of rationality, and believing in some of the more problematic areas of Christianity, I thought I would resurrect this one. I will run a
A Phenomenal Visual Resource Concerning Biblical Contradictions
My friend recently sent me a link to this. It is the BibViz Project of the Holy Bible and its contradictions. Just wow. The above is a screenshot of some of it. Go
Doug Stanhope on God and Alcoholics Anonymous
Thanks to Sam for this over on another thread. Doug Stanhope has a right go at AA here, and for good reason.