Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
It is perhaps inevitable that claims of deathbed religious conversions pop up for most well-known people, because religion is basically an emotional experience and not an intellectual one, so an appeal to your emotions that runs along the lines of “Look, here is somebody famous who converted, you should do so as well”. The problem … Read more
If you read the Daily Mail, then you might indeed be tempted to think that another earth-like planet had been discovered. The Daily mail within its “Science” section has all the exciting details .. There is one ever so tiny detail here that may be worth pointing out, it is not actually true. The term “Scientists … Read more
Whenever I think I’ve heard all the truly daft religious claims, up pops somebody who is quite determined to push the envelope out into new unchartered and quite bizarre crackpottery. It comes via a chap who appeared on the Jim Baker show, and given that Mr Baker is himself a few clowns short of a full-blown circus, it … Read more
So the following popped up in my Facebook feed this morning, and it surprised me. OK, so let’s dig into this and see if we can work out what is really true. The Colosseum If you narrow the claim down to just the Colosseum, which is also referred to as the Flavian Amphitheatre, then it is true … Read more
You really can get a job working on Noah’s Ark, or to be a tad more precise the above modern recreation of it. The new theme park will be opening in a few months and so they will be taking on staff. Ah but there is a slight catch, you can only be accepted if you … Read more
The Thinking Atheist is a radio podcast that you can tune into via details you will find on their website here. As many do, they have (or is that had, or perhaps still have … :-) ) a Facebook page to reach out to fans. Death of their Facebook Page and Personal Accounts Then this … Read more