Real Deconversion Story #6 - Brian
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. Brian "The Apostate" has what looks
Jonathan MS Pearce
Quote of the Day: Daydreamer1
So on the second post involving the infamous $10,000 bet about nested hierarchies in evolution, regular erudite commenter Daydreamer1 brought up some really good points about design, but not from a biological standpoint. With intelligent design theories, we often fail to look at them in contexts out
A Tippling Philosopher interviews Counter Apologist
Counter Apologist is a new blogger on the block with a lot of sensible stuff to say. I interviewed him recently and the video is now on You Tube for all to see, embedded here. We talked about his deconversion, heaven, hell and some other stuff. Hope you enjoy it. Please check out his blog, he has a
How Life May Have First Emerged On Earth: Foldable Proteins in a High-Salt Environment
Apr. 4, 2013 — A structural biologist at the Florida State University College of Medicine has made discoveries that could lead scientists a step closer to understanding how life first emerged on Earth billions of years ago.
Chimps: Ability to 'Think About Thinking' Not Limited to Humans
Humans' closest animal relatives, chimpanzees, have the ability to "think about thinking" -- what is called "metacognition," according to new research by scientists at Georgia State University and the University at Buffalo.
Talk on free will is really well received
I was lucky enough to be asked back to the Dorset Humanists, based in Bournemouth, UK, to give a talk on free will. I had previously given them a talk on the Nativity, based on my book, The Nativity: A Critical Examination. They appeared to enjoy it enough to ask me back, and I obliged.
BRAIN Initiative Launched to Unlock Mysteries of Human Mind
Today at the White House, President Barak Obama unveiled the “BRAIN” Initiative — a bold new research effort to revolutionize our understanding of the human mind and uncover new ways to treat, prevent, and cure brain disorders like Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy, and traumatic brain in
Teh Gayz
This piece of genius was sent to me. From whence it came, I know not: God made Adam and Eve and the Devil made the pee pee and the whoo whoo. Oh wait.
Original Sin - answering Thomas L. McDonald
I was recently sent a link to Thomas L. McDonald's piece "The Origin of Man, Original Sin, and Why It’s All Your Fault" on his Patheos blog. There
Why don’t we just ban fundamentalist schools?
I posted a Guardian article about ACE (Christian fundamentalist) schooling. I have found the website of the author (Jonny Scaramanga) and came across this interesting post. See what you think:
Brain Scans Might Predict Future Criminal Behavior
What is frustrating about this article is the fact that Science Daily produced it and I saw it just as I returned from giving a talk on free will to the Dorset Humanists. Grr. I talked about similar predicitve pieces of research, such as lack of fear conditioning in toddlers and criminal records, as
Counter-apologetics segment on God being a consequentialist
Here is another counter-apologetics segment on the Skepticule podcast. My segment starts at 53.30. This one is on the idea that God is a consequentialist. Check it out here.