Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
There is a distinct impression that folks in the US are very religious, more so than those within other industrialized nations.This is often confirmed by opinion polls. Shankar Vedantam has some numbers for you in a Slate article … Two in five Americans say they regularly attend religious services. Upward of 90 percent of all … Read more
There exists a Creation Museum out in Kentucky run by “Answers in Genesis”. They believe in the literal text of Genesis, young earth, evolution is a myth … etc… the usual Creationist kooky stuff … or so I thought. I’ve always considered them to be nuts, but until now I simply did not appreciate how … Read more
A couple of days ago I blogged about how a Bishop in Phoenix has made the decision to strip St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center of its Catholic affiliation because they had performed an abortion to save a life, and if not done, both mother and baby would now be dead. I’m not at all … Read more
When a kooky creationist email pops up, it deserves the satire and mocking that PZ dispenses over on Pharyngula to the great amusement of us all, but what happens when a 12 years old attempts to take him on? It can be argued that an adult has had sufficient time in this world to read … Read more
Well, its the 25th … so perhaps its an appropriate time to ponder the question, “What do we really know about the birth of Jesus?”. How can we really know the factual truth? A good place to start is to put belief to one side, and openly and honestly deal with the evidence. We have … Read more
The infamous Chapter 19 of the Murphy report is out … and so I blogged about it yesterday here, but why return to it once again? Well because there is a well-written article in todays Irish Times, that warrants a mention. Here is a selection of sound-bites followed by a link to the full article … Read more