Reminder of the Virtual Beers on the Problem of Evil
Just a reminder of this fantastic Google Hangout that Counter Apologist, Justin Schieber and myself had on the Evidential Problem of Evil.
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Religious revelations never disagree with you
I did a podcast segment for the Skepticule podcast (my regular counter-apologetics segment called Pearced Off) on the self-authenticating inner witness of the Holy Spirit. Something that William Lane Craig often uses to argue for God from a personal point of view that has the handy characteristic of
New Britian Uncovered Survey, including on religion
The Guardian reports this extremely interesting set of British attitudinal survey results. Check the ones on religion out: Religion Which of the following religions or belief systems, if any, do you associate with?
My appearance on The Big Questions on free will on You Tube
What it says on the tin: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L5XbuxKNI8[/youtube] A massive frustration in the lack of defining the terms led to a meandering discussion. I am the
My thoughts on BBC's The Big Questions on free will
The flagship BBC religion, ethics and politics show, The Big Questions, this week featured a whole hour on free will. I was asked to attend ass a front row guest on the subject in York for the pre-recorded show last Sunday. Here are my thoughts on the actual content of what was discussed.
My response on free will to a fellow philosophy group member
I have been having a long-standing argument with a relative newcomer to our pub philosophy group (The Tippling Philosophers) over free will. He believes in libertarian free will, though it does appear to be largely based on an argument from wishful thinking and being unwilling to confront the ramifi
Another call for atheist, humanist, philosophical and scientific poetry
I am compiling an anthology of atheist and humanist called Filling the Void which presently has a foreword to be written by the British Humanist Association's Executive Andrew Copson. I am about a third of the way through the collection, as far as content goes, and need to continue the search for qu
Divine Hate: Fellow Feather's Original Book
Fellow Feather is an atheist (whom I converse with over email) who has posted a series of adverts directly and confrontationally aimed at and asking questions of Christians. The adverts have been in different publications of varying sizes, but have always been fascinating, as this one was which I po
My Appearance on BBC 1’s The Big Questions Today
It finally came to pass as the producers liked the cut of my jib when they phoned me to ask me about my views on free will; a sort of a test run to see if I sounded OK. I passed.
The Quarantine Approach to Crime and Punishment
As a determinist who believes that free will is an illusion, the argument over whether we have libertarian free will or not is somewhat passé. The interesting debates happen over whether we have moral responsibility or not, what any ramifications of this would be, and what approaches we should have
I might be on the BBC about free will
The weekly BBC programme dealing with religion, morality, ethics etc., called The Big Questions and hosted by Nicky Campbell, have contacted me because they have scheduled a whole programme (usually it is split
FOX stoop to new lows
Urghhh. This was so painful to watch. They should be had up in court for misinforming and mischaracterising. This is evil propaganda of the worst sort. What can be done about it? It&