This excellent synopsis of the position of Creationists and the Discovery Institute is the work of a commenter from some time back on my previous blog, Richard Edwards, an evolutionary biologist from down
Media outlets are reporting the Pope getting annoyed at being pulled onto a wheelchair user by supporters. The Guardian states: Pope Francis, who is usually calm and accommodating with his admirers, tells an
Quite often, one hears that atheism is a late arriver on the scene, that religion in some form or another prevailed universally back to the times of early animism. However, Professor Tim Whitmarsh,
In this old video I set out that intrinsic moral duties are incoherent. That is to say oughts are dependent on conditional statements. If I want my car to run well, then I
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Oh deary me. I love the BBC, and I love BBC breakfast, and I love outgoing stalwart presenter Bill Turnbull. I have no time for Creationists, and I think they are dangerous, certainly
I once had a debate elsewhere with a fellow Tippling Philosopher and rushed out this response. He was arguing that science might not have the answer, that a supernatural explanation should not be
In an interesting development in Denmark, the first women-led mosque has opened. This can only be a good sign for those who want Islam to adopt modern, progressive attitudes. As the Guardian reports:
As I wrote the other day: What I want to know, from my ex-religious readers, is about your relationsip with God. Not what was happening in reality, but what was happening in your
Ack. This just doesn't seem to go away. The Guardian reports: The Catholic church is telling newly appointed bishops that it is “not necessarily” their duty to report accusations of clerical
Free Will? An investigation into whether we have free will or whether I was always going to write this book. It was my first book, and in many ways I would like to
What I want to know, from my ex-religious readers, is about your relationsip with God. Not what was happening in reality, but what was happening in your head, in your own created reality?