The Philosophy of Funny: Victims
Comedy is a funny old thing. Literally. NO, I’m not joking. But what is it that makes things funny, and does funny necessitate a victim? Let’s find out. Ed, at SBs,
Jonathan MS Pearce
A poem about God and determinism
And now for something completely different. This has come through my friend Julian Haydon, and it a great piece of creative atheology, dripping with deterministic wordsmithying I love it. Let me know what you think.
In defence of Methodological Naturalism
I am having a debate elsewhere with a fellow Tippling Philosopher and just rushed out this response. Might as well double it up here. He is arguing that science might not have the answer, that a supernatural explanation should not be ruled out. He stated:
A little Ingersoll for you
Robert Green Ingersoll was a truly great thinker. You can find a great deal of awesome content from him on the superlative theingersolltimes.com website. Please check it out, and send its curator your appreciation for putting it together. Something for your Monday:
Animals and morality
Fans de Waal is a crucial figure in the research into morality, fairness, reciprocal altruism and suchlike within the realm of primates and other animals. Here is a great summary of much of
Free School praised by Michael Gove ordered to close due to bullying and religious bigotry
A Christian free school lauded by Education Secretary Michael Gove has been ordered to close after inspectors accused pupils of harbouring “prejudiced views” of children from other faiths which went unchallenged by their teachers.
OmniGod and the problem with age
A interesting quote came in from Marcus Ashes the other day upon which I would like to expand. He said: I haven't read the book yet but does anyone know if it talks about the age problem with regards to Christianity? For example Christopher Hitchens died at the age of 62 and according to christi
Kudos for my chapter in Christianity Is Not Great
I wrote a chapter on morality in John Loftus's recent anthology, Christianity Is Not Great. The book has received some great reviews and so too, it seems, has my chapter: @ATipplingPhilo
My blog post prompts Daily Telegraph article!
This is exactly what the desired outcome was. Brilliant. My last blog entry was a reblogging of my podcast host's blog entry on my podcast colleague's position of being
My colleague is forced to go to Mass by the UK courts
Yes, you heard it here. My colleague on the Skepticule podcast, Anonymous Steve, has been instructed thusly. It is just an incredible story. For those of you in Britain, such stupidity must change. Here is how Paul Orton (thanks to him for this piece), one of the hosts of the show where we do our se
Atheists in Australia show how to deal with Muslim extremists
This awesome video comes from a couple of years ago in Melbourne. Genius: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCfwcd_Ajg4[/youtube]
Tory MPs must pretend not to be "atheists and gay"
This is from The Independent, though what is equally as depressing in this day and age, is that the Bill to allow prayers at the beginning of Council meetings seems to have got through the House of Commons unopposed: Tory James Arbuthnot comes out as an atheist, claiming MPs must pretend to be re