Jonathan MS Pearce

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Sep 25, 2014

Christianity Is not Great is imminent

I am pretty excited about the upcoming Christianity Is not Great, John Loftus' latest anthology which comprises a plethora of fantastic authors and chapters, it seems (I have not read the chapters, though cannot wait). This is really shaping up to be a corker. Get it pre-ordered!

Sep 24, 2014

Putting Islam to the Test

H/T Leon Korteweg: Two days ago, Belgian philosopher Maarten Boudry, known for his criticism of religion, posted this at the end of a status update in which he criticised left-oriented intellectuals who

Sep 15, 2014

Scottish Independence - my thoughts

Scottish Independence - my thoughts

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel and flag-waving the first action of a warmonger. yes-no2 I am British, English, and live on the south coast of the UK. That said, the coming Thursday referendum affects me as much as most people in the country. I will set out what is, for me and m

Sep 8, 2014

More Pearced Off

I, as you may well know, contribute to the Skepticule podcast by recording a counter-apologetics segment for them, Pearced Off. My segment is always followed by an interesting discussion of ideas brought up

Sep 7, 2014

Real Deconversion Story #9 - Void

Here is another account in my series of real-life deconversion stories. They are often painful, psychological affairs, as you can see from the various accounts. Void is a frequent poster here, and it is great to get posters involved with the blog as a whole. I thank him for his contribution. The pre

Sep 5, 2014

Guest Post: D Rizdek on morality and God

D Rizdek recently posted an interesting comment on one of the threads here which he kindly expanded into a post: Some theists think that I, by my atheism, have denied myself any objective

Sep 2, 2014

The Experience Machine Revisited

One of the very first blog pieces on ATP from the early days when we were Skeptic Blogs was The Experience Machine: Would You Live In A Utopian Virtual Reality? I am now going to revisit this a little.