Michael Le Vell, for those of you outside the UK, is another media personality (acting in a famous soap over here called Coronation Street) who has become embroiled in rape allegations (his accuser,
Over on the post detailing how God cannot be contrary to his own predictions, kraut2 gave a wickedly succinct tuppence: A god who created despite foreknowledge of the cruelty of his creation (not
By studying how memories are made, UC Irvine neurobiologists created new, specific memories by direct manipulation of the brain, which could prove key to understanding and potentially resolving learning and memory disorders.
The BBC has published its annual report which shows that the amount of time devoted to religion on the various BBC platforms has reduced over the past year. In the 2012/2013 period BBC1 broadcast 99 hours of religion as opposed to 102 hours in the previous year.
What do you say to someone who tried to stab you to death? The unlikely opportunity to find out presented itself to Asif Mohiuddin not long ago in a jail in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Taken into custody for a second time for allegedly posting “offensive comments about Islam and Mohammed” on his blog, the
I have been involved in long and protracted, and not to say a little tiring, debate on facebook about misogyny with regards to atheism, and the apparent schisms in the “atheist community”. Though most feminists will probably sigh at another man giving their tuppence on what should be a fairly strai
Here is a criticism about God’s omniscience and omnipotence based upon a point made by John D. Barrow in Impossibility, drawing on the work of cognitive scientist Donald Mackay. To put it into simple terms, it might be easier to state it as follows:
Religious conservatives on the Texas state textbook review panel have targeted for elimination high school biology textbooks that don’t include robust refutations of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. The panel, which includes several creationists, is urging the State Boar
Many of you will have come across the superb videos of skydivephil on You Tube and embedded across various forums. That is, unless you have had your heads buried in the sand. I first came across them when they critiqued william Lane Craig on the Kalam Cosmological Argument as can be seen here:
Genius http://youtu.be/IUQcCvX2MKk http://youtu.be/RpNIwx32F30 http://youtu.be/fTzXJMU1sLc http://youtu.be/Ku9lt_TvR1k http://youtu.be/BiYhMyRJicc
Lothar's Son, who has interacted before with me on Ockham's Razor (which I was just too busy to deal with his reaction to my initial thoughts, so sorry there), has responded to the Google Hangout that Counter Apologist, Justin Schieber and myself. Here is his post, which I will post in a slightly di
This is brilliant. As Upworthy states: What do you do when you're a politician live on television and a pastor who is against marriage equality asks you why you support marriage