My Debate on the Nativity with Randal Rauser
Some time ago, I had my first public debate, hosted by the Reasonable Doubts podcast and radio show. Check out my book on the subject The Nativity: A 'critical Examination. As I
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Rescinds His Atheism?
This has been doing the rounds today and has been reported in several places. HuffPo reports: Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has eschewed his atheist beliefs and now asserts that “religion is
Ushering in the New Year
Again, thank you to all my readers and contributors. Hopefully, 2017 will continue in the same blogging vein, but will change political and socio-moral tack! I hope, even though it is so very
Quote of the Day: Slograman on Emotional Arguments for Atheists
I previously posted about my recent experience with some Jehovah's Witnesses doing their doorstep thing, and how impotent rational arguments so often are. We all know this from repeatedly beating out
Conservatives Prefer Using More Nouns. Who Knew?
Some interesting research involving the US, Saudi Arabia and Poland has shown that social conservatives prefer to use nouns against liberals (On the Grammar of Politics - or Why Conservatives Prefer Nouns). Here
Jehovah Witnesses and Cold Feet. No Minds Changed, I Doubt.
The last time the Jehovah's Witnesses came to visit, at my last house, I was in the shower. I heard the doorbell ring and a few muffled words to my partner,
Absence of Evidence Is Often Evidence of Absence
I get annoyed at apologists and theists who trot "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" out as if it is some kind of unbreakable law. Nonsense. Not only is
Humanist and Activist Carrie Fisher Dies
Yes, I am sure you all know that Carrie Fisher has died, unless you have been living in the mouth of a strange space monster living in an asteroid for the last week
2016, Celebrity Deaths and Statistics
2016 has been a terrible year. Just in the last few days we have had George Michael, Carrie Fisher and Watership Down author Richard Adams die. This adds to a long list, including
The Entire Universe in 60 Minutes: Idle, Cox, Religion and Science
The BBC is showing something tonight that I am very much looking forward to: Eric Idle's The Entire Universe. Quite whether you'll see it in the US at any
Merry Christmas and Thanks to You All!
This is a heartfelt thanks to all those who have read our contributions here at ATP. Since the move from Skeptic Ink Network to here, I have been more than happy with the
Fundamentalist Christian private schools downgraded by Ofsted for failing to promote British values
This is a timely piece, since I was only talking about these schools recently in sharing a articles concerning the work of fellow Patheos blogger Jonny Scaramanga. This is from the British Humanist