Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of new laws which define atheists as terrorists, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. In a string of royal decrees and an overarching new piece of legislation to deal with terrorism generally, the Saudi King Abdullah has clamped down on all forms of
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I am engaged in many conversations and debates across multiple platforms on the internet. At the moment, and in general recently, I have been wrapped up in many debates with my fellow liberals. The subject has been Islam and as to whether it is in some culpable proportion responsible for the violent
This is well worth a watch with some great panellists on both sides of the debate line. I will be writing more on this topic in the next few days. I really think
This is a really interesting BBC article looking at violent extremism and its sudden apparent arrival on the scene: Boko Haram's kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls, the graphic beheadings of journalists and
With another massacre, this time in Parisian France, and the issues with religious extremism, this is as pertinent as ever. This is from The Independent: Exclusive: Chair of Social Integration Commission says Government
Having looked at points 1) and 2) it is time to see if there is a more plausible explanation for the data from a naturalistic perspective than the Christian claims. Before setting out the positive case, I want to spend a little time going over some of the data from the Gospels and how they are probl
For those of you who are in the teaching profession, or who are interested in politics, and how Govian free market economics is trying to usurp education, then this is fascinating. It's a tour de force, from Disappointed Idealist: Something hideous this way comes. It’s a teacher shortage. Nothing
Some of the writers here at SIN have contributed to an anthology called 13 Reasons to Doubt, with chapters ranging over many aspects of skepticism. Here s the description:
As mentioned in my previous post, someone in Malawi is about to have a debate on national TV with a Christian about the Resurrection accounts and I have been asked to help provide some ideas for the debate, so here goes.
I have an analogy which I hope will illustrate why at least a lot of examples of alleged successful prayer or interventions of God take place.
A former Seventh Day Adventist pastor who pledged to live 2014 god-free in order to test his faith, now says he is contemplating leaving religion for good.