Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
This is quite frankly hilarious, the news is out today that David Cameron went out to the pub with his wife and kids, then upon returning home realised he had accidentally left his 8-year-old daughter behind. Do I condemn him for it, no not at all, when you dig into the details, you appreciate that it … Read more
Rabbi Moshe Averick, an ordained Orthodox Rabbi, wrote an article in Algemeiner a few days ago that attacks what he calls “The Flawed Logic of the Atheist”. OK, first a couple of side points, then we will dive in and see what he thinks. What the heck is “The Algemeiner” and why have I never heard … Read more
First Cause is an argument that often comes up and only today I came across a Muslim making the claim. I also found a chap called Matthew Warner babbling about it on the Catholic Register. Here is how Mr Warner makes his case … Atheists belittle beliefs that are based on faith. Yet when I … Read more
Seeing the title, I bet you thought I was going to join the fray and stick my finger into the current hot topic … but no, I’ll leave that to others. Well OK yes, I’m skating around the edges of it here, but it is not “that” that I wish to get into in detail, … Read more
A week ago there were stories circulating about four women and two men in Pakistan who had been sentenced to death for singing and dancing at a wedding. I need not explain why, by now you will be familiar with the thinking .. it was of course yet another example of Islamic clerics demonstrating just … Read more
Some folks claim they have a plan to establish the first human settlement on Mars in 2023. Apparently the idea is that they will build things first so that a habitable settlement will be waiting for the settlers when they land, and that the settlement will support them while they live and work on Mars … Read more