Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
First, lets start with a clear understanding of the “No True Scotsman” fallacy. This is basically where you challenge others about some rather unpleasant or even quite appalling actions by some group, and quickly discover that “they” are not “real” members of the group. The term was first deployed by philosopher Antony Flew in his … Read more
Donal Blaney, a senior partner with Griffin Law, asks a very good question on his blog. I repeat it in full here … Is anyone else deafened by the silence of Britain’s self-styled Islamic community leaders? I say this in the context of the impending death of Yusef Nadarkhani, an Iranian Christian who is an … Read more
Did you know that 30th September was Blasphemy Day? Well it was. So what was it all about? It is the day when individuals and groups are encouraged to openly express their criticism of, or even disdain for religion, and was founded in 2009 by the Center for Inquiry. Did the media pick it up? … Read more
Andrew Brown’s latest blog posting draws a distinction between Creationists : the folks who claim evolution is a lie and God did it all asis Believers who believe in a Creator: they tend to accept evolution and would simply claim that is how god did it, that there is a plan, and because we can … Read more
The CEMB (Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain) has a list. It is a very very long list that runs for page after page of members who have renounced Islam, and they each explain very bravely in public why they have done so. It fact, they have two distinct categories, both of which run on for … Read more
There is a great article over at AlterNet entitled “10 Myths Many Religious People Hold About Atheists, Debunked”. There you will find that Amanda Marcotte has done a great job slicing and dicing the following list … There are no atheists in foxholes Atheists are just angry with God Atheists are aggressive and rude Atheism is … Read more