Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
If you have ever debated a Creationist then the concept of Quote Mining will be familiar. This is where a specific quote is lifted out of its original context and then presented in isolation in order to verify the quote miner’s view. For example, Darwin wrote the following in the Origin of the species … To suppose … Read more
Over at the Christian Post is a blog entry that claims that Stephen Hawking has exactly three arguments against god. This all comes to me as a bit of a surprise because I’m not actually aware of him making any “no-god” assertions at all, but that instead he has simply confirmed that he himself does not believe … Read more
The claim that Religion should trump Non-Religion is a claim that the religious will often make, however what makes this specific instance an item of concern is not just what was being said, but rather who said it. Antonin Scalia is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who was appointed Ronald Reagan in 1986. He is also … Read more
There has been a bit of on-line bickering going on that I’ve generally tended to keep out of, but a posting has popped up today that warrants some comment. It’s a really good posting by Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland (pictured above) and is the latest in a series. The context here is that some bloggers … Read more
Now here is a nice little collection of Bill Maher doing Stand-Up About Religion … Like bees to the scent of nectar, the clip has attracted the usual collection of believers within the comments frantically trying to make a coherent rebuttal … and totally failing to do so. Number of comments – 7,230 Number of thumbs down for … Read more
Congressman Barney Frank had a deep dark secret that he kept hidden for rather a long time, if it had been revealed then his career might have been destroyed. If you are perhaps wondering who? well he is is an American politician, and member of the Democratic party, who served as a member of the U.S. House of … Read more