Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Believing things that are not actually true motivates some to behave in an abhorrent manner, so much so that they can end up grinding some rather basic human rights under their belief-shaped boots. To illustrate, consider the manner in which people who happen to be gay are ostracized and condemned by many faith communities. Further … Read more
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The statistics from a July 29 House of Commons research report entitled, “Prison Population Statistics” show that the number of Muslim inmates in England and Wales jumped to 11,248 in 2012, up from 3,681 in 1997. To put that another way … over the past 15 years, the number of Muslims in British prisons has … Read more
The observation is positively quite ancient and dates back rather a long way. A term often used to describe it is “the Epicurean paradox”. That says … “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able … Read more
On the surface, the claim that “God does exist” is not all that daft, there are of course many people who do believe and so for cultural and perhaps also emotional reasons people will assert that they “believe” that there is a god. It is not actually factual, but the claim is understandable due to … Read more
The horrendous news is that Afghanistan wants to start stoning people in public for the crime of …. (can you guess) … murder? Nope, adultery. As reported by the Telegraph … Afghanistan is planning to reintroduce public stoning as punishment for adultery 12 years after the Taliban was ousted from power, according to a new … Read more