Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
John Mark Reynolds, a rather religious chap, has a posting up that suggests he has rather firmly embraced a rather odd view of 20th century history and appears to believe that atheism is the prime cause of the horrendous genocide that took place. He does not even suggest, or hint, but is very specific about it … Read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson, famous for the Cosmos reboot (if you missed that, you should check it out) is back on TV with his own late night slot … …will premiere his new late night program StarTalk on National Geographic Channel on April 20th, according to the cable network. Variety reports that guests will include, “Former US president Jimmy Carter, biologist Richard Dawkins, … Read more
Amanda Marcotte has written a nice article that very effectively slices and dices the following ten myths into shreds … There are no atheists in foxholes Atheists are just angry with God Atheists are aggressive and rude Atheism is a white dude thing Atheism is just a faith like any other Atheists don’t have a … Read more
OK, so most of this might already be known to you, stick with me here, there is a punch line coming at the end. The Christian owner of a Michigan truck repair shop, Brian Klawiter, announced on his Facebook page that he would not hesitate to refuse service to an openly gay person or persons. His posting has since then … Read more
So here is the story (I’ve stolen the following text from the Wikipedia page all about this) … on 19 February 2010, when the multinational tobacco company Philip Morris International filed a complaint against Uruguay.[1] The company complains that Uruguay’s anti-smoking legislation devalues its cigarette trademarks and investments in the country and is suing Uruguay for compensation under the bilateral … Read more
I’ve come across a rather good posting by Rebecca Florence Miller, a Christian (Wow … did I just use the words “good” and “Christian” in the same sentence?) … no really, it is a good posting. So the story here is that she reached out on “Ask an Atheist day” (yesterday) and proceeded to interview two … Read more