The Problem of Non-God Objects
Here is an argument which I have communicated before here and here. Justin Schieber from Reasonable Doubts has worked on this and it has now made it into the Iron Chariots wiki site:
Jonathan MS Pearce
Oh, my! Randal Rauser on prayer (God or Godless)
I recently reviewed Randal Rauser and John Loftus' debate book entitled God or Godless. I have also responded to Randal's post on why I am an atheist as well as posting an article critiquing Randal on why he is a Christian. During my review, I noted that I was particularly frustrated at Randal's pra
Philosophy table well-received
Last night's meeting at Portsmouth Skeptics int he Pub was great fun. Rather than have a single speaker, previous speakers were asked to come back and host tables on whatever subjects
Bill Maher New Rules About Religion Collection
Brilliant. I heartily chortled! http://youtu.be/mUP7NY6US5A
"Jonathan Pearce Points Out the Many Questions Raised By The Stories of Jesus' Infancy in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke"
Ed Babinski has recently kindly written about my book, The Nativity: A Critical Examination. Here is his post. Thanks, Ed! Jonathan Pearce has composed a book titled, The Nativity: A Critical Examination in which he asks questions like these (to which I have added a few comments myself below-
A Matter of Time
Make some time for this one! [iframe src="http://new.livestream.com/accounts/4044190/events/2110243/videos/20395208/player?autoPlay=false&height=360&mute=false&width=640" width=
Andy Naquin, Louisiana Councilman, Proposes Gay Rainbow Flag Ban
Funny how Republicans want less government, don't like banning things and Big Brother... until it comes to social engineering and morality when they want stuff they don't like banned. Silly people. HuffPo: [H/T Sarah Bee]
What religion has contributed to the world this month - May/June
http://youtu.be/ctWj-OV4cI0
Seeing Sea Stars: The Missing Link in Eye Evolution?
July 5, 2013 — A study has shown for the first time that starfish use primitive eyes at the tip of their arms to visually navigate their environment. Research headed by Dr. Anders Garm at the Marine Biological Section of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, showed that starfish eyes are image-fo
4 counter-apologetics segments available on podcast!
So sorry to Skepticule podcast for being behind on plugging the podcast! 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 by the 'panel' of Pa
The ‘Why I am a Christian’ series – Vincent Torley of Uncommon Descent (Part 2)
After having looked at Randal Rauser's reasons for being a Christian, and having had my reasons and his defences intensely debated on his blog, I have in a previous post offered Dr Vincent Torley's account. Some readers may know Vincent from the Uncommon Descent website which attempts to refute evol
Philosophy, nationalism, in-group / out-group and the British Lions rugby team....
The longer I have been pursuing philosophy, the more liberal I have become and the less nationalistic. By this i/ mean that I have recognised that my nationality if a mixture of several components over which I have no control: