Having attended a fascinating talk by James Williams (a science educator) last night at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub, I thought I would post about it. The talk was called Insidious Creationism and concerned Creationism within an educational context.
This was an article from The Spectator, a British conservative magazine. Thoughts? I love the remark made by one Oxford don about another: ‘On the surface, he’s profound, but deep down, he’
Aah, gun laws. How much money is spent on combating terrorism (and I know the comparison is far more complex than that, but you get the point)? An interesting piece: Americans hate terrorists
Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman wrote this article for the HuffPo. The gist of the article is that portions of the New Testament were written by people who lied about their identity. Ehrman also explains why this matters.
This is delicious irony. Brilliant. In a bad way. Caroline Lucas, sole Green MP in the UK, and stalwart of socialist ideal, the environment and women's rights, is championing the cause of the curtailing of the ubiquitous page 3 topless model in the UK's most popular newspaper, Murdoch's The Sun tab
Facepalm. http://youtu.be/zCdBZHBs0y0
The shitstorm going down in Turkey deserves more attention. I mean that our governments should be coming out and decrying the Turkish conservative government's attempts to drive out secularism in the historically secular country. I get enraged when I read about what is going on there. Here is an ost
The New Scientist reports: It's well known that religious faith can help believers cope with stress and anxiety, by providing them with a sense of meaning and control at times of uncertainty. It now seems that a "belief" in science and a rationalistic outlook might do the same for the non-religio
I am going to look at political libertarianism in this post in the context of morality, ethics and philosophy. This has been brought on by the Any Questions live radio programme on BBC Radio 4 the other day from the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth, Wales which featured right-wing Co
Sweet bejesus, this is the weirdest, craziest shit I have ever seen. The Church of England congregations would have coronaries in their pews! Only in America... "Jack Schaap, the former pastor of
Pat Condell rants so eloquently. Transcendence, I mean, what does it mean? (H/T Sergio Paulo Sider) http://youtu.be/Dvmrfa8tIAI
For sheets and giggles. I absolutely love the next one. Andy Schuler sent me this one - this must be the case for so many of us internet atheists! And this one'