Christianity is Not Great update
Below is the latest chapter outline for John Loftus' new book Christianity is Not Great for which I am contributing a chapter on morality. I have finished it and it has now
Jonathan MS Pearce
Guest Post: Being an Atheist in the midst of Malawian Witchcraft
This is a fascinating account of someone I met on facebook who has interesting things to say with regard to religion and society in a part of the world which is easy to misunderstand for someone like me. I found mention of sleep paralysis interesting as I have suffered a few times with this and my s
The terminal decline of Christianity in New Zealand
The results of the 2013 New Zealand Census has Christianity down to 47 per cent. Retired scientist, Ken Perrott's, accompanying graph charts Christianity's decline in every recent census and projects its decline to just above 20 per cent by 2030 and further, beyond that date. It is, of course, very
New Books in Secularism Interview
As I am sure you are by now aware, I edited and published James A. Lindsay's Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly on my Onus Books skeptical imprint. It has received some great reviews and received a foreword by Victor Stenger. New Books in Secularism is part of the New Books Network whi
Faith: Pretending to know what we do not know
http://youtu.be/la9RGZnGADQ Using Peter Boghossian's analysis of "faith" from his book A Manual for Creating Atheists, this is part of a project to create a parody of
Quote of the Day by Ed Babinski
I am hoping to have Ed Babinski writing the foreword to Beyond an Absence of Faith, an anthology of deconversion accounts. In a private email, Ed wrote this gem: ...it's sad that many people either avoid reading books based on views they oppose, or they read them and STILL manage to slough off al
Some rare philosophical poetry! (yes, I did it on free will...)
A fellow Tippling Philosopher with whom I am having a long and protracted debate on free will sent me a poem he wrote on where we were at a bout a month ago on free will. He styles himself as a linguist and humanities man, quite explicitly, and this was true to form. I thought it would be amusing to
Bill Nye the Science Guy to debate evolution with creationist (Ken Ham)
Bill Nye the Science Guy plans to visit Kentucky next month for a creation-vs.-evolution debate with Creation Museum founder Ken Ham. Ham wrote on his blog that the museum will host Nye, the star of a long-running science show for kids, on Feb. 4.
Church attendance massively boosted by control of state-funded schools
From the BHA: Research published today by the Sutton Trust has reported that 6% of parents across England and 11% in London claim they attend church regularly in order to get their children
Merry Times for Atheism
As Americans gather to celebrate Christmas, fewer and fewer actually believe they are celebrating the birth of a divine being who subsequently died and then rose from the dead. But if you look around during the holiday season, that doesn't seem to matter much.
What book should I get?
I have a reading list as long as my arm. But I also have a small amount of amazon gift vouchers. What suggestion do you merry lot have for a book or a
Cracking review of The Nativity: A Critical Examination
I’ve never written a book review before. Occasionally I’ve considered reviewing books and essays I found to be not only interesting, but enjoyable and enlightening. So I’ve decided that once in a while, when I’ve read something I consider really well done, I would write about it here that I might