Atlanta Shooter's Church Deletes Dodgy Sermons
The Atlanta gunman recently shot a number of women, most of them being Asian American women. This has caused a number of uncomfortable conversations to take place - was this a case of
Jonathan MS Pearce
Archetypes and the Story of Joseph - Part 2
This is another guest post from Dana Horton following up a recent first post, "Archetypes and the Story of Joseph - Part 1". Thanks so much to Dana for this, as
Lowder, Kalam and Creating the Universe from Nothing
Here is the foreword to my book Did God Create the Universe from Nothing: Countering William Lane Craig's Kalam Cosmological Argument [UK] by Jeffery Jay Lowder. I think this is one
Comments on the Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal
I recently ran a pretty big article on the statistics for paedophilia in the Catholic Church, which received a number of very interesting comments that I think are worth sharing with you. Thanks
Survival of the Fittest: Adaptation
Okay, so this has been a long time in the making. Some months ago, I finished writing the sequel to my first fiction book, and first in the Survival of the Fittest series.
Are Catholic Clergy more Likely to Be Paedophiles than the General Public? REDUX.
This has come up in a thread again, so I thought I would regale you with a piece I wrote now three years ago on the subject, but now with some updated tweaks.
Ted Cruz and His Erroneous Claims about Guns
Senator Ted Cruz never misses a chance to speak out against gun control and digs the Second Amendment. He does so to such a degree that ... he held a 2015 campaign event (during
What Is Fairness? Tackling Verbose Stoic's Mission.
In my recent series about the unevenness of evidence apportioning throughout time and place, Verbose Stoic (VB) called me out on my claim about fairness. His whole comment was much longer, but I
The Uneven Evidence Debate: Responding to Paul Hoffer
As I am sure you are aware by now, I have been embroiled in a debate with myself Dave Armstrong about the uneven apportioning of evidence to humanity over time and place. It
It Turns out the Whole Unfairness of Evidence Apportioning Boils down to "Free Will"
Who knew. The background: Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong and I have been arguing about the unfair distribution of evidence for God in the world and over time. This has been a somewhat protracted
Hard-Incompatibilism vs Hard-Determinism
As I have mentioned, I am presently reading a book by Gregg Caruso and Daniel Dennett called Just Deserts: Debating Free Will [UK]. Sometimes I wonder what to label myself as in terms
Putting the Doubting Thomas Episode to Bed, and Opening a Can of Worms
This is a long piece, but we get onto some good stuff, so stay on target. Catholic Dave Armstrong, over at his own Patheos Catholic channel blog, has been attempting to refute my