conceptual nominalism Knowing Your Rights, Locke and Other Rights Problems - Take 2! The rights debates raging on a number of recent comment threads have been pretty embarrassing for many of the people (gun advocates) taking part because they have simply not engaged with the conversation at the level it should have been. In fact, these haven't been "rights debates&
crime Debunking Gun Advocate Approaches It's all raging on the gun front. They are out in force. It's also very frustrating, and here's for why. Here is an example of a conversation between myself and GAU-8. Bearing in mind this is on the back of a number of posts
belief Not Seeing OmniGod through Philosophy and Logic: God's Not Fair Introductory spiel: One of my more recent books, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century (UK), has a plethora of gems in it for the reader and a smorgasbord of variety. It was a labour of love and was particularly rewarding due to the fact that so many great
Deep Dive Quote of the Day: Martin Zeichner on all sorts Here is a comment from Martin Zeichner here at ATP: Let's start at the very beginning. A very good place to start. The first two words of the title of this post are:Philosophy 101 I have had the bad (or good, depending on how you look at
conceptual nominalism KNOWING Your Rights, Locke and Other Rights Problems The rights debates raging on a number of recent comment threads have been pretty embarrassing for many of the people (gun advocates) taking part because they have simply not engaged with the conversation at the level it should have been. This is a philosophical blog, at heart, and the articles
AHA Atheists Cheer Resolution to Combat International Blasphemy Laws This is from the American Humanist Association: Leaders at the American Humanist Association (AHA) celebrated the re-introduction of H.Res. 512, developed to combat international religious discrimination. The AHA’s legislative advocacy team was proud to work with Representatives Raskin (D-MD) and Meadows (R-NC) to introduce the resolution, which encourages
gun control Gary on... The Second Amendment! As many of you will know, I wrote a couple of posts recently on the ontology of rights that brought a whole host of gun rights advocates to the blog to splurge their stuff. What was hilarious, and should be a little embarrassing for them, is that I wrote the
conceptual nominalism The Second Amendment and Rights A thread has recently exploded when I posted about the Second Amendment and drawing the line between acceptable and unacceptable weaponry. On the thread, one particularly obvious common denominator sprung up with all of the gun advocates, the idea of "rights": A right is no less a right
prayer Federal Court Bans School-Sponsored Graduation Prayers in South Carolina School District This is from the American Humanist Association: The U.S. District Court of South Carolina ruled in favor of the American Humanist Association (AHA) in its longstanding lawsuit against Greenville County School District over school-sponsored prayers, Christian hymns, and the use of religious venues at public school graduations. The order,
gun control On Gun Control and the Second Amendment The way I like to spend my downtime relaxing is to have endless debates on Facebook. In this case, I was debating gun control and regulation last night. I'm going to post some of my thoughts on this to see what you think. I am not going to
COVID crisis Not Seeing OmniGod through Philosophy and Logic: God Loves Abortion Introductory spiel: One of my more recent books, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century (UK), has a plethora of gems in it for the reader and a smorgasbord of variety. It was a labour of love and was particularly rewarding due to the fact that so many great
Democratic Party Trump, his Racism, and the Reaction I'm sure that everyone who reads this will know exactly what has happened over the last few days. But in case you have been on holiday to Antarctica, here it is. Donald Trump, as President of the United States of America, and as most powerful man in the
Deep Dive Trial By Trolley This is a very cool idea and a game I am very interested in supporting. Check out the video that should explain all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWVudLc-1f8 And here an example scenario, or two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAcWNO5W2Zo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
General Another Comment on Comments Just to let you all know, in the context of the issues over comments going into moderation, that things should be improved by the end of the weekend. I am under the impression that they are sorting blogs out on an individual basis, and I sent in an email to
science Doing What Representatives Should Do I have written a number of times lately, and posted videos, concerning freshman members of Congress who have been shining in the examples that are being set to others in how to conduct themselves in public office in holding people to account. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a great example of this.
evangelicals White Evangelicals Very Unbiblical Regarding Refugees Let me prep the scenario: Leviticus 19:34 — "The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the foreigner as yourself, for you were foreign in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God." Matthew 25:35
atheism UK: Atheism and Islam on the Rise; Christianity Suffers 'Dramatic Decline' This is nothing unusual and fits in with the trends I have often reported here. Atheism and Islam look to be increasing in the UK, and Christianity is taking a beating. As The Telegraph reports: hristian belief has halved in Britain in 35 years with just one in three people
Jesus Mother Mary Joins the #MeToo Movement This video pokes some fun at the Virgin Mary conception of Jesus story, all of the points of which I mention in my book The Nativity: A Critical Examination (UK). Check them both out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eo2t8gSMBo Thanks to the video makers for letting me know
Adam and Eve Not Seeing OmniGod through Philosophy and Logic: Adam & Eve Introductory spiel: One of my more recent books, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century (UK), has a plethora of gems in it for the reader and a smorgasbord of variety. It was a labour of love and was particularly rewarding due to the fact that so many great
Trump Concerning Kim Darroch: Trump Is a Child Just when you thought that Donald Trump couldn't become any more childlike, he is allowed on Twitter again. My goodness, I can't believe how anyone can have any respect for this twit. Just in case your head has been buried in the sand over the last
creation Not Seeing OmniGod through Philosophy and Logic: Creating Imperfectly Introductory spiel: One of my more recent books, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century (UK), has a plethora of gems in it for the reader and a smorgasbord of variety. It was a labour of love and was particularly rewarding due to the fact that so many great
atheism Not Seeing OmniGod through Philosophy and Logic: Why Create? Introductory spiel: One of my more recent books, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century (UK), has a plethora of gems in it for the reader and a smorgasbord of variety. It was a labour of love and was particularly rewarding due to the fact that so many great
Blasphemy UK Supermarket Sacks Man for Sharing Comic Sketch Mocking Religion This is not something you often hear about in the UK and so it has come as a little bit of a surprise to me. If you can't mock religion, then you are ring-fencing a worldview and inoculating it from analysis and criticism. There are certainly some freedom
Deep Dive ‘In No God We Trust’: Atheist Group Gets Heat over Banners Every now and again, religious people take the bait. My, they don't like it when atheism gets a bit of publicity. Of course, it's fine when it's religion. No, it's fine when it's Christianity. Fort Worth, recently, has struggled to
AGW Climate Change, Denialism and Changing Our Ways I have got myself into thinking about climate change again with the torrent of depressing news concerning the environment, our climate and biodiversity. Recently, such news includes Brazil, under right-wing President Bolsonaro having an 88% increase in Amazon deforestation, governments and firms in 28 countries being sued over the climate
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