I recently posted on the incoherence of the narrative in Genesis concerning Adam and Eve and the eating of the apple. The upshot was this: Adam and Eve were expected to morally follow
To most sensible people, the story of Adam and Eve is symbolic at most. But to a lot of other people, it records a real event. However, even taken symbolically, there are some
This is perhaps the most hilarious video I have seen this year. Oh, the tension between evangelicals and their defence of Trump. Here, Trump loses. Big.
Should the baby be made to live or allowed to die? Let me set the context with something from the BBC: A woman fighting to stop doctors ending life support treatment for her
According to The Fact Checker's database, Trump has made a staggering number (2,140) of false or misleading claims in his first year, equating to about 5.9 a day. An
René Descartes was famous for his belief in substance dualism - that the mind and the body are two separate substances and, in his view, they interacted with each other in the pineal
This is insane and would simply never happen in the UK, I'm sure.A state district judge in Comal County, Texas said God told him to intervene in jury deliberations to
I thought I'd share this little video of epic destruction, and it appears it is only 8000 light years away. Our universe appears to arguably be better at producing death-inducing black
Except it's not really very funny. Firstly, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx-tebD7uws&feature=youtu.be So, the government is shut down and Republicans are going nuts over
Just a reminder of a recent interview on a podcast where I talk about all manner of things. I'd be interested in feedback in whether you agree or not with some
Ed Buckner is a good man, not least because he kindly agreed to write the forward to the recent anthology of Patheos Nonreligious writers, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century, released
Yes, I am sure other Patheos writers have been quicker than me to post about this, but that's what comes from having an insanely busy week. Apologies for being out of