Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
A dialogue between two different views might imply that they can meet somewhere in the middle, but sadly that is not how reality works, quite often one side is simply wrong … period. I’m thinking about God claims, belief vs non-belief, but this applies to many other topics as well. To examine this thought let … Read more
AronRa, pictured here (yes he totally looks like a Klingon, but is truly cool and very smart, I met him a few weeks ago), blogs about an academic study of atheists conducted by the sociology department of Berkeley University that he is taking part in, he basically posted his answers to their survey. One caught … Read more
US conservative pundit Bryan Fischer (pictured) has declared … “The only way now in America’s legal system that you can protect your child from being raised in a same-sex household is to get that kid into the Underground Railroad and get that child out of dodge.” He has beliefs … fine, lots of people do. He … Read more
The results of a “Religiosity and Atheism” poll conducted by WIN-Gallup International reveals a rising tide of non-belief. The media has, quite rightly, latched on to the 9% decline worldwide and the 22% drop in Ireland, but looking into the details, one big surprise for me was that 25% of people in Saudi Arabia are … Read more
Alexander Aan has been imprisoned for 30 months for posting “God doesn’t exist” on Facebook. This is described by Amnesty International as “a serious setback for freedom of expression in Indonesia,”. Tempted to think, “Oh, that is just about non-belief, but I’m a believer, so I’ll be OK”. Well, you might like to think again. There is … Read more
It sounds weird … really weird … to claim that non-believers actually do believe and have simply suppressed that belief, but that is exactly what Mr Craig is asserting in his latest podcast – “does reason lead to atheism or theism“. I’ve come across this before many times and once even engaged in a rather … Read more