The Kecksburg UFO Incident of 1965
Here is another skeptical offering from Matthew Sabatine: One late night in October of 2020, my girlfriend and I were joyriding on the backroads of a rustic town maybe one hour away from
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I'll Be on Unbelievable in December Debating the Nativity
I am excited to have been asked to appear on Unbelievable again on Premier Christian Radio with Justin Brierley and an as-yet-unnamed Christian apologist. We will be debating the Nativity for broadcast around
Quote of the Day: Islam's Differences to Christianity
This is a worthy Quote of the Day from (((J_Enigma32))), rightfully pointing out my over-simplicity when talking about the tendency for Islam to be more "monolithic" than Christianity: malsI, however,
Tonight: Openly Agnostic and Running for Local Office in an Area Targeted by Religious Extremists for Decades
Tonight, the American Humanist Association (AHA) will host an event featuring recorded remarks from successful candidate and now elected member of the Fairfax County School Board Karl Frisch, followed by a live question
Finally, a President with Empathy to Replace One Completely Devoid of It
Recently, and I hope he won't mind me saying this, but Jim Jones sent me a link of a news piece about children showing beautiful Halloween empathy and kindness with a
Did God Give You Kidney Stones?
I would like to introduce you to Matthew Sabatine who will contribute a few pieces that can also be found on his own blog - details below. Over to him: DNA is often
Atheist Parenting: Not Teaching the Conclusion
Here, I look at the core idea behind my approach to parenting as an agnostic-atheist (philosopher): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuewchmwzpw&feature=youtu.be Stay in touch! Like A Tippling
UK Chancellor: ‘This is a secular country’
This is great to hear from someone high up in government (Chancellor of the Exchequer - holds the purse strings); from Humanists UK: In an interview with the BBC, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has
What Constitutes an Awakening?
Here is another look at spiritualism from a nonreligious point of view, another guest post from Dana Horton: What Constitutes an Awakening? (5 minute read) It is said that soon after his enlightenment
What is "True Christianity"?
How does one go about arguing that their version of Christianity is the "True Christianity"™? This is an epistemological and exegetical problem. I have discussed this previously with regard to Islam
How the psychology of grief might have affected the origins of the Resurrection story
Here is an excerpt from a brilliant book by anthropologist of religion, Homuyan Sidky - Religion, Supernaturalism and the Paranormal: An Anthropological Critique - concerning the psychology of grief and how it leads
Pearced Off! #11 - How the Westboro Baptist Church Is More Logically Coherent than Liberal Christians
I am running a series of the old podcast segments from my Pearced Off! section of the Skepticule Podcast (a British skepticism-based podcast now on hiatus) that I used to contribute to. Some